Ars Electronica Center, Deep Space 8K

  • Voyage

    Voyage

    Joann Lee (KR)

    Voyage is an immersive, interactive program where participants navigate a cosmic landscape, creating unique symphonies and constellations through their movements. The work highlights the interconnectedness of human interactions as well as the collective creation of art.

  • MICROBIOM

    MICROBIOM

    Hannes Buchwieser (DE)

    MICROBIOM invites visitors to delve into a microscopic petri dish world, where the goal is to consume as many organisms as possible before they vanish. This interactive Deep Space application by Hannes Buchwieser explores the ecological impacts of economic practices through immersive gameplay, offering a playful yet profound journey into unseen realms.

  • Painting Linz

    Painting Linz

    Benjamin Brunnbauer (AT)

    Explore Linz through vibrant pixel-art in the Painting Linz project, where running generates dynamic visuals of iconic sights of the city. This interactive experience is perfect for kids and adults alike, offering a unique way to connect with the city.

  • Interplayful Sensoric Environments – Part I

    Interplayful Sensoric Environments – Part I

    Ildiko Mayr (AT), Benjamin Brunnbauer (AT), Hannes Buchwieser (DE), Joann Lee (KR)

    A major area of research within the Time-Based and Interactive Media Arts Department is the playful exploration of interactions between humans, sensors, and a high-resolution projection system. The result is a wide range of applications and artworks that invite the audience to experiment and interact, as well as live performances in collaboration with dancers and…

  • Queens

    Queens

    Ildiko Mayr (AT)

    Imagine being thrown into a dressing room in Deep Space 8K and creating a new persona through fashion. What items would you choose? In this interactive artwork you can be both the fashion- and makeup-artist.

  • ArtEO: Environmental Data for Artists

    ArtEO: Environmental Data for Artists

    JP Carrascal (CO), Tom deMajo (UK), Eva Petrič (SI), Sock Redding (NZ), Daniel Rosero (CO), Fransisca Tan (AT)

    ArtEO connects artists with data, experts and scientists to help tell Earth’s story through art: sensing the invisible, feeling the unknown. Immerse yourself in sonified Earth Observation (EO) imagery while shifting perspectives from data to ethereal compositions.

  • Calling for Help: Can ET Save Us?

    Calling for Help: Can ET Save Us?

    Dan Tell (US)

    We have always struggled with the question of our place in the universe and if our role as thinking beings is truly unique. Since the scientific revolution, we have seriously pondered the possibility of life on other planets, and wondered if other worlds might host intelligent beings and civilizations like ours. How can we communicate…

  • Chameleon

    Chameleon

    Universal Everything (GB)

    A site-specific project for the island of San Giorgio Maggiore (Venice) has been carried out by the well-known international collective Universal Everything. The hallmark of their work is the “walking figure”: a digital creature that transforms itself by changing matter, colour and texture, and which for this occasion crosses the spaces of the island on…

  • Cultural Heritage – A Virtual Retrospective 

    Cultural Heritage – A Virtual Retrospective 

    Between three visually stunning dimensions on 16 x 9 meter projection surfaces on wall and floor, with 33 million pixel resolution and a high-performance laser tracking system, the future meets the past in Deep Space 8K. Nowhere else are images staged as impressively as here. This is also where you can view the details of…

  • Paragon

    Paragon

    Carlotta Borcherding (DE), Semi Lim (KR), Veronika Maidukova (UA)

    Paragon is an interactive performance within an acoustic and visual landscape defined by shape, space and movement dealing with the presence of a source of light and darkness.

  • Cooperative Aesthetics: Four New Works

    Cooperative Aesthetics: Four New Works

    Gerhard Funk (AT)

    The idea behind Cooperative Aesthetics is to create a space in which users can influence the visual output of the projections and the sound by walking around. Participants playfully explore what is controlled by their movements. In doing so, they come into contact with others, are able to coordinate their movements and thus create a…

  • Deep Space Community

    Deep Space Community

    Ars Electronica Solutions (AT)

    Deep Space by Ars Electronica is an innovative platform that utilizes cutting-edge technology to offer immersive and interactive experiences. The exciting session showcases the growing Deep Space Community, featuring immersive experiences from diverse locations across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.