Future Life and Linz. Scenes from Six Centuries
(Linz, November 17, 2014) Another fascinatingly diverse program is in store for visitors to the Ars Electronica Center this Thursday, November 20, 2014. At 3 PM, Ars Electronica Futurelab Co-Director Roland Haring kicks off the Future Life series by presenting the latest results of the most important research projects being carried on by Futurelab staffers. He’ll also elaborate on various scenarios for the future that could easily become a part of everyday life just a few years from now. Admission to this series is free; the target audience consists of school pupils in grades 5 and up. At 8 PM, Friedrich Mayrhofer and Walter Schuster from the Archive of the City of Linz will screen diverse views of Linz that have been created over the years and impressively document the city’s architectural metamorphosis.
Future Life
Since 1996 the ARS ELECTRONICA Futurelab has been looking into the future in relation to art, technology and society. The lab team brings together different disciplines. Above all transdisciplinarity and being internationally connected mark the way they work. Roland Haring will present the Ars Electronica Futurelab in the course of this series.
Further dates:
THU January 29, 2015: Future Cars – AUTOnomy on the Streets on the Future
THU February 12, 2015: Future Display – Pixels Conquer the Airspace
THU April 16, 2015: Future Releations – Hand in Hand with Robots
THU June 11, 2015: Future Live Performance – the Age of a New Stage?
Deep Space LIVE
The Ars Electronica Center is now hosting a Deep Space LIVE event every Thursday (except holidays) at 8 PM. Each presentation will feature ultra-high-definition imagery in 16×9-meter format and will be accompanied by expert commentary, entertaining stand-up repartee, and musical improvisation. Whether great works from the history of art, space travel, journeys of discovery in the Nanoworld, or a live concert is what you’ve come to behold, Deep Space LIVE stands for enlightening entertainment amidst breathtaking worlds of imagery. Admission is €2. Holders of a valid Museum ticket are admitted free of charge.
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Linz.Ansichten / Archiv der Stadt Linz / Printversion / Album
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Gesture Communication / Mercedes Benz / Printversion
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