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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,…

  • 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.

  • Ars Electronica Festival 2013: CyberArts Exhibition

    (Linz, August 19, 2013) The Prix and its ancillary events constitute a centerpiece of the Ars Electronica Festival.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Terra Mater LIVE: Aurora – Fackeln am Firmament

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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.

  • 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.

  • “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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • GameStage@AEC

    (Linz, June 25, 2013) The next GameStage@AEC will showcase various software tools you can use to develop your own computer games.

  • 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.

  • 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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