Press Releases

(Linz, January 10, 2025) The European Union Prize for Citizen Science honors initiatives that promote exchange between science and the general public and contribute to an inclusive society through collaborative research approaches. Submissions are open until March 10, 2025.

(Linz, January 8, 2025) On behalf of the European Commission, Ars Electronica will once again award the renowned STARTS Prize and the STARTS Prize Africa in 2025. The search is on for innovations at the interface between science, technology and art.

(Linz, January 7, 2025) Entries for the Prix Ars Electronica 2025 can be submitted in four categories from today through Wednesday, March 5, 2025. In addition, there is the Isao Tomita Special Prize and the Ars Electronica Award for Digital Humanity.

(Linz, December 9, 2024) On the third weekend of Advent, the Ars Electronica Center invites you to the Family Days (December 14-15). Under the motto “Winterwunderzauber”, guided tours and hands-on stations can be tried out throughout the museum. Fun and variety are also guaranteed during the Christmas holidays.

(Linz, November 28, 2024) On December 7 and 8, Paris will celebrate the reopening of Notre-Dame. Anyone who wants to marvel at the world-famous cathedral in Linz will have to come to the Ars Electronica Center on Sunday, December 8: Notre-Dame Immersive will take visitors on a 3D tour of the venerable Parisian church.

(Linz, November 7, 2024) The Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), Ars Electronica and the OeAD are jointly presenting the Media Literacy Award 2025. The award recognizes innovative teaching projects in Austria in the field of media education and digital learning.

(Linz/Vienna, November 6, 2024) The winners of the CultTech x Ars Electronica Award 2024 have been announced: The collective Polycular (AT) receives 10,000 euros in prize money and long-term mentoring for the further development of its innovative AR game Escape Fake. One honorary mention was also awarded.

(Linz, September 9, 2024) 1,260 artists, scientists, developers, entrepreneurs and activists from 67 countries were guests in Linz over the past five days and contributed to Ars Electronica 2024. 10 official and another 8 featured locations were used and 498 events were offered. With more than 112,000 visits, this festival surpassed all previous ones.

(Linz, September 4, 2024) The Ars Electronica Festival 2024 is dedicated to people and initiatives who, in spite of global crises, convey hope and demonstrate with their ideas and projects that we can actively shape the future. The S+T+ARTS exhibition and the festival theme show are now on display at POSTCITY.

(Linz, September 3, 2024) For the first time, the Medical Campus of Johannes Kepler University Linz will be one of the venues of the Ars Electronica Festival. International artists and JKU researchers will present innovative projects at the interface of science and art. An XR exhibition will also be on display.

(Linz, September 3, 2024) Linz Kunstuni Campus celebrates the Ars Electronica Festival with a tower, a solar-powered galley and tube amplifiers: From 3 to 8 September, more than eighteen university departments will be active in the Linz city center. The Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest is this year’s special featured institution.