Conferences / Lectures / Talks

Conflicts in IP & copyrights in art & science collaboration

In der interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit ist es unerlässlich, einen geeigneten rechtlichen Rahmen zu schaffen, nicht nur für die Zusammenarbeit während eines Projekts, sondern auch für die Verwertung innovativer Ergebnisse.

Inside Festival: Documentary

During the 5-day festival, filmmaker Yazdan Zand and his team set out with their cameras to capture the festival events from a variety of angles. The main actors of the film are Leonhard Lass and Gregor Ladenhauf. They both form the artist duo DEPART.

Inside Festival: Joanna Bryson / Gerfried Stocker

Joanna Bryson, professor at Hertie School in Berlin working on Artificial Intelligence, ethics and collaborative cognition, in conversation with Gerfried Stocker, artistic director of Ars Electronica.

Future of Inclusion Lab

Rashin Fahandej (US)

American Arts Incubator is a creative exchange program that utilizes community-driven digital and new media art projects to instigate dialogue, build communities, bolster local economies, and further social innovation while addressing a local social or environmental challenge. This year’s iteration in Austria was led by artist Rashin Fahandej, who ran the “Future of Inclusion Lab,” a series of co-creation workshops that provided technology and resource access to Austria-based creatives.

Keynote Lynn Hershman Leeson

Lynn Hershman Leeson (US)

In this lecture, Lynn Hershman Leeson will give an overview of her work, particularly related to cyborgs, from 1966’s Breathing Machines , to 2018’s Antibody and 2020’s Gravity’s End.

Uncanny Fictions

Jiré Emine Gözen, Barbara Eder, Barbara Eggert, Gloria Meynen

Moderation: Gloria Meynen

Keynote Janina Loh

Janina Loh (DE), Thomas Matzner

Loh’s research interests lie in the field of trans- and posthumanism (espe- cially critical posthumanism), robot ethics, feminist philosophy of technology, responsi- bility research, Hannah Arendt, theories of judgement, and ethics in the sciences.

Uncanny Agents

Gunter Lösel, Pamela Scorzin, Anna Bromley, Marcus Burkhard

Moderation: Marcus Burkhard

Keynote Thomas Macho

Thomas Macho (AT), Gloria Meynen

Since 2016 Thomas Macho has been director of the International Research Centre for Cultural Studies (IFK) at the University of Art and Design Linz in Vienna. In 2019 he was awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize for scholarly prose by the Ger- man Academy for Language and Poetry, and in 2020 the Austrian State Prize for Cultural Journalism.

A staged conversation

Ann Cotten, Gloria Meynen

Moderation: Gloria Meynen

Inside Festival: Roger de Weck / Renata Schmidtkunz / Gerfried Stocker

Roger de Weck, author and publicist, Renata Schmidtkunz, journalist, in conversation with Gerfried Stocker, artistic director of Ars Electronica.

Inside Festival: Lorena Jaume Palasì / Gerfried Stocker

Lorena Jaume Palasi, founder of the Ethical Tech Society, in conversation with Gerfried Stocker, artistic director of Ars Electronica.

AIxDemocracy by IMPAKT: Radicalization by Design

Richard Rogers (US/NL), Bharath Ganesh (US/NL), Marc Tuters (CA/NL), Arjon Dunnewind (NL)

Social-Media-Plattformen füttern das Rohmaterial der Jugendkultur direkt in den nationalistisch-populistischen Aufstand, der derzeit den Planeten erfasst. Die Furcht vor einem existenziellen Feind vor den Toren der Festung Europa - oder vielmehr vor einem Feind innerhalb der Festung - wird durch diesen neuen politischen Stil vor allem in den Online-Kulturkriegen geschürt. Radicalization by Design diskutiert die Frage, ob unsere Medien uns radikalisieren. Verbinden uns die sozialen Medien oder reißen sie uns auch auseinander? Wie wirken sich Trolle, Verschwörungstheorien und Memes auf die Politik aus? Die Podiumsdiskussion erörtert Fragen der Redefreiheit, der radikalen Rede und der Entfremdung.

Inside Festival

The Inside Festival series focuses on the research and work of different guests with regard to the festival topics democracy and autonomy. Among the guest are Joanna Bryson, Lorena Jaume Palasì and Renata Schmidtkunz who will discuss with Gerfried Stocker, the artistic director of Ars Electronica.

Inside Festival: Festivals in times of COVID-19

The pandemic has also posed new challenges for the cultural sector. In this live talk, representatives of the Sónar Festival from Barcelona, the MUTEK Festival from Montreal and Ars Electronica will discuss what festivals can and will look like in the era of Covid-19.

Leonardo Publishing & Mentoring Workshop

Danielle Siembieda, Erica Hruby, Sheila Pinkel

Leonardo/the International Society for Arts, Sciences and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST) is a global enterprise think-tank creating inroads to imagine a better world, regenerate hope for humanity and achieve breakthrough solutions to our most complex problems. 

The Post-Pandemic City: a Provisional Profile

Various

Specialists from different design and architecture faculties as the Politecnico di Milano and The University of Art and Design Linz will give a short presentation of their recent research on interventions and strategies for urban spaces in times of a pandemic followed by a discussion about provisional profiles for post-pandemic cities. Moderated by Anne Nigten.

Portrait of a Generative Memory

Indiara Di Benedetto (IT)

In this demonstrative performance the artist is demonstrating the project "Portrait of a Generative Memory", that focuses on the subjective interpretation of personal memories about a human face.

Inside Festival: Morning Sessions

The festival team welcomes you at the beginning of each festival day, gives an outlook on the highlights of the day, but also looks back on what has happened so far. Live from Kepler's Garden on the JKU campus - Ars Electronica Festivals main location in Linz 2020.

Focus:Archive

Der Bereich Focus:Archive fasst Programmpunkte zusammen, die dieses Jahr am Festival in Zusammenhang mit Archiven stattfinden.