Press Releases

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Ars Electronica draws a successful balance sheet for 2023

(Linz, February 14, 2024) Looking back on a productive and successful 2023: More than 250,000 visits to the Ars Electronica Center and the Ars Electronica Festival, six competitions, 20 EU projects, long-term collaborations and customer commissions from international players.
Semester break program at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, February 12, 2024) When Upper Austria’s schoolchildren start their semester break, the Ars Electronica Center awaits interested people of all ages with workshops, guided tours and Deep Space sessions that are as exciting as they are unusual.
“Museum Total”: Over 30 program items for the 10th anniversary

(Linz, February 5, 2024) Once again museums in Linz are joining forces: from February 22 to 25, 2024, “Museum Total” offers the opportunity to explore seven museums with just one ticket.
An immersive journey through Anton Bruckner’s sound worlds

(Linz, January 30, 2024) Being Anton? Playing Anton! Ars Electronica is starting the Bruckner year 2024 with two experience worlds. The opening will take place on January 31, 2024 at the Ars Electronica Center.
Deep Space by Ars Electronica opens in China

(Linz, January 15, 2024) Ars Electronica Solutions has exported Linz’s Deep Space to Asia. On December 23, 2023, the “Deep Space Future” celebrated its opening at the West Bund Museum in Shanghai.
Prix Ars Electronica 2024 starts from tomorrow

(Linz, January 11, 2024) The Prix Ars Electronica is entering its 38th round: Artists can once again submit entries to the world’s most traditional media art competition.
European Union Prize for Citizen Science announced

(Linz, January 10, 2024) The European Union Prize for Citizen Science honors initiatives that put research, innovation and creativity at the service of society. Submissions can be made from today until March 11, 2024.
S+T+ARTS Prize and S+T+ARTS Prize Africa open for entries

(Linz, January 8, 2024) Innovation with added socio-political value: The submission window for the STARTS Prize and the inaugural STARTS Prize Africa opens on January 9, 2024.
Family Days and Vacation Program at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, December 11, 2023) The pre- and post-Christmas period is used for research and discovery at the Ars Electronica Center. Two special programs invite visitors to experiment.
TIME OUT .12 opens at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, November 22, 2023) Young media artists at the Ars Electronica Center: TIME-OUT exhibition presents 16 interactive works by students from the University of Arts Linz.
Ars Electronica, JKU and Siemens win Upper Austrian State Prize for Innovation

(Linz, November 7, 2023) The human body in 3D and 8K: The globally unique application “Cinematic Virtual Anatomy” by Ars Electronica Futurelab, Siemens Healthineers, and Johannes Kepler University Linz has now received the “Business Model Innovation” jury prize at the Upper Austrian State Prize for Innovation.
Ars Electronica Solutions designs Opening Show in world’s most advanced special steel plant

(Linz, November 2, 2023) Founded in 1870 as a distributor of the former hammer mill in Kapfenberg, voestalpine Edelstahlwerk BÖHLER opened its world’s most modern production facility on October 18. Ars Electronica Solutions staged the brilliant opening event.
Italy’s art history experience in Deep Space 8K

(Linz, October 26, 2023) The Ars Electronica Center is making Italian cultural assets a fixture in its Deep Space program: Visitors can explore historic buildings in Venice and Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper – virtually and in 3D.
“Ärzte ohne Grenzen hautnah” x Ars Electronica Solutions

(Linz, October 11, 2023) An exhibition in tents: Médecins Sans Frontières Austria opens “Ärzte ohne Grenzen hautnah” (Médecins Sans Frontières up close) in Linz. Ars Electronica Solutions provides multimedia visitor experiences.
European Digital Deal: 12 Residencies for Artists

(Linz, October 4, 2023) European Digital Deal has just launched an open call for 12 artist residencies exploring the entanglement between new technologies and democracy.
European research initiative SHARESPACE launches Open Call

(Linz, October 2, 2023) SHARESPACE – a Horizon Europe research and innovation project – is looking for media artists to collaborate with. The Open Call is out now.
“Lange Nacht der Museen”: Specials at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, Sept. 28, 2023) On Saturday, October 7, starting at 6:00 p.m., ORF will host the “Lange Nacht der Museen” (Long Night of Museums). The Ars Electronica Center will provide visitors with specials and themed tours until late into the night.
The end of DOORS – start of digital journeys for 20 museums in Europe

(Linz, Sept. 26, 2023) DOORS – Digital Incubator for Museums – a project by Ars Electronica, Museum Booster, and Ecsite – is coming to an end this September. 20 museums launch their digital pilots.
Space Eye Opening: Ars Electronica Solutions Designs Visitor Center

(Linz/Niedermuhlern, Sept. 21, 2023) On Saturday, Sept. 23, “Space Eye” will start its operation in the Gantrisch Nature Park near Bern. Ars Electronica Solutions contributed to the design of the interactive and playful knowledge transfer system in the visitor center.
More than 88,000 visits to Ars Electronica 2023

(Linz, Sept. 11, 2023) A great success with the public: 650 exhibits, 575 events and a total of more than 88,000 visits.