POSTCITY, First Floor, Lecture Stage

Frischer Wind

Mary Mayrhofer (AT), Konstantin Redl (AT), Emma Gruber (AT), Linda Michelitsch (AT)

Young people face great uncertainty. In our state of permanent crisis, people discuss, argue, and some resign themselves to the situation. In the twilight of democracy, however, the debate about change is conspicuously silent. Yet this is what must take place now. Do we need change? Is change possible? And if so, how? The audience…
State of the Archive: Current Approaches to Digital Archives and Archives for Digital [Art]

Alessandro Ludovico (IT), Katharina Pektor (AT), Sandra Sonnleitner (AT), Chiara Zuanni (IT), Vanessa Hannesschläger (EU)

This panel presents current approaches to digitizing, preserving and (subsequently) presenting cultural heritage. The topics discussed will range from high-quality digitization methods to data design and modelling.
NeXus Forum: Towards Future-oriented XR

Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) (JP) and Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

NeXus Forum: Towards Future-Oriented XR is a dynamic panel discussion organized by DNP and Ars Electronica Futurelab. The event brings together experts to explore the current applications and future developments of XR technology.
Artistic Exploration in Shared Hybrid Spaces

Harriet Davey (GB), Tara Habibzadeh (IR), Mati Bratkowski (PL), Johannes Pöll (AT), Patrick Berger (AT)

Five artists have been collaborating with SHARESPACE to engage in artistic explorations of the project’s technology and concepts in the past two years. Their work resulted in the creation of three artworks shown at the Deep Space 8K.
Encounters: Art, Technology and Society in Dialog

Upper Austrian Chamber of Labor (AT), University of Education Upper Austria (AT), Ars Electronica (AT)

How do I act when I meet a stranger? What fears and insecurities are triggered and why? What happens when I encounter new technologies for the first time? What is the attraction of the unknown?
Pre-Opening Walk

Six festival locations and just as many exhibition openings, excellent research, award-winning media art, gaming, immersive art treasures, a critically lapidary NOPE – there are many good reasons to mark the pre-opening walk on your calendar.