Press Releases

(Linz, September 27, 2010) Nothing goes faster than light. Light travels 299,792,458 meters — almost 300,000 kilometers, 186,000 miles — in a single second. Light takes no more than 1.3 seconds for the trip between the Moon and Earth. So it’s no wonder that precisely measuring this mind-boggling speed confronted science with a tough problem.…

(Linz, September 14, 2010) Shooting stars as “the gods pointing their fingers”; promising constellations highlighting the birth of one destined for greatness or serving as signposts to guide travelers across deserts and oceans—the heavens have always has a special significance for humankind. The Ars Electronica Center and Dietmar Hager cordially invite you to a Deep…

(Linz, August 4, 2010) LightNight at the Ars Electronica Center is a brilliant encounter with the phenomenon of light in all its multifarious manifestations. Tours through the Museum of the Future by night, workshops, a Deep Space LIVE event featuring Herbert Raab of the Astronomical Society of Linz, and the official launch of the façade…

(Linz, August 4, 2010) Honda’s leading-edge humanoid robot ASIMO will makes its public debut in Austria at this year’s Ars Electronica Festival. September 2-8 in Linz, festivalgoers will have the opportunity to experience an impressive demonstration of ASIMO’s extraordinary capabilities at Deep Space in the Ars Electronica Center. Read more ASIMO / Honda / Printversion…

(Linz, July 27, 2010) Eight interactive works by the Japanese artists’ collective h.o will be on display in the Ars Electronica Center July 30 to September 12. This isn’t a spatially discrete exhibit; the works are dispersed throughout the facility and thus constitute an invitation to take an entertaining journey of discovery through the Museum…

(Linz, July 27, 2010) A “garbage slick” four times larger than Germany is now floating in the middle of the Pacific. The Rio Grande, Ganges, Nile, Mekong and others of the world’s most important river systems are on the verge of ecological collapse. Worldwide, 40% more CO2 will be emitted this year than in 1990—CO2…

(Linz, July 1, 2010) Our perception of the world (or of what we distinguish as “reality”) is inseparably embedded in space and time. Any change of this perception makes us uneasy. Or is our entrée to undreamt-of freedom(s). Regardless of how any one of us ultimately experiences such an extraordinary situation, one thing’s for sure:…

(Linz, June 18, 2010) The decision has been finalized: Europe’s super-telescope will be built. The upshot will be an astronomical observatory of superlative dimensions. Featuring almost 1,000 individual mirrors and an active opening 42 meters wide, its light collection surface will be as large as six tennis courts. This gigantic main mirror will be mounted…

(Linz, June 16, 2010) Our longing to know the future is timeless. Just like our burning desire to co-determine and change the course of events transpiring in this world. The exhibition “The World in 100 Years – A Journey through the History of the Future” pays tribute to some great thinkers and activists who were…

(Linz, June 14, 2010) Susi Windischbauer and Christoph Kremer of the Ars Electronica Center invite you to accompany them on a 3D nostalgia trip on June 17, 2010. More than 50 stereoscopic images provided by the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog of the Library of Congress and a specially developed projection process now make it…

(Linz, June 9, 2010) The Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted on the morning of April 14, 2010. Because it was covered by a layer of ice, enormous quantities of ash (produced when magma comes into contract with water) were spewed into the atmosphere. Over the following days, the activities of this glacier volcano led to the…

(Linz, May 21, 2010) The life and passion of Jesus Christ have been the subjects of countless works of art in the Christian world. A superb example of the artistic treatment of Christ’s Passion is a 1513 work by Gaudenzio Ferrari. This 8×10-meter fresco adorns the Santa Maria delle Grazie Church in Varallo Sesia in…

(Linz, May 18, 2010) It’s taken the “less government, more private enterprise” crowd only a few decades to bring a colossal disaster down upon the world. An economic, ecological and social mess that will take many years and a huge amount of money to clean up. The only thing that’s still unclear is where we…

(Linz, May 6, 2010) We’re all made of cosmic dust. Whether it’s hydrogen, oxygen, carbon or the iron that carries oxygen through our bloodstream—every atom that makes up our bodies was once part of a star. On May 6, 2010, Dietmar Hager and the Ars Electronica Center are jointly hosting Deep Space LIVE, a search…