Lecture & Talk

  • State of the ART(ist) Talks

    State of the ART(ist) Talks

    Christl Baur (DE), Simon Mraz (AT), Marita Muukkonen (FI), Rafiul Alom Rahman (IN), Nina Bulgakova (UA), Kamya Ramachandran (IN), Maryam Sehhat (IR), Christoph Thun-Hohenstein (AT)

    State of the ART(ist), a collaboration between Ars Electronica and the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, focuses on artists who face threats to their existence, whether in the form of political persecution or environmental disasters.

  • Loops

    Loops

    Tobéchukwu Onwukeme (US), Mark Mushiva (NA)

    Loops is the public event series of New Practice in Art and Technology in cooperation with the Berlin University Alliance. It explores current questions facing our society at the intersection of art, science and technology. With a unique discursive format, Loops offers a space for exchange between guests, scientists, students and the public.

  • Learning from the Leaders: The Global e-Learning Platform for Surgeons

    Learning from the Leaders: The Global e-Learning Platform for Surgeons

    Matthias Reichl (AT)

    Every human being deserves the best-trained medical professionals to provide state-of-the-art surgical treatment based on the latest available medical knowledge.

  • Interactive Demonstration: Embodied Trajectories

    Interactive Demonstration: Embodied Trajectories

    Begüm Hamzaoglu (TR), Karl Singline (AU), Johannes Braumann (AT)

    The Embodied Trajectories Project showcases how robot programming transcends conventional automation, unlocking new layers of knowledge.

  • The Design of Deformation, as a Methodology to Anticipate, Control and Produce Dynamic Forms of Robotic Systems

    The Design of Deformation, as a Methodology to Anticipate, Control and Produce Dynamic Forms of Robotic Systems

    Anna Schaeffner (FR)

    Join us for a presentation by Anna Schaeffner on her project, Soft Collision (2024). She will discuss the development of a tangible soft interface for a fixed robotic arm, highlighting challenges and findings from her practice-based exploration. This project redefines human-machine interaction through a pneumatic, reactive membrane, blending soft and hard robotics. The presentation will…

  • Good Enough Ethics

    Good Enough Ethics

    Kathleen Richardson (GB/IE)

    “Ethics by Design” (EbD) is a proactive approach that integrates ethical considerations into every stage of the development process to minimize potential harm to humans, animals, and the environment.

  • NEURO-REHAB-MS

    NEURO-REHAB-MS

    Sebastian Sieghartsleitner (AT)

    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms of the disease usually occur in episodes and are caused by damage to the nervous system owing to an autoimmune reaction. In this presentation by Christoph Guger of g.tec medical engineering GmbH, you will learn more about a rehabilitation method based on…

  • NeXus Open Research

    NeXus Open Research

    Dai Nippon Printing (JP), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

    This is a demonstration for the NeXus Open Research program: NeXus Open Research, a collaboration between DNP and Ars Electronica Futurelab, explores future XR technologies through scenario-based design. The project envisions applications via detailed, narrative-driven scenarios. At the Ars Electronica Festival 2024, visitors can experience XR technology, explore core research questions and shape future outlines.…

  • Data Art & Science (DAS) Talk: Food

    Data Art & Science (DAS) Talk: Food

    Yasunobu Tomita (JP), Takeshi Kawanishi (JP), Michael Steininger (AT)

    Food making faces challenges like resource scarcity, environmental degradation, population growth and cultural transmission.

  • Sensing Mother Nature: Vernissage Tour

    Sensing Mother Nature: Vernissage Tour

    Yoko Shimizu (AT/JP)

    Vernissage Tour (Opening Talk) for the exhibition Sensing Mother Nature—Expanded Communications Through the Arts, which explores artistic expressions as a means of communicating, interacting and co-creating with our environment through a multi-sensory approach that involves vision, sound and scent. During the Vernissage Tour, there will be an introduction, artist talk and panel discussion.

  • Data Art & Science (DAS) Talk: Education

    Data Art & Science (DAS) Talk: Education

    Satoshi Mabuchi (JP), Cyntha Wieringa (NL), Manuela Naveau (AT)

    This talk brings together representatives from Shiga University and the Art University in Linz to talk about data art, its potential for innovative problem-solving, and how to integrate this new practice into educational programs.

  • GET.Inspired: Digital Innovation—An EDIH AI5production event

    GET.Inspired: Digital Innovation—An EDIH AI5production event

    GET.Inspired: Digital Innovation spotlights promising projects in the field of Artificial Intelligence and presents a broad range of initiatives that offer skill-building and training measures in selected digitalization topics and technologies. Organized as part of “AI5production,” the largest of four Austrian European Digital Innovation Hubs, we have invited academics, artists, educators, and researchers to provide…