Press Releases

Photo: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl

  • The Alchemy Box

    (Linz, February 16, 2017) The 2016 Ars Electronica Festival was the setting of a 20-minute documentary film created by nine physically handicapped participants in FAB’s Virtual Office program.

  • MUSEUM TOTAL

    (Linz, February 14, 2017) Four days of world-class culture for one very affordable price—that’s the great idea behind Museum Days in Linz.

  • New Exhibition: Creative Robotics

    (Linz, February 9, 2017) The focus of the new exhibition “Creative Robotics” is on machines that have been utilized up to now in industrial mass fabrication but are increasingly being deployed in such fields as art, design and architecture as catalysts for innovation.

  • Deep Space LIVE: Cinematic Rendering

    (Linz, January 30, 2017) Spectacular, photorealistic 3-D depictions of the human body are the featured attractions at the next Deep Space LIVE on February 2nd at 7 PM.

  • Hercules in a Lime Kiln

    (Linz, January 23, 2017) At the next Deep Space LIVE Thursday evening, archaeologist Stefan Traxler of the Museum of the State of Upper Austria will present the most spectacular finds of a dig in the once Roman town of Lauriacum.

  • Deep Space LIVE: The European Extremely Large Telescope

    (Linz, January 17, 2017) A state-of-the-art telescope occupies the focal point of attention at the next Deep Space LIVE hosted by astrophotographer Dietmar Hager.

  • 2017 Prix Ars Electronica

    (Linz, January 16, 2017) The 2017 Prix Ars Electronica has begun accepting entries. The deadline is March 3rd for submitting works to this year’s four categories: Computer Animation / Film / VFX, Digital Musics & Sound Art, Hybrid Art, and u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD.

  • Entries for the STARTS-Prize 2017 are being accepted

    (Linz/Brussels, January 11, 2017) The European Commission cordially invites artists, scientists and technicians, teams, collectives and firms to take part in this year’s STARTS Prize competition.

  • The Ars Electronica Center Is a Big Draw

    (January 4, 2017) The Ars Electronica Center Linz counted more than 172.000 visitors in 2016.

  • The Ars Electronica Futurelab Designed the DATA ROOM and a Futuristic Foodwall

    (Berlin / LInz, 21.12.2016) The Ars Electronica Futurelab Designed the DATA ROOM and a Futuristic Foodwall at SAP’s new headquarter in Berlin

  • Deep Space LIVE: The Sculptor Galaxy

    (Linz, December 19, 2016) All eyes will be on the Sculptor, a galaxy 10 million light years from Earth, at the next Deep Space LIVE hosted by astrophotographer Dietmar Hager.

  • Family Fun at the Ars Electronica Center

    (Linz, December 13, 2016) The Ars Electronica Center is spicing up the weekend before Christmas with a colorful lineup of fun activities for the whole family.

  • Deep Space LIVE: Gravel Pit as Habitat

    (Linz, December 12, 2016) Gravel pits as habitats for waterfowl, mammals, amphibians and invertebrates is the theme of the next Deep Space LIVE on Thursday.

  • Deep Space LIVE: Linz Legends

    (Linz, November 28, 2016) The Linz metropolitan area and the Danube as a transportation artery for travelers, merchants, crusaders and pilgrims is the theme of the next Deep Space LIVE.

  • Stained-glass Windows & High-tech Medicine

    (Linz, November 21, 2016) The next Deep Space LIVE highlights the stained-glass windows of Linz’s Mariendom.

  • The Old Linz Synagogue – A Virtual Walking Tour

    (Linz, November 15, 2016) A detailed digital reconstruction of the old Linz synagogue that was wrecked and set ablaze on Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938, can now be accessed in the course of a virtual walking tour in the Deep Space 8K of the Ars Electronica Center.

  • Deep Space Weekend: Cinematic Rendering

    (Linz, November 14, 2016) The rapid development of medical imaging techniques such as cinematic rendering will be the focal-point theme at the next Deep Space Weekend.

  • Ars Electronica Linz and Onassis Cultural Foundation present a new exhibition

    (Athens/Linz, November 8, 2016) A representative selection of 16 outstanding works of hybrid art can now be seen in “HYBRIDS – On the Borderline between Art and Technology,” an exhibition running at the Onassis Cultural Centre–Athens.

  • Archäologie, Tanz und inspirierende Ideen

    (Linz, November 3, 2016) A jam-packed lineup of activities for young and old alike awaits visitors to the Ars Electronica on the first weekend in November.

  • Deep Space LIVE: Linz’s Railroad Bridge

    (Linz, November 1, 2016) A 3-D visualization of the railroad bridge over the Danube in Linz is the highlight of the next Deep Space LIVE on Thursday evening.