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  • 83,976 Festivalgoers Attended Ars Electronica 2011

    (Linz, September 9, 2011) The final attendance figure — 83,976 — makes Ars Electronica 2011 the second most successful festival since 1979 in terms of the number of visitors — topped only by last year’s guest appearance at Linz’s architecturally extraordinary Tabakfabrik tobacco processing plant. The excellent turnout is a tribute to the festival’s outstanding…

  • Ars Electronica 2011 Attendance Already at 69,725

    (Linz, September 5, 2011) With 69,725 visitors as of 8 AM, September 5th, the 2011 Ars Electronica Festival is already a big hit! The biggest draws have been the opening event and the nightly entertainment lineup on the Maindeck of the Ars Electronica Center, Sam Auinger’s Night of Sound in St. Mary’s Cathedral, the CyberArts…

  • Public Square Squared – The Front Lines of the Info-War

    Opinions differ as to whether Facebook, Twitter & Co. play a positive or a negative role now. Some claim that social media lead to freedom and democracy, and cite the successful protest movements in Egypt and Tunisia to make their case. Totally wrong, say others, bringing up how rioting in the streets of London was…

  • Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN

    (Linz, September 3, 2011) Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN is a new international competition for digital artists to win a residency at CERN the world’s largest particle physics laboratory in Geneva. It is the first prize to be announced as part of the new Collide@CERN artists residency programme initiated by the laboratory. The winning artist will…

  • CREATE YOUR WORLD

    (Linz, August 30, 2011) “CREATE YOUR WORLD – Future Festival of the Next Generation” is a new festival with the festival for young people that will be held annually in conjunction with Ars Electronica. It’s an outgrowth of the u19 – freestyle computing category, a prize competition that focuses on the use of new technologies…

  • WE GUIDE YOU

    (Linz, August 28, 2011) The Ars Electronica Festival offers an appealing array of mediated encounters with festival attractions once again this year—for young and old, laypersons and experts alike. Guided tours around the festival grounds provide informative and surprising insights into media art and the natural sciences. Read more Photo: WE GUIDE YOU / rubra…

  • Highlights of the 2011 Ars Electronica Festival

    (Vienna, August 24, 2011) “ORIGIN – How It All Begins” is the title of the 2011 Ars Electronica Festival that spotlights leading-edge research on the fundamentals of the cosmos. On board this year is a renowned associate: CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. This year’s highlights include an electrifying opening event on the Main…

  • Hot on the Trail of Quanta

    (Linz, 21.8.2011) In Deep Space at the Ars Electronica Center, Dr. Johannes Kofler of the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information will give an account of the strange world of quanta and developments in the relatively new field of quantum information. Read more Photo: Miniaturized ion trap / C. Lackner…

  • The World’s Biggest Experiment

    (Linz, August 17, 2011) 4,200 scientists and engineers are utilizing the CMS detector, CERN’s second largest particle detector, to discover traces of the notorious Higgs boson and supersymmetry. The tricks and strategies these researchers are employing will be the subject of a presentation by Dietrich Liko of the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of High…

  • Sam Auinger – Featured Artist 2011

    (Linz, August 16, 2011) Each year, the Ars Electronica Festival showcases the work of a featured artist. This year, it’s Sam Auinger (AT/DE). Since the 1980s, the Linz native has been working in computer music, sound design and psychoacoustics, fields in which he has been doing pioneering work. Read more Photo: Sam Auinger / Thekla…

  • Tesla Orchestra at Ars Electronica Festival

    (Linz, August 11, 2011) The electrifying performance of the Tesla Orchestra is the featured attraction at this year’s festival opening. Fireballs, lightning, music and dance—the Tesla Orchestra (US) founded in 2009 by Ian Charnas (US) at Case Western Reserve University is a circus in grandiose style. The world’s two largest Tesla coils are the instruments…

  • The World of Macroscopic Quantum Physics

    (Linz, August 9, 2011) A foretaste of this year’s Ars Electronica Festival—theme: “ORIGIN – How It All Begins”—is in store for visitors to the Ars Electronica Center Linz this coming Thursday evening. In Deep Space, where eight 1080p Barco Galaxy projectors cover the venue’s floor and walls with breathtaking high-definition images in jumbo 16×9-meter format,…

  • ORIGIN – INVESTIGATING THE BIG BANG

    (Linz, August 4, 2011) The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is featured in the new exhibition at Ars Electronica Center Linz. The show spotlights the history, organization and objectives of this extraordinary research facility at which 10,000 scientists are attempting to solve the mystery of The Big Bang. Their lab is the largest piece…

  • Seniors discover … Worldviews and Urban Layouts

    (Linz, August 2, 2011) On the first Friday of every month, the Ars Electronica Center offers a themed tour custom-tailored to seniors. The guides make a concerted effort to dispense with English-language high-tech jargon, and to allow plenty of time for tour group members to pose questions and to discuss their experiences and impressions. This…

  • What Machines Dream Of – Ars Electronica at Volkswagen’s Automobil Forum Unter den Linden Venue

    (Berlin, July 7, 2011) Following last year’s successful “Poetry of Motion” show, Ars Electronica has been invited back for another guest appearance at Automobil Forum Unter den Linden in Berlin. The exhibition being produced in cooperation with Volkswagen AG is entitled “What Machines Dream Of.” It will feature 14 works by 11 internationally renowned artists…

  • Interaktiv-kreativ-Tage im Ars Electronica Center

    (Linz, July 13, 2011) Interactive-Creative Day at the Ars Electronica Center will keep you from getting a dose of the summertime blues. A pleasant jaunt through the exhibition highlights and excellent workshops for youngsters age 6-14 are on tap every Tuesday and Thursday between July 19 and August 25. Read more Photo: Fabelwesen / Karina…

  • Nacht der Familie und Family Days im Ars Electronica Center

    (Linz, July 11, 2011) This coming weekend, the focus will be on families at the Ars Electronica Center. There‘s a great program lined up for Family Night on Friday from 6 PM to Midnight — 3-D fairy tales and high-definition imagery in jumbo 16×9-meter format, blinking fashion accessories hand-made by our young guests, quickie intro…

  • Deep Space LIVE: Saturn – Lord of the Rings

    (Linz, 5.7.2011) Beim letzten Deep Space LIVE vor der Sommerpause dreht sich alles um den Saturn. Neben allerlei Wissenswertem rund um den zweitgrößten Planeten unseres Sonnensystems präsentiert Astrofotograf Dietmar Hager auch jede Menge Infos über die Raumfähre Cassini und den Jupitermond Titan. Der nächste Deep Space LIVE findet dann wieder am Donnerstag, 8. September, statt.

  • Passenger ARTspace

    (Linz, 4.7.2011) Spannende Multimedia-Kunstprojekte der Ars Electronica erleben Reisende derzeit am Flughafen Wien: Noch bis 31. August 2011 sind unter dem Titel „Passenger ARTspace“ vier Installationen eingerichtet, die von Passagieren interaktiv gesteuert werden können. Read more Shadowgram / Florian Voggeneder / Printversion / Album

  • Iron Mask – White Torture

    (Linz, June 30, 2011) “Iron Mask, White Torture,” the project for which artist Marissa Lôbo was honored with the Marianne von Willemer Prize in 2010, will be presented at the Ars Electronica Center from July 2nd to August 26th. The installation deals with resistance to sexism and racism, and consists of a video projection, a…

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