Ars Electronica Center

Climate Change from space - 360 degrees

ESRIN, ESA Centre for Earth Observation (IT), Ars Electronica Solutions (AT)

ESA’s Earth Observation Facility (ESRIN) in Frascati, Italy hosts the Φ-Experience – an multimedia centre, comprising an Earth observation data visualization facility. The objective of the “Φ-Experience” is to use interactive display technologies to increase awareness and visibility of ESA’s Earth observation programs and applications.

Climate emergency in Vorarlberg: a trip to the exhibition "Global Shift - Die Welt im Wandel" in Bregenz

The climate emergency in Vorarlberg, declared in 2019, not only addresses politics, but also the art and cultural scene have to make a contribution against global warming. The exhibition "Global Shift – Die Welt im Wandel (engl.: Global Shift - The World in Transition)" includes various interactive and participatory stations. These stations observe, document and comment on the traces left using our natural resources.

Cinematic Rendering – Dissecting Theatre of the Future

Prim. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Franz Fellner (DE), Dr. Klaus Engel (DE)

Considering how computer tomography (CT) makes it possible to peer inside the human body without resorting to a scalpel is actually quite fascinating in its own right, but the app “Cinematic Rendering” at the Deep Space 8K takes the teaching of the anatomy of the human body to the next level.

FOR FOREST - The Unending Attraction of Nature in DEEP SPACE 8K

Gernot Paulus (AT), Klaus Littmann (CH), Philipp Zebedin (AT), Günter Koren (AT), Roland Haring (AT), Roland Aigner (AT), Ulf Scherling (AT), Karl-Heinrich Anders (DE)

FOR FOREST by Klaus Littmann was a temporary art intervention of a real forest at the soccer stadium in Klagenfurt gaining worldwide attention. This art intervention in fall 2019 not only created the largest of its kind in public space in Austria, but also a unique scientific laboratory in the context of forestry, surveying and digital transformation. The “Making of” this unique collaboration from the artistic and scientific point of view is for the first time presented in Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Festival 2020.

The Civil Society of the Future

Unabhängiges LandesFreiwilligen Zentrum (AT)

When, if not now, should we talk about the future of civil society? As with the refugee conflict in 2015, the corona crisis of 2020 highlighted the role of civil social engagement. Once again, it became clear how much the initiatives, associations, NGOs, NPOs and individuals we consider as “civil society” can do.

Symposium “Perspektiven politischer Bildung”

Arbeiterkammer OÖ (AT), Pädagogische Hochschule OÖ (AT)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is omnipresent, without us always being aware of it. For many years now, it has been making our everyday lives easier, for example when cell phones are unlocked by means of face recognition or when individual advertising guides us through the jungle of the Internet. AI can manipulate us humans. Can it thus become a danger to democracy? The first signs of this apparent development were brought about by the brexite vote or the US presidential elections, for example.

Electrified Feedback Cello

Michael Hutsteiner (AT), Verena Breitfuß (AT)

A cello is vibrated by means of magnetic pickups and structure-borne sound transducers. The feedback signal can be manipulated and changed using digital sound processors

Opera @ Deep Space 8K

Erick Oh (KR/US)

Opera is a cycle of a five-minute animation created by the prize-winning filmmaker and artist Erick Oh.

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 @ 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.

Open Futurelab Exhibition

The Open Futurelab Exhibition showcases the current research approaches and projects by the Ars Electronica Futurelab – Ars Electronica's Research and Development department.

Deepandemia

Peter Freudling (AT), Nicolas Naveau (FR/AT), Johannes Pöll (AT), Julian Zauner (AT)

Inspired by the recent coronavirus pandemic, Deepandemia aims to visualize (and gamify) the consequences of actions like physical distancing, quarantine or wearing a mask. The project team’s hope is to encourage the visitors to think, discuss and take action in the real world, since this kind of threat will most probably remain with us for a while.

The Meeting Point – 8K Stream from Immersive Multimedia Labs at PSNC

Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PL), Spin Digital Video Technologies GmbH (DE), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

A live 8K streaming from PSNC labs in Poznań, Poland to Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria. In Ars Electronica’s Deep Space a video in 8K resolution with multichannel sound will be transmitted live from PSNC, and realized with the use of several modern techniques using prototype hardware and software. It will also be a short trip through all the experiments and implementations that have been successfully done in the last few years as part of the Immersify project.

Lost in Resolution – 16K Video and 3D Audio Playback for Large-Screen Immersive Spaces

Spin Digital Video Technologies GmbH (DE), Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PL), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

An introduction about the Immersify project and the work performed on tools, content, and spaces for immersive media. Including a presentation highlighting the requirements and potential of a new generation of immersive and interactive media applications that combine very high resolution video with 3D audio. A content showcase including three content pieces that feature 16K 360° video with 3D audio based on ambisonics and user interaction presented at the Deep Space 8K.