Ars Electronica Animation Festival 2020

Like so many other art and culture events, the 2020 Ars Electronica Animation Festival is faced with a great challenge due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As every year, the entries in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica serve as the foundation for the screening program. This year’s 930 submissions once again provide an excellent basis for a survey of current digital filmmaking from the fields of art, science, research, and animation-film schools. All entries were reviewed in a pre-jury round by Victoria Absmann, Juergen Hagler, and Nana Thurner, and some 250 works were prepared for the jury session. In the course of the jury meetings, held for the first time completely virtually, a reduced selection was assessed online by the jury, who then – on a quite unusual jury weekend – determined the recipients of the Golden Nica, two Awards of Distinction, and twelve Honorary Mentions. This year’s jury was made up of Peter Burr (US), Birgitta Hosea (SW/UK), Mathilde Lavenne (FR), Erick Oh (KR/US), and Mimi Son (KR).

Expanded Animation: A new media manifesto

These interviews will discuss the work of the artists throughout their MindSpaces residency. They will present their work so far and their collaboration with the technical partners of the MindSpaces consortium.

Expanded Animation: Art & Industry

Expanded Animation: Artist Position

Austrian Panorama @ KUNSTKINO

In this program, animated-film directors from Austria look at problems of our time.

Electronic Theatre @ KUNSTKINO

Since 1987, the Electronic Theatre has compiled a large number of submissions from all over the world, providing an up-to-the-minute survey of animation art in the context of technology and society.

Electronic Theatre @ Deep Space 8K

Since 1987, the Electronic Theatre has compiled a large number of submissions from all over the world, providing an up-to-the-minute survey of animation art in the context of technology and society. It impressively illustrates the dynamic development of artistic computer animation over the past three decades as well as the expansive growth of various fringe areas. A glance at the works selected this year shows a broad range, from animation in the context of performance and installations to real-time animation and multifaceted, subject-based discussions.

Solar Walk @ Deep Space 8K

Réka Bucsi

Solar Walk, by the Hungarian animation artist Réka Bucsi, is a symphony between humans, animals, creatures, and inanimate and unknown objects.

Electronic Theatre @ Online

Expanded Animation

In collaboration with the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences’ Hagenberg Campus, the 8th Expanded Animation symposium carries on a process launched in 2013: to map the wide-ranging domain of animated worlds of imagery beyond well-trodden paths. The symposium stays the course originally set at its inception, and presents theoretical positions and perspectives from the art world, the R&D field and the industrial sector.