From September 4 to 8, 2024, numerous exhibitions will open their doors, especially in POSTCITY at Linz Central Station and other locations in the city center. Discover the theme exhibition “HOPE who will turn the tide” in the bunker of the former postal distribution center at the train station and award-winning media art from the Prix Ars Electronica at the Lentos Kunstmuseum.
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HOPE: the touch of many
Theme Exhibition
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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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.
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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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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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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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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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Art Thinking Lounge: Platform for Transformation through Art
The Art Thinking Lounge is a “laboratory for futures”. It creates a space for companies, government, artists, scientists, activists and citizens to experience, criticize, express their opinions of and discuss visions of the future through artworks and to inspire better futures.
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create your world
Will we turn the page? Is it really just two sides? Or, more likely, a multiple choice scenario that we as a society must navigate together? Turning the tide in the right direction is not a binary process, it requires many different points of view and aspects to be considered. Of course, we all need…
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IT:U
Linked to the overall Ars Electronica Festival-theme “HOPE–who will turn the tide,” IT:U-Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria addresses the relationship between societal challenges and innovative digital technologies—with a focus on medicine and healthcare in the different perspectives across the fields.
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JKU MEDCampus: Art + Science
The Ars Electronica Festival 2024 program at the JKU MED Campus unveils the transformative power of blending artistic creativity with scientific inquiry. This year’s program celebrates the dynamic synergy between art and science, showcasing projects that highlight the innovative possibilities born from interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Science through Society
Citizen Science stands for scientific research that transforms the allocation of roles and agency in the research process. Citizens initiate, design, and implement investigations in collaboration with scientists, enabling all persons involved in the process to gain new perspectives as well as access to and understanding of data (volumes), and to design the solutions to…
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State of the ART(ist) Exhibition
State of the ART(ist), a collaborative project between the Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs and Ars Electronica, was established in 2022. In 2023, the initiative significantly expanded its focus. Initially driven by Russia’s war on Ukraine and its complex global impacts, the project now addresses broader risks and existential insecurities faced by…