Why stars sparkle…

Rui Agostinho, co-hosted by Ana Noronha, will have a virtual live presentation, answering questions and explaining how we can deduce the chemical composition of stars from their light. Send your questions to ESERO Portugal eseroportugal-at-cienciaviva.pt with the subject line: Why stars sparkle… my questions.

Pavilion of Knowledge: A Virtual Exhibition

Visit the virtual exhibition Pavilion of Knowledge and find out what our impressive space looks like.

Interview with Jonathan Parsons and Matthew Sleeth
Matthew Sleeth, Jonathan Parsons, Lubi Thomas

In this interview, the Artist Matthew Sleeth will be joined by his producing partner and Experimenta Artistic Director Jonathan Parsons.

Märchen, Mythen und Materie
Robert Angerer, Sofie Lüftinger, Neriman Polat, Alessandra Steiner

Das Imaginarium zeigt Resultate unserer Experimente – eine Kuriositätenkammer mit Materialien und Artefakten aus fernen Zukünften, Märchen und Mythen…

Austria makes sense @ Weltausstellung "Expo 2020 Dubai"
Ars Electronica Solutions (AT)

Vom 1. 10.2021 bis 31.3.2022 findet die Weltausstellung in Dubai statt. Österreich beteiligt sich mit dem außergewöhnlichen Projekt „Austria makes Sense“

“Non-Player Piano” sound performance
HSE Art And Design School: Sound Art and Sound Design Department

Non-Player Piano was created specifically for Ars Electronica Festival 2020. It will be performed on Moscow River in collaboration with Mubert AI App. The performance will include live music improvisations aided by an artificial neural network “trained” to analyze the surrounding environment, such as the weather, time of day, location, speed, and type of movement.

"Get Out", a 3D game
Elena Vlasova (RU)

The world of “Get out” happily greets us at its gates, promising a journey through a utopian and positive space. However, as we interact with its inhabitants, the story turns out to be different. In the world of “Get Out,” nature refuses to be vulnerable and actively defends itself with a surrealistic mix of natural objects and Internet artifacts.

Datasets vs Mindsets
Dmitry Bulatov, Lev Manovich, Alla Mitrofanova, Helena Nikonole, Daria Parkhomenko, Yanina Prudenko, Olga Vad

Public talks by the leading Russian-speaking thinkers and philosophers of new media.

Datasets vs Mindsets: Performance Program
Katarina Melik-Ovsepian + Nikita Prudnikov (aka monekeer) (RU), Maria Molokova (RU), Kira Weinshtein (RU), Nikolay Golikov, Yulia Glukhove (holoherz), EOLA

The project includes a one-day performance program using innovative forms of representation and interaction between online and offline formats, such as new approaches to webcasting and experimental web-interfaces, which create brand-new user experiences for online visitors.

Uncomfortable Clothes #01
Fashion Frictions - Otto von Busch (Keynote)

There is a friction haunting fashion. Many of the basic qualities of design shares an uncomfortable fit with the way we interact with clothes: They are irrational. They are neither functional, nor user-friendly. Fashion is difference but also sameness, the new as well as the old, the cloning of idols as well as their rejection. It is a sense of pride as much as shame. And it is not uncommon that we feel an urge to lie to others about what we wear and our recent purchases. What is going on here? How are we to deal with the shallows and depths of fashion?

Emergence & Convergence: Interviews
Katherine Melançon, George Fok, Daniel Corbeil, Sabrina Ratté

In these interviews, Katherine Melançon, George Fok, Daniel Corbeil and Sabrina Ratté explain the scope of their works, the subtle links they made between technology and ecology, and their vision of the future as seen through this lens.

Re-FREAM Exhibition

The research project Re-FREAM is exploring the interaction between the domains of Fashion, Design, Science, Craft and Technology, promoting a space for co-creation and research, where experimental projects will be connecting artists with scientists and technologists for better human centered and sustainable solutions.

Re-FREAM round #1 presentations: Witsense & Jessica Smarsch
Witsense & Jessica Smarsch , hosted by Re-FREAM (INT)

Join this session to hear more about about Re-FREAM projects Lovewear by Witsense team and Constructing Connectivity by Jessica Smarsch.

Re-FREAM round #1 presentations: Julia Körner
Julia Körner (AT), hosted by Re-FREAM (INT)

Join this session to hear more about Julia Körner’s Re-FREAM project Digital Vogue.

Emergence & Convergence: Art as prophetic and responsive
Katherine Melançon, George Fok, Moritz Wehrmann, Cheryl Sim

In this live conversation, Cheryl Sim, managing director and curator at the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, and artists from the exhibition Emergence & Convergence will discuss their work, which meets at the intersection of the self, digital technology, the built environment and the natural world.

Re-FREAM round #1 presentations: Ganit Goldstein
Ganit Goldstein (IL), hosted by Re-FREAM (INT)

Join this session to hear more about Ganit Goldstein’s Re-FREAM project WeAReAble.

Re-FREAM round #1 presentations: Youyang Song
Youyang Song (CN), hosted by Re-FREAM (INT)

Join this session to hear more about Youyang Song’s Re-FREAM project Cooking New Materials.

Re-FREAM round #1 presentations: Elisabeth Jayot
Elisabeth Jayot (FR), hosted by Re-FREAM (INT)

Join this session to hear more about Elisabeth Jayot (FR) and her Re-FREAM project Fragments Garments.

Re-FREAM round #1 presentations: Jef Montes
Jef Montes (NL), hosted by Re-FREAM (INT)

Join this session to hear more about Jef Montes (NL) and his Re-FREAM project Marinero.

Fashion. Technology. Responsibility.

Das STARTS-Pilotprojekt Re-FREAM startet diese Session mit einer Keynote, in der unsere Einstellung zu der Kleidung, die wir tragen, hinterfragt wird und wie wir die Systeme und Bedingungen ihrer Herstellung überdenken können. Im Anschluss an die Keynote präsentieren drei KünstlerInnenteams die Ergebnisse und Prototypen, die in ihren Residencies im Rahmen von Re-FREAM realisiert wurden.