Meet creative minds from all over the world in the Ars Electronica Festival workshop programme – artists, scientists, activists and curious festival visitors like you. Together with experienced experts, you will immerse yourself in exciting topics, share ideas and develop new perspectives. Let yourself be inspired!
Note: Most workshops have limited spaces, so you must register in advance. To do this, click on “Register” on the workshop page and fill out the registration form.
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3D Gaussian Splatting for XR
Artem Konevskikh (RU)
The workshop will introduce participants to 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), a novel machine learning approach to volumetric data representation and rendering, and explore its application in Extended Reality (XR).
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A Beacon of Hope: Create your own AR/VR avatar
Dragos Silion (RO), Ionut Olteanu (RO)
Join us for a short overview of the possibilities that augmented and virtual realities have brought to the art sector in recent years. You can also be part of an interactive workshop and presentation where you will learn about new media and 3D tools while having the chance to be a co-creator of A Beacon…
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About Candies and Characters
Monja Hirscher (DE)
They make you happy or addicted, they are sweet but unhealthy, they are often given away and sometimes hidden. We delve into the ancient craft of confectioners and cook, pull and pour candies which will shape our stories like worlds of clouds and glass.
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Against AI Narratives
Rasa Bocyte (LT)
Mainstream AI narratives suck. We are stuck with language, visuals and metaphors that force us to think about AI’s “transformative potential” and “inevitable adoption”. But is that what we want? At this workshop we will collectively create alternative AI narratives and examine their building blocks.
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AI BIAS & BLOOD FOOD WORKSHOP
Dimension Plus (TW)
In globalized AI culture, resource allocation and biases often lead to text-to-image generation. Given the lack of cultural diversity in databases, AI may produce images that do not correspond to reality. This workshop will educate participants on the principles of text-to-image generation and its limitations.
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AI x Art
Ali Nikrang (AT), Susanne Kiesenhofer (AT)
At a time when generative AI systems are autonomously creating images, videos, and music, the importance of human creativity is increasingly being questioned. But rather than viewing AI as a substitute for our creative abilities, it can support and enhance them.
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Artificial Physical Intelligence
Jan Zuiderveld (NL)
Transforming LLMs into Physically Embodied Beings.In this workshop, we will explore the essentials of Large Language Models (LLMs), covering the basics of their inner workings, training objectives, and how these relate to effective prompting strategies.
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C-Lab: Interactive Collaborative Platform
Marko Damiš (SI), Mario Dobaj (SI), Jurij Krpan (SI)
The workshop will begin with an introduction to the role of the innovation catalyst as the individual responsible for facilitating a collaborative process engaging artists, designers, engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs. After assigning roles to participants, a presentation of the C-Lab – a collaborative innovation catalyst tool – will be given.
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Creative Europe
Creative Europe Desk Austria
Creative Europe is the European Commission’s programme to support the culture and audiovisual sectors. During the event, the Creative Europe Desks’ representatives will present the Culture, MEDIA and Cross Sectoral strands of the programme.
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Critical Cartography of the New Extractivism
Vladan Joler (RS)
This workshop explores different theoretical concepts related to the topics of power, control, digital labor, and exploitation. It is designed to help us understand the complexities enabling the new structures of power hidden behind the screens of our devices.
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Data Art & Science (DAS) Workshop: Food
Takeshi Kawanishi (JP), Yasunobu Tomita (JP), Yoshio Okumura (JP), Michael Steininger (AT), Werner Traxler (AT)
Join us at Muto in Linz for a unique workshop blending culinary mastery and data science. Experience the expertise of a sushi master, a fermentation specialist, a sake producer and the masterful craft of Muto’s chefs, as they reveal their trade.
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Data for the People
Doris Allhutter (AT), Astrid Mager (AT)
Urban life is diverse, and so are our visions of what the future of cities should look like. Digital city twins and city dashboards offer interactive encounters with the city and can help us shape urban futures together.
