Press Releases

(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…

(Linz, April 22, 2010) The Ars Electronica Center participated in Girl’s Day once again this year and gave 12 young women the opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at the Museum of the Future. “The message we want to get across to these young ladies is that it’s a lot of fun to be creative…

(Linz, April 19, 2010) Musikschule Linz and the Ars Electronica Center cordially invite you to experience an extraordinary concert on May 26, 2010. Students and teachers involved in the music school’s Sound Workshop will perform pieces by Arvo Pärt, Karl Heinz Stockhausen, Marin Marais and others, accompanied by stellar nebulae, moons, planets, suns and galaxies…

(Linz, April 6, 2010) 42.195 kilometers; total altitude change: 18 meters; two Danube bridges; 11 refreshment stations… So much for the key facts & figures of the 9th OMV Linz Donau Marathon in which approximately 15,000 runners will compete this coming Sunday. As a lead-in to the big race, the Ars Electronica Center’s Deep Space…

(Linz, March 29, 2010) The Thursday before Easter is a wonderful occasion to get a close-up view of what is arguably the world’s most famous mural painting: The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. This extraordinary masterpiece by the great universal genius will be the featured attraction in the Ars Electronica Center’s Deep Space from…

(Linz, March 10, 2010) This year’s “Bleib G’sund” health expo presents a wealth of information about lifestyle and well-being. One of the highlights is the Ars Electronica Center’s exhibit produced jointly with Zeiss, Otto Bock, Hirox Europe and Linz General Hospital. It’s a fascinating excursion though the conceptual and visual worlds of the life sciences…

(Linz, March 4, 2010) Why can a scratched DVD still be played? How come so many digital images can be stored on a single memory card, but there are still some problems that not even the fastest computer can solve? The more than 20 experimental installations that make up “Adventures in Computer Science” will provide…