Press Releases

Photo: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl

Inside Festival

(Linz, 12.7.2021) At Ars Electronica Home Delivery on Wednesday, 14.7.2021, Gerfried Stocker, Artistic Director Ars Electronica and Christl Baur, Head of Ars Electronica Festival, will give an insight into this year’s festival theme and present various projects.
Summer Vacation at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, 7.7.2021) The relationship between man and machine, a handbook for Digital Humanists and Cooperative Aesthetics – all at Ars Electronica Home Delivery this week.
The relationship between man and machine and our influence on the world’s oceans

(Linz, 4.7.2021) The relationship between man and machine, a handbook for Digital Humanists and Cooperative Aesthetics – all at Ars Electronica Home Delivery this week.
Samurai Museum Berlin and Cooperative Aesthetics

(Linz, 29.6.2021) This week at Ars Electronica Home Delivery: a look behind the scenes of the Samruai Museum Berlin, sound mapping in Deep Space and a talk about the work of the technicians at the Ars Electronica Center.
STARTS Prize 2021 for Remix el Barrio and Oceans in Transformation

(Linz / Brussels, 16.6.2021) At the STARTS Prize 21, the two GRAND PRIZES were awarded to the projects “Oceans in Transformation” and “Remix el Barrio, Food Waste Biomaterial Makers”. In addition, the jury awarded 10 Honorary Mentions.
Prix Ars Electronica 2021 counts 3,158 entries from 86 countries

(Linz, 14.6.2021) 3,158 projects from 86 countries were submitted to the Prix Ars Electronica 2021, despite a pandemic and a temporary shutdown of the art world.
Working in and on the Future

(Linz, 8.6.2021) With a new exhibition, the Upper Austrian Chamber of Labor and Ars Electronica are addressing the question of what “Work in and on the Future” might look like.
Guided tours possible again

(Linz, 1.6.2021) As of June 8, the Ars Electronica Center will also be open on weekdays, from Tuesday to Friday, and can be visited in the course of pre-booked guided tours. On weekends, the Ars Electronica Center will be open to individual visitors.
In-Flight Call to the International Space Station!

(Linz / Salzburg, 27.5.2021) On Tuesday, 1 June 2021, two Austrian teachers will be connected live to the International Space Station ISS and chat with astronaut Thomas Pesquet (FR) about sustainability in space travel.
Stream Festival, Journey Through the Universe and a Handbook for Digital Humanists

(Linz, 25.5.2021) Gain insight into the working methods of Austrian music producers, travel the infinite expanses of the universe with astrophotographer Dietmar Hager, and learn how and why we should become “digital humanists.”
Untamed Music, Open Futurelab 2020 and a Sound Mixer in 16 by 9 Meter Format

(Linz, 17.5.2021) Exciting insights into projects of the Ars Electronica Futurelab, untamed music and rhythmic descriptions of a landscape and a digital sound mixer in 16 by 9 metre format: This week at Ars Electronica Home Delivery.
Poetic Systems, Cooperative Aesthetics, and lots of great videos to check out

(Linz, 10.5.2021) Learn how an artistic approach can transform complex systems into a form we can easily grasp, or enjoy one of the many fascinating clips from Ars Electronica Home Delivery’s video pool.
#eachnamematters, the laboratory of the senses and digital fireworks

(Linz, 3.5.2021) This week, Ars Electronica Home Delivery will commemorate the 90,000 people killed there with a moving video projection on the camp wall of the former Mauthausen concentration camp.
Ars Electronica Home Delivery turns 1

(Linz, 30.4.2021) Exactly one year ago, on May 1, 2020, Gerfried Stocker welcomed the online audience to the very first edition of “Ars Electronica Home Delivery”. And a lot has happened at “Ars Electronica Home Delivery” since then.
Felix sees family: MKD meets NEXTCOMIC Festival

(Linz, 28.4.2021) As part of the NEXTCOMIC Festival, the Master School of Communication Design at HTL1 Bau & Design Linz will be showing drawn comics that can be brought to life using a cell phone and an app at the Ars Electronica Center.
25 Years of Ars Electronica Futurelab and a Live Concert

(Linz, 26.4.2021) Get to know lots of virtual worlds from 25 years of the Ars Electronica Futurelab and learn how and why we should become “Digital Humanists. That and much more is on the agenda this week at Ars Electronica Home Delivery.
Ars Electronica Festival 2021: A New Digital Deal

(Linz, 19.4.2021) A New Digital Deal is the theme of the Ars Electronica Festival 2021, which will take place from September 8-12 in Linz as well as at 100 other locations around the world and on the Internet.
Interactive horns, pixel clouds and mechanized cacophonies

(Linz, 18.4.2021) Smirk at an interactive sound installation, get to know artists Anna Ridler and Caroline Sinders, and swirl pixel clouds by means of movements in space. This week at Ars Electronica Home Delivery.
Interspecifics awarded SETI x AI residency at SETI Institute and Ars Electronica Futurelab

(Linz / Mountain View, 15.4.2021) Interspecifics with their project Codex Virtualis are the winners of the AI Lab residency SETI x AI. Interspecifics will work on their project in the course of a residency at the SETI Institute and the Ars Electronica Futurelab.
Juggling World Champions, Cooperative Aesthetics and Gut-Brain Communication

(12.4.2021) Extra-class juggling by four-time juggling world champions in deep space 8K, the latest knowledge about the communication of intestine and brain and three-dimensional tracks conjured up on the wall by teamwork.