Press Releases
Photo: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl
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Project Genesis: Synthetic Biology – Life from the Lab
(Linz, August 1, 2013) This is one of the most explosive recent developments in the natural sciences. One that’s overwhelmingly experimental and even conceptual to some degree. Its initial breakthroughs seem nearly as fantastic as the bright future prospects it could open up. Virtually apocalyptic, on the other hand, are the potential negative scenarios. Our…
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Ars Electronica Festival 2013: Featured Artist – HR Giger
(Linz, July 31, 2013) HR Giger is the featured artist at Ars Electronica 2013. The Swiss native gained worldwide renown with his “Alien” creature that played a major role in Ridley Scott’s 1979 science fiction film attaining cult status.
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Ars Electronica Festival 2013: WIR SIND HIER (We Are Here)
(Linz, July 23, 2013) The opening event of this year’s festival is entitled WIR SIND HIER (We Are Here). This live performance in the courtyard of the former tobacco processing plant that’s one of Linz’s architectural landmarks takes the 80th anniversary of the first book burnings in Nazi Germany as an occasion to increase awareness…
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Terra Mater LIVE: Aurora – Fackeln am Firmament
The English version of the text will be added, soon.
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Ars Electronica 2013 Interim Results
(July 7, 2013) At the conclusion of the first half of 2013, Ars Electronica Linz GmbH is pleased to report excellent year-to-date results.
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Summer Vacation Program at the Ars Electronica Center Linz
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Family Night in the Ars Electronica Center
(Linz, July 11, 2013) The third edition of Family Night is set for Friday, July 12, 2013, when lots of Linz’s cultural and recreational institutions will be staying open late.
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“openAIR – Accessibility in Radio Production”
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Diversified Lineup at the Ars Electronica Center
(Linz, July 9, 2013) The next Terra Mater LIVE on Wednesday, July 10th depicts the human body as a walking ecosystem. On Thursday at the last Deep Space LIVE before summer break, Ars Electronica Artistic Director Gerfried Stocker, Futurelab Director Horst Hörtner and AEC Director Christoph Kremer will moderate an online excursion that brings out…
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Artists as Catalysts
(Linz / Bilbao, July 4, 2013) “Artists as Catalysts” is the name of the exhibition running from July 4 to September 8, 2013 at Alhóndiga Bilbao.
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Precious Gems and the Mountains of Patagonia
(Linz, July 1, 2013) In the final installment of “Secrets of the Night” on Wednesday at 8:15 PM, Terra Mater LIVE invites visitors on an excursion to the southernmost mountains of the Andes chain. On Thursday, Deep Space LIVE presents fascinating media art projects and the greatest hits screened over the past few years in…
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GameStage@AEC
(Linz, June 25, 2013) The next GameStage@AEC will showcase various software tools you can use to develop your own computer games.
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Secrets of the Night and the Nature of Wolves, Dogs and Human Beings
(Linz, June 24, 2013) On Wednesday at 8:15 PM, Terra Mater LIVE invites you to embark on a journey into darkness and at the next Deep Space LIVE on Thursday, Prof. Kurt Kotrschal, a behavioral biologist will discuss the similar traits exhibited by wolves, dogs and human beings.
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Quadcopters over Linz
(Linz, June 19, 2013) The Ars Electronica Futurelab’s quadcopters will be conjuring impressive three-dimensional formations in the night sky above Linz this summer.
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Secrets of the Night and Fascinating Visualizations of the Earth
(Linz June 17, 2013) The next Terra Mater LIVE on Wednesday evening invites visitors to the Ars Electronica Center to go on a photo safari to the Costa Rican rainforest and on Thursday, Deep Space LIVE focuses on Earth—breathtaking visualizations get across eye-opening insights about our Blue Planet.
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Deep Space LIVE: Dreams, Illusions and Promise of Telepresence
(Linz, June 14, 2013) Telepresence will take center stage at the next Deep Space LIVE.
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Flood: Ars Electronica Center – all-out operation established again
Sorry, the English version will be added, soon.
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Ars Electronica and Volkswagen present a new exhibition in Berlin
(Berlin / Linz, June 6, 2013) “Like a Second Nature,” the new exhibition opening at Automobil Forum Unter den Linden, is the fourth collaborative project that Ars Electronica Linz and Volkswagen AG have staged at the Berlin venue.
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Deep Space LIVE: Panoptikum / Natural Disasters
(Linz, June 5, 2013) In the wake of the flooding that just wreaked havoc in parts of Upper Austria, tomorrow’s Deep Space LIVE: Panoptikum will treat a most timely topic: the violent forces of nature.
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CERN and Ars Electronica launch open call for the third Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN
(Geneva/Linz, 4 June 2013) CERN and Ars Electronica today launch an open call for artists working in the digital domain to apply for the third Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN .