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  • Data Security Online and a Journey Back into the Stone Age

    (Linz, November 19, 2012) A very interesting and highly varied program is on tap at the Ars Electronica Center this coming Thursday evening, November 22, 2012. Getting the ball rolling at 6:30 PM is Robert Matzinger in his address entitled “Survival in the Jungle of the Data-Headhunters”. Then at 8 PM, Linz adventurers Elisabeth &…

  • Diversified Thursday Lineup at the Ars Electronica Center Linz

    (Linz, November 12, 2012) A fascinatingly diversified lineup is in store for visitors to the Ars Electronica Center at 6:30 PM on Thursday, November 15, 2012. In the final installment in the “Brains for All” series, Manuela Macedonia, a neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, will go into how the brain processes linguistic…

  • Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN: Bill Fontana Wins Residency Award

    (Linz / Geneva, November 8, 2012) The second Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN Residency Award was today awarded to the 65 year-old american artist, Bill Fontana. With an international reputation for his pioneering experiments in sound art work, which has been featured in some of the world’s leading arts institutions, such as Tate Modern and The…

  • Science Days: Peeks inside the Brain

    (Linz, November 7, 2012) Give some thought to the human brain during Science Days at the Ars Electronica Center on the weekend of November 10-11. Besides finding out all sorts of interesting things about how the brain works, visitors will witness how imaging techniques make mental activity visible and see other tools developed to better…

  • Deep Space LIVE: Together We Are Strong – Interactive Galaxies

    (Linz, November 5, 2012) Colliding galaxies form the epicenter of the next Deep Space LIVE this Thursday, November 11 at 8 PM. Astrophotographer Dietmar Hager will show how galaxies exert mutual attraction via gravitation and just what happens when they finally meet! Deep Space at the Ars Electronica Center is also the go-to place to…

  • For Seniors: Come Closer! When Technology Approaches Our Body

    (Linz, November 29, 2012) Every first and third Friday of the month, the Ars Electronica Center offers themed tours designed with seniors in mind. On November 2 & 16, visitors will learn some amazing things about imaging and diagnostic procedures involving microscopes, magnetic resonance technology and DNA analysis.

  • Family Days and Concert for Experimental Computer Music

    (Linz, October 24, 2012) It’s time for Family Days at the Ars Electronica Center once again this weekend. October 27 & 28 from from 10 AM to 6 PM, Ars Electronica will be hosting tours designed with families in mind and in Deep Space, storyteller Claudia Edermayer will relate tales of Linz in days of…

  • Deep Space LIVE: Räubersleut und Ritterstreit – Sagen aus dem alten Linz

    (Linz, October 22, 2012) Tales of Linz in days of yore will be the center of rapt attention at the next Deep Space LIVE on October 25. Storyteller Claudia Edermayer will relate ripping yarns including the Sagas of the Iron Hand, the Losensteiner Tournament and Bandit Chieftain Michl Landl. Then historian Cathrin Hermann of the…

  • A Colorfully Varied Lineup at the AEC on Thursday Evening

    (Linz, October 15, 2012) A diversified program of fascinating events awaits visitors to the Ars Electronica Center this Thursday evening, October 18, 2012. Kicking things off is neuroscientist Manuela Mazedonia’s latest presentation in the Brains for Everybody series. She’ll discuss the extent to which learning a musical instrument at an early age fosters a child’s…

  • Science Days: Out of Control

    (Linz, October 10, 2012) At the next Science Days on October 13-14, 2012, specialists on the staff of the Department of Secure Information Systems at the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences’ Hagenberg Campus will explain what information about internet users is being stored in conjunction with telecommunications data retention, how you can protect your…

  • Deep Space LIVE: Transmutations

    (Linz, October 8, 2012) An experimental audiovisual performance will be the centerpiece of the next Deep Space LIVE. Through the manipulation of a feedback loop consisting of image converters hooked up to cathode ray tube TV sets, Gregor Göttfert and Florian Voggeneder experiment with the reciprocal interplay of signal and interference, image and sound, and…

  • LINZ CHANGES

    (Linz, October 7, 2012) At this year’s Urfahr Autumn Fair, the latest LINZ CHANGES exhibition offered another entertaining and educational look at Upper Austria’s capital city and its municipal services division. This time around, the substantive focus was on energy efficiency and conservation. As always, this fourth edition of LINZ CHANGES was a big hit…

  • Long Night of the Museums at the Ars Electronica Center Linz

    (Linz, October 4, 2012) This year’s ORF-Long Night of the Museums runs on October 6. Over 670 museums and galleries throughout Austria are participating by staging evening events for night owls who are culture vultures too. The lineup at the Ars Electronica Center Linz includes live remote hookups to renowned centers of art & science…

  • Deep Space LIVE: Vertriders

    (Linz, October 1, 2012) Breathtaking mountain panoramas and downhill runs on death-defying trials are on tap at the next Deep Space LIVE on Thursday, October 4. Filmmaker Hannes Mair accompanied a group of vertriders—mountain bike freeriders in rugged alpine terrain—on a tour in the mountains of Tyrol, and brought back some impressive footage of picturesque…

  • Conserving Energy for the Fun of It and the World’s Largest Group Photo

    (Linz, September 28 2012) The City of Linz’s municipal services division will present its fourth LINZ CHANGES exhibition at the Urfahr Autumn Fair running September 29 to October 7. The show spotlights the historical development of Upper Austria’s capital city, highlights what makes it such a great place to live, work and play, and brings…

  • GeoCity Beijing Exhibited at Beijing Design Week 2012

    (Linz / Peking, September 27, 2012) GeoCity Smart City is the featured exhibition at Beijing Design Week 2012 running September 28 to October 14, 2012. Curated by the China Millennium Monument Museum of Digital Arts, the exhibition showcases promising smart city initiatives all over the world. GeoCity Beijing by AE Solutions plays a starring role.

  • Family Days at the Ars Electronica Center Linz

    (Linz, September 26, 2012) At Family Days in the Ars Electronica Center on Saturday and Saturday, September 29-30, the accent is on exploring, discovering and playing together as a group. In addition, an amazing Deep Space LIVE experience about mountain gorillas featuring breathtaking images by Elisabeth & Peter Pflügl.

  • Deep Space LIVE: HOME by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

    (Linz, September 24, 2012) An astonishing visual experience awaits visitors at the next Deep Space LIVE on Thursday, September 27. HOME, a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, invites viewers to take a trip around the world with an itinerary that includes 50 countries and 120 shooting locations.

  • Lots Doing at the Ars Electronica Center

    (Linz, September 18, 2012) A great evening lineup awaits visitors this Thursday, September 20 at the Ars Electronica Center. The next installment of the Brains for Everybody series is set for 6:30 PM. Neuroscientist Manuela Macedonia will explain how and where in our brain decision-making processes take place and which factors can influence them. At…

  • Science Days: Machines with Sense and Sensors

    (Linz, September 13, 2012) Robots have long been an integral part of lifestyle products—they react to people and to their environment, and people react to them. At Science Days in the Ars Electronica Center, visitors learn to program and design small LEGO robots, tune in to the sounds of all sorts of machines, get acquainted…

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