Press Releases

Photo: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl

Themed Exhibition: (Co)Owning More-than-Truth

(Linz, Sept. 6, 2023) This major exhibition on the theme of Ars Electronica 2023 presents a total of 35 artistic positions staged in POSTCITY’s spectacular catacombs and nuclear bunker.
Campus Exhibition 2023 – radical collective!

(Linz, Sept. 5,.2023) Kunstuni Campus 2023 at Ars Electronica Festival celebrates radically and collectively – with initiatives promoting dialogue, debate and diversity instead of simplicity.
Prix Ars Electronica & S+T+ARTS Exhibition

(Linz, Sept. 5, 2023) The Prix Ars Electronica and Collaboration Projects: A First Tour of the Main Location – the spectacular POSTCITY.
Dualities in Equalities: Art, Technology, Society in Latin America

(Linz, Sept. 4, 2023) Nine art projects explore new technologies and focus on Latin American identity, culture and history at Lentos during the Ars Electronica Festival.
Highlights of Ars Electronica 2023

(Linz, August 28, 2023) In 2023, Ars Electronica is asking about interpretative authority and sovereignty, the meaning of terms such as “genuine” and “original”. The program highlights at a glance.
IDSA and Ars Electronica launch FOUNDING LAB

(Linz, August 24, 2023) As part of the FOUNDING LAB 75 students and 20 fellows outline their vision for a university that begins now. In Linz.
Winners of the CultTech x Ars Electronica Award

(Linz/Vienna, July 31, 2023) Where culture and technology converge, a forward-looking duet is born that is specially honored by the CultTech x Ars Electronica Award; an award for projects that address cultural needs through technical capabilities. The competition has now been decided.
Research and discovery at the “Night of the Family“

(Linz, July 11, 2023) As one of 14 Linz partner institutions of the “Night of the Family” the Ars Electronica Center is inviting visitors to immerse in the world of science on Friday, July 14, beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Team from Steyr wins ESA CanSat competition

(Linz/Granada, June 4, 2023) 26 student teams from all over Europe competed in the ESA CanSat competition. The “WerndlExplorer” from Steyr won first place.
State of the ART(ist) 2023 – 9 artists honored

(Linz/Vienna, June 29, 2023) The winners of the international “State of the ART(ist)” competition have been announced. In 2023, the two main prizes will go to Mahsa Aleph from Iran and Taiye Ojo from Nigeria.
Klasse! Lernen. Wir sind digital.

(Linz, June 26, 2023) Seven Honoray Mentions, two Awards of Distinction and one main prize: The Education Award of the OeAD, the BMBWF and Ars Electronica has been decided.
Ars Electronica designs ESA Space Pavilion

(Linz/Paris, June 22, 2023) One of the aerospace industry’s largest trade shows will be held in Paris in June. The pavilion of the European Space Agency (ESA) was co-designed by Ars Electronica Solutions.
S+T+ARTS PRIZE ’23 for Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (GB) and Richard Mosse (IE)

(Linz/Brussels, June 19, 2023) From 1,637 entries from 78 countries, the jury has selected this year’s winners of the S+T+ARTS Prize.
IDSA and Ars Electronica launch FOUNDING LAB

(Linz, June 13, 2023) With the FOUNDING LAB, the Institute of Digital Sciences Austria (IDSA) and Ars Electronica are developing new forms of artistic and scientific treatment of the digital transformation. Two open calls are aimed at students and fellows.
Golden Nicas awarded to artists from South Korea, Hong Kong, and Austria, as well as to an international collective

(Linz, June 12, 2023) A total of 3,176 projects from 98 countries were submitted to the Prix Ars Electronica 2023. the jury decisions on the winners have been made.
Exploring the Lab and the Robo-Playground

(Linz, June 1, 2023) During the summer vacation, 12 workshops for children of elementary school age and older are on the schedule. Young researchers will venture on an expedition into the world of research.
The Magical Reality of Theatre

(Linz/Salzburg, May 23, 2023) From archive material to VR experience: Developers at the Ars Electronica Futurelab, in cooperation with the Salzburg Festival, are turning a stage set by Max Reinhardt (1933) into an immersive experience.
First “European Union Prize for Citizen Science—Grand Prize” goes to Belgian initiative Isala: Citizen-science map of the vaginal microbiome

(Linz/Brussels, May 22, 2023) To promote an innovative interaction between science and the general public the European Commission has initiated the European Union Prize for Citizen Science. The three winning projects are now released.
Compass reloaded! Navigating the Future

(Linz, May 10, 2023) Under the theme “Compass reloaded!” exhibition areas in the Ars Electronica Center have been renewed and further developed. The opening will follow on May 11, 2023.
EU Sharespace project for radically new XR technology

(Linz, May 4, 2023) The Ars Electronica Futurelab is among 14 collaborating partners in a European research project that connects humans and avatars using extended reality in hybrid spaces.