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Energizing Neighborhoods: From Dialogue to Co-Creation
Bahanur Nasya (AT), Isin Can Traunmüller (TR), Vicky Albert-Seifried (DE), Beril Alpagut (TR)
Designing Positive Energy Districts through Gameplay. Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are seen as one of the key urban transition pathways towards climate neutrality. The European Union has set out a vision of creating 100 PEDs in Europe by 2025.
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Feral Future Forecast with Krater Collective
Krater Collective (Danica Sretenović, Andrej Koruza, Gaja Mežnarić Osole, Amadeja Smrekar) (SI/YU/INT)
Engage in future telling for Krater-style fortune by exploring a box of curiosities arriving from the most notorious construction site in the world. During a tea ritual featuring forbidden Japanese knotweed tea, get to know the collective that operates on unstable urban ground. Explore soil archives, unheard soundscapes, inhabitants of untamed nature and images of…
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GIRL AI: Playful Subversion with AI & Design
Dominika Čupková (SK)
Our virtual and real lives are almost completely interconnected. Online, offline, virtual, physical & genders—all blend into a hypersoup with one ingredient particularly standing out. AI has furiously entered the chat.
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Into the E-Metropolis
Akwasi Bediako Afrane (GH), Anwar Sadat Mohammed (GH), Cyrus Khalatbari (FR, CA)
Into the E-Metropolis: TRONSFORMATION is a workshop facilitated through hacking.
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Lighthub
Boris Shershenkov (RU)
The Lighthub project explores the essence of electric lights, which differs fundamentally from natural light sources. The designs of technogenic light streams are based on human visual inertia. They carry a significant amount of information hidden from the eye but located within the temporal limits of our auditory perception.
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Low Carbon Food System
Ling Tan (UK/SG)
Food, with its close association with culture, is something we all have in common, breaking down barriers and bringing us all together.
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meta:morphosis
Aleksandra Naydenova (BG), Kurina Sohn (KR), Cyan D’Anjou (US/NL)
Have you ever posted something online that you later wanted to delete? And if so, is it truly removed? meta:morphosis presents an opportunity to explore our digital Right to be Forgotten.
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natürlich gefärbt
Katharina Mayr (AT)
Based on the natürlich gefärbt toolkit developed by Katharina Mayr, the workshop introduces plant dyeing as a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional dyeing.
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NEURO-GAMING
g.tec medical engineering GmbH
Join us for an exciting Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) workshop by g.tec medical engineering GmbH. Dive into three engaging games: solve challenges with Puzzle Game, experience neurofeedback with BrainBuddy and navigate thrilling levels in Platformer. Discover cutting-edge BCI technology and its applications in a fun, interactive environment. Do not miss this unique opportunity to learn how…
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SANTA SANGRE
ALMA de Bruixes: Cristina Dezi (IT), Isabel Farina (IT), Giulia Tomasello (IT)
We have been raised to feel ashamed of the dirtiness and impurity of our bodies. We have been taught to keep certain things private, to silence our flesh, to fear the stains, the smell, the color and the liquid sensation between the legs. We have been told to suppress our desires and pleasures, to feel…
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The Makings of Empire: The Echo Chamber Escape Room
Yunyu Ong (AU)
Participants explore the workings of echo chambers through an apocalyptic drinking song titled Empires. They partake in an immersive experience that delves into the manufacturing of identities and perceptions.
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The Solar Share
DISNOVATION.ORG (FR/PL/CA)
The Solar Share stages a form of planetary economics based on photosynthesis. Every day a microalgae culture converts sunlight into edible biomass. The yield of the 1 sq.m bioreactor is a concrete means of measuring solar income—actual new energy entering the Earth’s metabolism.
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Toguna World and The Sanctuary of Dreams
Pierre-Christophe Gam (FR)
Woven around the Five Pillars of IFA — an ancient divination system from West Africa — the two-hour ritual explores the possibilities of how we could Eat, Play, Dream, Pray, and Love in an ideal future.
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Wastescapes
Nina Mršnik (SI)
Wastescapes is a workshop about the beauty of waste plastic. We have been “toasting” waste plastic in plates from which we make furniture and other objects, but are very interested in different applications of waste plastic. Participants will be presented with waste plastic that they will cut into shapes and “toast” into pictures. All the…