Press Releases

(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.

(Linz, September 2, 2024) From September 4-8, 2024, the Prix Ars Electronica exhibition will present an exclusive selection of the year’s best media art projects. The show comprises 13 projects and will be presented for the first time at the Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz. Other award-winning works can be seen at POSTCITY.

(Linz, 26.8.2024) From September 4 to 8, 2024, Ars Electronica 2024 will take place at 18 locations in the city center of Linz. The central venue is the spectacular POSTCITY, which will become a stage for ideas, visions and projects between art, technology and society. The most important exhibitions, events and conferences at a glance.

(Linz/Vienna, August 6, 2024) For the second year in a row, Ars Electronica and the CultTech Association will present the CultTech x Ars Electronica Award. The award honors projects and ideas that demonstrate how a responsible approach to technology can enrich the global cultural scene. Submissions will be accepted from today until September 19, 2024.

(Linz/Vienna, July 22, 2024) In 2024, the State of the ART(ist) initiative is once again supporting artists who are exposed to political, social or ecological threats and are taking a stand against them. The two Main Prizes go to an Ukrainian dance company and Said Ahmed Mohamed Alhassan from Sudan.

(Linz/Brussels, June 25, 2024) The first STARTS Prize Africa received 405 submissions from 35 countries. The European Commission’s new initiative aims to promote innovation in Africa and future cooperation between Africa and Europe. The Grand Prize worth 15,000 euros goes to the project Balot NFT by the Congolese initiative CATPC.

(Linz/Brussels, June 24, 2024) 1,308 submissions from 81 countries were received for the European Commission’s STARTS Prize in 2024. The “Grand Prize – Innovative Collaboration” goes to the Arts at CERN program. The “Grand Prize – Artistic Exploration” was awarded to the project “Calculating Empires” by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler.

(Linz, June 17, 2024) 2950 entries from 95 countries were submitted to the Prix Ars Electronica. The winners of four Golden Nicas, 12 Awards of Distinction, 38 Honorary Mentions, an Award for Digital Humanity and three main prizes have now been announced. 

(Linz/Brussels, June 12, 2024) Citizen Science aims to involve committed citizens in scientific processes. Projects that achieve this in an exceptional way are honoured with the European Union Prize for Citizen Science. This year, the INCREASE initiative prevailed out of 288 submissions.