Exhibitions & Projects
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EXPANDED PLAY—Exhibition of Playful Media
Curated by Michael Lankes (AT), Simone Kriglstein (AT) and Jeremiah Diephuis (US)
Expanded Play is a cooperative exhibition that explores various perspectives of mixed reality and spatial interaction within the realm of playful media. It showcases a range of student works from the Digital Media Department at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and the Department of Visual Computing at Masaryk University.
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Neuro-Tech Lab “MindShift” project
Erika Mondria (AT)
The Neuro-Tech Lab “MindShift” project offers festival visitors 5 participatory events exploring Brain-Interaction. Visitors can participate in expert discussions, workshops, and neuro-interactive scenarios. Events such as the 3D mind challenge game “ECO-neuro-NET,” interlink your neural signals, scientific insights, and recycling solutions. And, in the science-art scenario “DER WENDEPUNKT” you can experience your neuronal signals live…
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From Green to Red
Beatie Wolfe (GB)
From Green to Red by art rebel Beatie Wolfe is a stirring environmental protest piece about human impact on the planet, built using 800,000 years of NASA’s historic CO2 data. Taken from the title of a song Wolfe wrote in 2006 after seeing An Inconvenient Truth, this award-winning project has been presented at the Nobel…
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Ars Electronica Features Exhibition
The Ars Electronica features present a symbiotic blend of art and technology, meticulously curated in collaboration with partner institutions to showcase innovative programs and perspectives that inspire global change. Since their inception as the Ars Electronica Festival Gardens in 2020, the decentralized festival platform has evolved, adapting to the constraints imposed by the pandemic and…
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Ars Electronica Campus Exhibition
Since its inception in 2002, the collaboration between Ars Electronica and the University of Arts Linz has celebrated exploration in media art and culture. The Campus Exhibition is a vital platform, showcasing talents from international higher-education institutions that take unique approaches to teaching and creative practice. Each year, this program invites universities from around the…
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Applied Virtualities: Extended Reality in Practice
Over the last decades, we have embraced a new technology that dissolved the binary of virtual and real to merge and blend physical and digital spaces. The project Realities in Transition focuses on artistic XR that explores not only the intellectual investigation of XR as a medium of expression and creation, but also the technical…
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S+T+ARTS Exhibition
The STARTS exhibition sheds light on the impressive and wide-ranging roles of artistic and creative communities, showcasing their potential to act as inspirations and driving forces during these times and beyond. From individual artists to larger institutional efforts, the exhibition highlights projects and initiatives that are actively working to bring about change through their innovative…
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Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition 2024
The Prix Ars Electronica, the most time-honoured media art competition, has always functioned as a sensitive instrument to capture the spirit of the times since its inception in 1987. In 2024, there were 2,950 entries from 95 countries in the following categories: New Animation Art, Interactive Art +, and u19-create your world. In addition, a…
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HOPE: the touch of many
During the five days of the festival, the theme exhibition inhabits the architecture of the POSTCITY’s bunker and unfolds as a shared space and a contact zone. It is a tapestry of conceptual, sensual and emotional journeys through and within artistic inquiries and research domains. It is also an interface that reveals the collaborative and…
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MIND-CLOUD
Erika Mondria (AT)
The brain is an oscillating organ. Neurotechnologies are able to analyze these constantly-changing oscillations. Can brain oscillations reveal humans’ attitudes and thoughts? In the MIND-CLOUD project, cognitive neuroimaging is artistically transformed into a narrative of neurophysiological processes.