Linz
3D DRUCK FOR KIDS
Grand Garage Team (AT)
3-D printing workshop for kids between 10 and 14 years (one parent must be present during the workshop) who want to get to know about 3-D printing technology. You will learn how to prepare a 3-D model and start printing. Of course, you can take your finished object with you.
LASERCUT FOR KIDS
Grand Garage Team (AT)
Lasercut Intro-Workshop for kids between 8 and 12 years, who like to do handicrafts and learn about new technologies. We get to know the laser and assemble a honeybee from a wooden construction kit.
SOLDERING FOR KIDS
Grand Garage Team (AT)
Soldering workshop for kids between 10 and 14 years (one parent must be present during the workshop), who want to learn the basic skills of soldering. Grab an adult and solder your own LED cube!
AIxMusic - Artificial Stupidity
Moisés Horta-Valenzuela (MX/US), Artemi-Maria Gioti (GR), Ali Nikrang (AT), Alex Braga (IT) and Portrait XO (US)
The panel on Artificial Stupidity invites artist present at the Ars Electronica Festival to share their experiences in the context of AIxMusic. AI is a media trend right now and a controversial topic.
Holy Hydra 3.0
Die geile Hydra & Raumteiler Kulturverein (AT)
The Holy Hydra is an interdisciplinary event in the parish church Urfahr – Jugendkirche Grüner Anker, (next to AEC Maindeck) which takes place for the third time this year. This time we will focus not only on dance performances, electronic music and new media art, but also on a room-filling installation to experience the church space in its full splendor. It will be different...
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.
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.
STWST Excursions
Stadtwerkstatt (AT)
The excursion leads to Kunstlager Nord. Here Stadtwerkstatt collects art relics and documents from the 40-year history of the house - between media art, subculture and city history. In the house of STWST also some archive materials can be seen.
COVID-19 Crisis: How could/can society change?
Walter Ötsch, Renata Schmidtkunz, Antonia Birnbaum, Evelyn Bodenmeier, Leonhard Dobusch, Sighard Neckel
Walter Ötsch develops two scenarios for the future of society: a positive and a negative one. He will give an overview of the possible ideas for the future, both positive and negative, that were considered in the workshop. Together, obstacles and options for the future are discussed.
STWST48x6 MORE LESS
Stadtwerkstatt (AT)
With STWST48x6 MORE LESS, the 6th edition of Stadtwerkstatt’s 48-hour showcase extravaganza, Stadtwerkstatt asks the relevant questions about the more-or-less situations, the non-equality areas, the counter-validity zones and the non-zero-sum games of the future.
COVID-19 Crisis: What options does civil society and social media have?
Walter Ötsch, Renata Schmidtkunz, Leonhard Dobusch, Evelyn Bodenmeier
We invite people from the fields of philosophy, sociology, economics and media studies to take part in a public discussion. Experts will present their views, challenge each other and offer suggestions for the future of our society.
COVID-19 Crisis: Future Scenarios
Walter Ötsch, Renata Schmidtkunz, Sighard Neckel, Antonia Birnbaum
The coronavirus shock will change society and it will not be possible to return to the "normal state of affairs" we had before the crisis. Two scenarios are outlined: (1) In the negative scenario, the coronavirus shock will bring little change on the surface, but will, in fact, fundamentally reshape the political shell that surrounds capitalism. This is explained in analogy to developments after the 2008 financial crisis, in which the elites who caused the crisis were not challenged and held accountable. In this thoroughly realistic scenario, a new authoritarian form of capitalism can emerge, in which the new power for the states is also expanded into new forms of surveillance. (2) The positive scenario ties in with many historical experiences in which the world was improved after crises. We are currently experiencing a redesign of political action that contains positive moments such as new forms of talking collectively about fears, new forms of solidarity with strangers and the experience of how important and powerful politics can be. Perhaps in this scenario it may be possible to combine the corona shock with concerns about the coming ecological crises and to take effective steps to mitigate them.
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.
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.
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
Big Concert Night 2020
The Big Concert Night in collaboration with Bruckner Orchestra Linz has been an integral and unique part of the Ars Electronica Festival for over a decade. Each year, it provides unique opportunities to explore and cross boundaries – an encounter between musical worlds.
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.
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.
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.
