Events, Concerts, Performances

  • Carpaccio’s Knight

    Carpaccio’s Knight

    Alejandra Martos (ES), Susana Pérez (ES)

    Susana Pérez’ and Alejandra Martos’ task as project leads was to realize the restoration and conservation of the painting (and frame) Young Knight in a Landscape (c. 1505) by Venetian artist Vittore Carpaccio. Following the presentation of this process by Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza we can now relive it in Deep Space 8K.

  • PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA BEST – OF

    PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA BEST – OF

    Beatie Wolfe (GB), Jeremy Kamal (US), Timothy Thomasson (CA), Nicolas Gourault (FR), Los (CN), Jordan Clarke (CA), Kordae Henry (US), Rachel Maclean (GB)

    Prix Ars Electronica Best-Of is a compilation of outstanding animations chosen by the jury from the works submitted to the New Animation Art category of Prix Ars Electronica 2024.

  • H-O-P-E

    H-O-P-E

    Kennedy+swan (DE), Max Hattler (DE/HK), Jan Bitzer (DE), BORA MURMURE (FR), Alessandro Bavari (IT), Paul Valentin (DE), Inferstudio (AU)

    Hope is a powerful, yet often too ambiguous concept. In a world beset by rampant climate change and societal disruptions, coupled with uncertainty about our ability to influence the future, hope remains crucial.

  • AI & HUMAN

    AI & HUMAN

    Ethel Lilienfeld (FR), Ines Sieulle (FR), Tomás García (AR), Paul Trillo (US), Ida Kvetny (DK), Glenn Marshall (GB)

    The AI & Human program is an annual celebration of the intersection between Artificial Intelligence and animation art, showcasing recent innovations in the field. This year a remarkable one-third of the submissions to Prix Ars Electronica New Animation Art were projects created using AI tools or centered around AI as a theme—the highest number to…

  • AUSTRIAN PANORAMA

    AUSTRIAN PANORAMA

    Celine Pham (AT), Verena Repar (AT), Kevin Blackistone (US/AT), Sascha Vernik (AT), Rainer Kohlberger (AT/DE), Sophie Gartner & Neo Klinger (AT)

    Austrian Panorama showcases a mix of experimental and humorous animations by Austrian artists or artists who live and work in Austria.

  • Young Animations

    Young Animations

    Like every year, the works of talented filmmakers up to the age of 19 are celebrated in the category Young Animations. The program is a selection of short films created by young artists across Austria, who have submitted their projects to the Prix Ars Electronica 2024 in the u19–create your world category.

  • DATA AND SCIENCE VISUALIZATIONS

    DATA AND SCIENCE VISUALIZATIONS

    NCSA Advanced Visualization Lab (US), Peter Mindek (SK), Tobias Klein (DE), Alfredo De Biasio (IT), Felicia Brisc (DE) & Nuno Serra (PT), Mark SubbaRao (US), Jullian Young (US), Beatie Wolfe (GB)

    Through animation, scientific concepts become more than just data—they become stories that resonate and inspire. Animation can turn complex scientific concepts into visually comprehensible narratives, making them accessible to a broad audience.

  • Guest Program: SIGGRAPH

    Guest Program: SIGGRAPH

    SIGGRAPH will be present at Ars Electronica Festival this year with its prestigious annual showcase Electronic Theatre, covering 17 outstanding animations from this year’s edition. The total program duration is 90 minutes.

  • Guest Program: ISEA

    Guest Program: ISEA

    The Constellations ISEA 2024 animation program reveals a mix of Indigenous and Western animation concepts, styles and methods. New artistic approaches in expanded animation come to the fore through works by Nirma Madhoo, A. Bill Miller and Gregory Bennett, deploying motion and reality capture technology.

  • Guest Program: Runway’s AI Film Festival

    Guest Program: Runway’s AI Film Festival

    Emeric Leprince (FR), Carlo De Togni & Elena Sparacino (IT), Johans Saldana Guadalupe (PE/US), Katie Luo (US), Junie Lau (CN), Daniel Antebi (MK/US), YZA Voku (ES), Rufus Dye-Montefiore (UK), Luke Dye-Montefiore (UK), Alice Boyd (UK), John Semerad (US) & Dara Semerad (US), Leo Cannone (FR)

    Runway’s AI Film Festival was established in 2022 and welcomes artists embracing new and emerging AI techniques for filmmaking. The selection presented at Ars Electronica features the previous edition’s festival finalists and offers a glimpse into a new creative era.

  • Meet the Artist: Nicolas Gourault

    Meet the Artist: Nicolas Gourault

    Nicolas Gourault (FR)

    Alongside the rich and diverse screening program of Ars Electronica Animation Festival, we’re thrilled to announce that several artists awarded at Prix 2024 will be joining us at medSPACE and Deep Space 8k to present their work in person.

  • Meet the Artist: Timothy Thomasson and Jeremy Kamal

    Meet the Artist: Timothy Thomasson and Jeremy Kamal

    Landscapes of Memory. Landscapes of Imagination Alongside the rich and diverse screening program of Ars Electronica Animation Festival, we are thrilled to announce that several artists awarded at Prix Ars Electronica 2024 will be joining us at medSPACE and Deep Space 8K to present their work in person.