Press Releases

Photo: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl

  • Ars Electronica Linz co-curates an exhibition at Moscow’s Polytechnic Museum

    (Linz, June 22, 2016) The Polytechnic Museum in Moscow commissioned Ars Electronica Linz to co-curate the “EARTH LAB – Artists as Catalysts” exhibition, a collection of artistic projects dealing with key issues pertaining to our planet.

  • Ars Electronica Center Linz Is Now the European Space Education Resource Office in Austria

    (Linz/Paris, June 22, 2016) The Ars Electronica Center has been officially named Austria’s European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO).

  • Spaxels: From R&D Project to Commercial Success

    “Up to now, we’ve been conducting the Spaxels as a profit center within the Futurelab division, and utilizing the revenues generated thereby to finance all of the associated operational expenses and R&D costs totaling €2.5 million. Now, we’re moving to the next level of professionalization by establishing Ars Electronica Spaxels GmbH” said Ars Electronica Linz…

  • Spaxels Win Media Architecture Award in Sydney

    (Linz, June 9, 2016) At the 2016 Media Architecture Biennale that was just held in Sydney, Australia, the Spaxels, Ars Electronica Futurelab’s autonomous drone swarm, were honored with a Media Architecture Award in the Future Trends and Prototypes category.

  • A New Exhibition: TIME OUT .06

    (Linz, June 8, 2016) The latest exhibition in the TIME OUT series produced jointly by the Ars Electronica Center and Linz Art University’s Time-based and Interactive Media program once again showcases the outstanding work being done by young media artists in Linz.

  • Deep Space LIVE: Watching the Brain while it Works

    (Linz, June 6, 2016) The human brain will occupy the focal point at the next Deep Space LIVE this coming Thursday, June 9th at 8 PM.

  • Deep Space LIVE: Scuba Diving in Upper Austria

    (Linz, May 31, 2016) Upper Austria’s lakes and rivers are the featured attractions at the next Deep Space LIVE on Thursday,

  • Interstellar Travel and International Museum Day

    (Linz, May 17, 2016) A journey into outer space is on the itinerary this coming Thursday, May 19th at 8 PM in the Ars Electronica Center.

  • The 2016 Prix Ars Electronica

    (Linz, May 10, 2016) E-mails to the NSA, a game entailing a life-or-death decision and a pioneering woman of media art are among the 2016 Golden Nica winners

  • Media Art Weekend at the Ars Electronica Center

    Linz, April 26, 2016) The Ars Electronica Center will demonstrate what media art actually is at the upcoming Deep Space Weekend on Saturday.

  • Open Call for a Residency at ESA

    (Linz, April 20, 2016) Under the aegis of the European Digital Art and Science Network, Ars Electronica cordially invites artists to take part in a competition for a residency at the European Space Agency (ESA) and at the Ars Electronica Futurelab.

  • Entertaining Lineup at the Ars Electronica Center

    (Linz, April 19, 2016) A highly diverse program of offerings awaits visitors to the Ars Electronica Center this week.

  • 2016 Ars Electronica Festival

    (Linz, April 12, 2016) „RADICAL ATOMS and the alchemists of our time“ is the title of the 2016 Ars Electronica Festival.

  • Deep Space LIVE: Fear of the Onslaught

    (Linz, April 11, 2016) At the next Deep Space LIVE, Simon Hadler, an award-winning journalist on the staff of the ORF–Austrian Broadcasting Company, will do a reality check on some of the purported facts being bandied about by participants in the refugee debate.

  • Freshwater Worlds

    (Linz, April 4, 2016) Fast-running streams, mountain lakes bathed in light, and picturesque sylvan pools—at the next Deep Space LIVE.

  • Art History and Extreme Sport at Deep Space LIVE

    (Linz, March 21, 2016) Breathtaking athletic feats and indomitable will are featured at the next Deep Space LIVE this coming Thursday.

  • Easter Program at the Ars Electronica Center

    (Linz, March 17, 2016) Lots of interesting stuff is happening at the Ars Electronica Center during Easter time too!

  • New Exhibition: TIME OUT .05

    (Linz, March 16, 2016) The 5th TIME OUT exhibition staged jointly by Linz Art University’s Time-based and Interactive Media program and the Ars Electronica Center once again features works by up-and-coming young media artists.

  • European Digital Art and Science Network: Quadrature Is the Recipient of a Multi-week Residency at the ESO

    (Linz / Santiago de Chile, March 15, 2016) The members of the Quadrature artists’ collective, Jan Bernstein, Juliane Götz and Sebastian Neitsch (all DE), are the recipients of this year’s European Digital Art and Science Network residency.

  • Brain Research and Hidden Beauty

    (Linz, March 8, 2016) Brain researchers’ latest findings on the subject of free will occupy the focal point at the next Brains for Everybody featuring Dr. Manuela Macedonia this Thursday, March 10th at 6:30 PM.