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Artist Talk: Yuge Zhou (CN)

Artist Talk by Yuge Zhou 周雨歌 (CN) about her project 'Underground Circuit' which got the Honorary Mention in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Imge Özbilge (TR), Sine Özbilge (TR)

Artist Talk by Imge Özbilge(TR), Sine Özbilge(TR) about their project '#21xoxo' which got the Honorary Mention in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Randa Maroufi (FR)

Artist Talk by Randa Maroufi (FR) about her project 'BAB SEBTA' which won the Award of Distinction in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Maja Gehrig (CH)

Artist Talk by Maja Gehrig (CH) about her project 'Average Happiness' which won the Award of Distinction in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Extending Reality: Introducing the Past, Present and Future of Immersive Media

Adam Paigge (UK)

Join STEAMhouse Extended Reality Technician Adam Paigge in his talk about XR, how this can support STEAM collaboration and the ways in which STEAMhouse is leading such approaches in the West Midlands.

Artist Talk: Cheng Guo (CN)

Artist Talk byCheng Guo (CN) about her project 'The Net Wanderer - A tour of suspended handshakes' which got the Honorary Mention in the Interactive Art + category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Constanza Piña Pardo (CL)

Artist Talk by Constanza Piña Pardo (CL) about her project 'khipu / Electrotextile Prehispanic Computer' which got the Honorary Mention in the Interactive Art + category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Holy Hydra 3.0

Die geile Hydra & Raumteiler Kulturverein (AT)

Die Holy Hydra ist eine interdisziplinäre Veranstaltung in der Stadtpfarrkirche Urfahr - Jugendkirche Grüner Anker, (neben dem Ars Electronica Center) welche heuer bereits zum dritten Mal stattfindet. Dieses Jahr werden wir den Fokus neben Tanzperformances, elektronischer Musik und neuer Medienkunst, auf raumfüllende Installation legen, um den Kirchenraum in seiner vollen Pracht erleben zu können. Es wird anders...

‘site inspection’ – Virtual cocktail party & FM4 Radio Show in VR

sound:frame / Eva Fischer (AT), Marijn Bril (NL), Angie Pohl (AT)

For this year’s Ars Electronica, sound:frame and Pausanio invite the audience to join an exclusive virtual cocktail party in the Area for Virtual Art’s mozilla hub space. Together we will teleport from one artist’s space to another and have a virtual toast.

'site inspection' - Virtual exhibition tour

sound:frame / Eva Fischer (AT), Marijn Bril (NL), Angie Pohl (AT)

The sound:frame curators Eva Fischer and Marijn Bril will guide through the Area for Virtual Art and talk with the exhibiting artists and some of the Area’s team members, about their approaches to virtuality and digitality.

sound:frame & Pausanio virtual – Area for Virtual Art

sound:frame / Eva Fischer (AT), Marijn Bril (NL), Angie Pohl (AT)

sound:frame together with Pausanio presents the Area for Virtual Art – an online platform for digital art and virtual formats. Discover current artistic approaches in virtual exhibitions and meet people in discussion programs and live events to exchange thoughts and create new ideas and concepts. The Area for Virtual Art develops into an international hub, giving a platform to current digital art forms and connecting people all over the world.

Rethinking alive as material

Rūta Spelskytė (LT)

The toolkit is designed to rethink alive as material. To think of the ways we can use nature, create tools out of it, imagine or train plant and animal features, construct their development in the future, and on the other hand – how to take a moment to stop and just appreciate it.

The Birth of Venus

Brigita Kasperaitė (DE/LT)

While in the past electroconvulsive therapy was used in very questionable ways, we can admit one thing, the reality is questionable in itself. And while the artist Brigita Kasperaitė explores the natural and synthetic ways of electrical discharges and how they might affect the surroundings, she is also interested in knowing and experiencing that electricity is everywhere - as well as our bodies.

Multi-eyed creature navigating and traversing the grove

PhAMA/ FAMM department at Vilnius Academy of Arts (LT)

AE Garden Vilnius Mozilla Hub hosts directed multiangle and XR Live Experience of the Garden where around 10 live events and usual grove life are happening in numerous spaces inside and outside and dozen cameras are directed by humans, animals and plants. You can navigate through busy culture events or find your calm spot to enjoy the life of nature.

Experiencing lives

Mindaugas Gapševičius (DE/LT), Brigita Kasperaitė (DE/LT), Rūta Spelskytė (LT), Auksė Gaižauskaitė (LT)

The artist talk raises the question of collaboration between different species. It will start with a presentation of three projects: two toolkits for experimenting with living organisms and a conversation about microorganisms and their hosts. The artist talk is hosted by the Alt lab, a non-disciplinary research laboratory dedicated to artistic-scientific research and implementation of interdisciplinary projects.

DIRTY LIVES BETTER

Barbara Ungepflegt (AT), Elsbeth Wallnöfer (IT)

Since December 2017 Barbara Ungepflegt has been Minister for Homelandtrash and International Affairs. Ungepflegt considers urgent measures to preserve the constantly disappearing homeland dirt until it is too late for Team Austria, animals and dumplings. In cooperation with Elsbeth Wallnöfer, chairwoman in the home country, the Minister will present in detail the program of DIRTY LIVES BETTER at the 2020 Ars Electronica Festival.

Die Zivilgesellschaft der Zukunft

Unabhängiges LandesFreiwilligen Zentrum (AT)

Wann, wenn nicht jetzt über die Zukunft der Zivilgesellschaft reden? Wie schon 2015 die Flüchtlingskrise, hat 2020 nun auch die Coronakrise die Rolle zivilgesellschaftlichen Engagements unterstrichen. Wieder einmal wurde deutlich, wie viel jene Initiativen, Vereine, NGOs, NPOs und Einzelpersonen, die wir als „Zivilgesellschaft“ betrachten, zu tun imstande sind.

Artist Talk: Sissel Marie Tonn (DK)

Artist Talk by Sissel Marie Tonn (DK) about her project ‘The Intimate Earthquake Archive’ which got the Honorary Mention in the Interactive Art + category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Dasha Ilina (RU)

Artist Talk by Dasha Ilina (RU) about her project 'Center for Technological Pain' which got the Honorary Mention in the Interactive Art + category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Miwa Matreyek (US)

Artist Talk by Miwa Matreyek (US) about her project 'Infinitely Yours' which won the Golden Nica in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.