Allgemein

Klangfahnen

Sounding Linz

The Klangfahnen were developed and woven for Sounding Linz to mark urban places with great symbolic power for the urban quality of the city.

OK Night 2020

OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH AT

OK Night is a yearly presented nightline format at OÖ Kulturquartier on Ars Electronica’s Saturday. Originally conceived to present performative works from the range of Prix Ars Electronica awarded works the night also features local and international club culture.

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.

Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau hosted by ARS ELECTRONICA

Christa Sommerer (AT), Laurent Mignonneau (FR)

Presentation of the interactive project Homo Insectus, in cooperation with Bildrecht

Sounding Linz - LINZER KLANGWOLKE 2020

presented by Sparkasse OÖ and LINZ AG

Experience creative talent from the region, great artistry, and a high level of engagement with people in Upper Austria: the Brucknerhaus Linz, together with local artists and its partners University of Art and Industrial Design Linz and Ars Electronica, is creating something unique for extraordinary times: a declaration of love for Linz.

The Manchine

Kommhaus (AT)

The Manchine is a book about the linking and, ultimately, fusion of man and machine. Renowned experts from different disciplines cover topics like digitalization, interconnectedness, robotics, artificial intelligence, the industrial revolution and Industry 4.0.

BIO AUSTRIA Farmers’ Market: Organic quality you can taste

BIO AUSTRIA (AT)

On September 12, the organic farmers of BIO AUSTRIA will present their superb regional products at Kepler’s Gardens.

Myths and Matter

Robert Angerer, Sofie Lüftinger, Neriman Polat, Alessandra Steiner

The Imaginarium shows the results of our experiments, matter from distant futures, myths and fairytales.

Austria makes sense @ "Expo 2020 Dubai"

Ars Electronica Solutions (AT)

From 1. 10.2021 to 31.3.2022 the world exhibition takes place in Dubai. Austria is participating with the extraordinary project "Austria makes Sense".

Pianographique

Maki Namekawa (JP/AT), Dennis Russell Davies (US), Cori OʼLan (AT)

Pianographique is an ongoing artistic collaboration of the two pianists Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies with the digital-media artist Cori O‘Lan.

Acts of Substitution without Bodily Contact: Making Music in the Age of Quarantine

The Telharmonic Orchestra (AT) feat. Richard Garet (US) & Daniel Neumann (US/DE)

The Telharmonic Orchestra was founded in 2020 by ten composers/musicians during the COVID lockdown in 2020 at Anton Bruckner University Linz.

Neltokoni in cuícatl

hexorcismos AKA Moisés Horta Valenzuela (MX)

Neltokoni in cuícatl (Talismans in Poetry) is a multichannel audio/visual poetry performance driven by a disembodied AI system consisting of three generative deep learning models trained on precolumbian sonic forms, poetry and imagery.

Running Off the Senses

Yishu Jiang (AT), Ali Nikrang (AT), Daniela Mülleder (AT)

This performance with Yishu Jiang (violoncello), Daniela Mülleder (violin) and Ali Nikrang (piano) focuses on AI-composed music, with human-composed music as counterpoint.

Gnawa Machine

Camel Zekri (FR), Marc Chemillier (FR)

The challenge of Gnawa Machine is to integrate the computer in a particular cultural context, that of the Gnawa Brotherhood in North Africa, of which Camel Zekri is a member.

MOREOVER

Wobbly (US), Jennifer Walshe (IE)

Tune in for the 2020 MOREOVER infomercial reveal, unboxing and presentation. What is MOREOVER?

Moon Machine Field Trip

Tobias Euler (DE), Thies Mynther (DE), Veit Sprenger (DE)

The Moon Machine is a mobile music island, a bricolage with pneumatic instruments and mechatronic sound machines, sun umbrella, signal horns and acoustic collision warning devices.

Corona Improv Sessions

Many International Artists (INT)

The Corona Improv Sessions began in the global lockdown. Every Sunday, performers came together telematically to produce collaborative music and visual works across distant locations.

SPLEEN MACHINE

Alex Braga (IT)

SPLEEN MACHINE documents years of Alex Braga’s research in the field of A.I., and the creation of a new musical instrument called A-MINT, which is the keystone to so-called “Augmented Music”.

Bias, for bass clarinet and Interactive Music System

Artemi-Maria Gioti (GR), Szilárd Benes (HU)

A neural network trained to simulate my own aesthetic judgments is responsible for the computer’s decisions during its interaction with the musician: i.e., whether it will “mirror” the sounds played by them, propose new sound material or simply remain silent.

The Elephant in the Room

Melanie Baumgartner (AT), Florian Hartmann (AT), David Preninger (AT)​

Nature-inspired robotics is collaborative, adaptable and ecological. With biodegradable and edible materials, new technologies that interact sustainably with humans and nature emerge. Imitations of an elephant's trunk embody such soft nature-inspired robots and interact quite naturally with visitors in Kepler's Gardens.