Press Releases
Photo: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl
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LINZ CHANGES Is a Big Hit with Fair Visitors
(Linz, October 5, 2013) Making its sixth appearance at the Uhrfahr Fair, the LINZ CHANGES exhibition tent featuring slick new installations inside is getting rave reviews from visitors.
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Submissions to Participatory City 2014
(Linz, October 3, 2013) Participatory City 2014 is a Connecting Cities initiative to investigate the extent to which urban screens and LED façades can serve as catalysts for encounter and platforms for urban activism, and whether they can help to impart the network’s bold expectations and visions to its European neighbors. Now, artists are invited…
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Long Night of the Museums at the Ars Electronica Center Linz
(Linz, October 1, 2013) During the Long Night of the Museums, guests at the the Ars Electronica Center can take a guided tour of the new Project Genesis exhibition, use their smartphone to pilot a drone helicopter in the AEC’s Lobby, watch the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s quadcopter swarm fly in formation above the Danube, and…
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Deep Space LIVE: Fascination of the Oceans
(Linz, September 30, 2013) A pictorial journey through the habitats of oceanic flora and fauna is the highlight of the next Deep Space LIVE.
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“Energy & Quality of Life” is the Theme of the LINZ CHANGES Exhibition
(Linz, September 26, 2013) The sixth LINZ CHANGES exhibition featuring a very relevant theme and brand new installations will run at the Urfahr Autumn Fair.
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Synthetic Biology for All: The Lecture Series
(Linz, September 24, 2013) In conjunction with Ars Electronica’s newest exhibition, “Project Genesis: Synthetic Biology–Life from the Lab,” the AEC is hosting a lecture series on synthetic biology.
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HR Giger Showcase on September 26th
(Linz, September 23, 2013) On Thursday evening, September 26, 2013, the spotlight will be on HR Giger, featured artist at the 2013 Ars Electronica Festival and legendary designer of the Oscar-winning title character in the film “Alien.”
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Science Days: Digitally Healthy
(Linz, September 17, 2013) Digitally healthy is the title of the next Science Days event at the Ars Electronica Center.
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75,048 visits at Ars Electronica 2013
(Linz, 9.9.2013)More than 75.048 people have visitied Ars Electronica 2013. The highlights of the festival included Salvatore Vanasco’s opening WIR SIND HIER, the exhibition and Deep Space – Presentation of Featured Artist HR GIGER and Wolfgang Dorninger’s The Aural Memory Machine at the Mariendom in Linz.
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u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD
(Linz, September 4, 2013) Launched in 2011, u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD has established itself as a festival fixture. The Ars Electronica Center’s Maindeck is the high-energy playground of the Future Festival of the Next Generation.
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Ars Electronica Festival 2013: The Highlights
(Vienna / Linz, August 28, 2013) This year’s Ars Electronica will bring together neuroscientists and computer engineers, artists and philosophers for an in-depth consideration of TOTAL RECALL and an endeavor to elaborate on how we human beings deal with storing our memories, preserving them, and also, at times, trying to forget. In going about this,…
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The 2013 Ars Electronica Festival: Big Concert Night
(Linz, August 22, 2013) Orchestral music and digital sounds, live electronics and visualizations are the key elements that go into the Big Concert Night that Ars Electronica, the Brucknerhaus Linz and the Bruckner Orchester have been staging annually since 2002.
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Ars Electronica Festival 2013: CyberArts Exhibition
(Linz, August 19, 2013) The Prix and its ancillary events constitute a centerpiece of the Ars Electronica Festival.
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International partners of the 2013 Ars Electronica Festival: Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0, Japan Media Arts Festival, Project Beehive
(Linz, August 16, 2013) Hundreds of artists and scientists are visiting Linz once again this year to attend the Ars Electronica Festival. Among them are notable contingents from Taiwan, Japan and Australia.
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Ars Electronica Festival 2013: *IL(L) Machine* – Ars Campus Israel
Linz, August 12, 2013) A Campus exhibition highlights the Ars Electronica Festival program once again this year. The innovative tweak for 2013: the spotlight won’t be on a single college but rather on the art school network of a whole country. “IL(L) Machine – Ars Campus Israel” presents works by undergrads at Israel’s 10 leading…
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Ars Electronica Festival 2013: TOTAL RECALL Symposium
(Linz, August 6, 2013) The centerpiece of this year’s Ars Electronica conference program is the TOTAL RECALL theme symposium. The three sessions will be held on Friday, September 6th and Sunday, September 8th in the Brucknerhaus. On Friday, the focus will first be on human recollection and on nature’s capacity to remember. Attendees will then…
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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
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