Press Releases

Photo: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl

„Klasse! Lernen. Wir sind digital“

(Linz, 28.6.2022) 101 best-practice projects from all over Austria have been selected for the education award “Klasse! Lernen. Wir sind digital” education award. A jury has now awarded the best ten projects 7 recognitions, 2 awards and the main prize of 10,000 euros.
Lick my Fur – Album Release Show

(Linz, 26.6.2022) On Thursday evening, June 30, 2022, artist Crystn Hunt Akron will bring Deep Space to life as part of an album release show and present her new album “Lick my Fur.”
An insight into our human rights

(Linz, 22.6.2022) At a Deep Space Lecture on Friday evening, June 24, Heinz Patzelt, Secretary General of Amnesty International Austria, will give a special insight into the national and international human rights situation.
Colorful vacation program at “AK x AEC

(Linz, 21.6.2022) From July 19 to August 26, 2022, the Upper Austrian Chamber of Labor and the Ars Electronica Center invite you to an exciting vacation program for children and young people.
Golden Nicas for artists from Japan, the USA, Taiwan, Colombia and Austria

(Linz, 20.6.2022) 2338 artistic projects from 88 countries were submitted to the Prix Ars Electronica 2022. This year’s Golden Nicas were awarded in the categories Computer Animation, Interactive Art +, Digital Communities, u19-create your world and “Visionary Pioneers of Media Art.
TIME OUT .11 presents young media art from Linz

(14.6.2022) Launched in 2014 by Ars Electronica and the Linz Art University, the TIME OUT exhibition series enters its eleventh round Tuesday, June 14, 2022.
STARTS Prize of the EU Commission for Holly Herndon (US) and Giulia Foscari (IT)

(Linz/Brussels, 13.6.2022) The STARTS Prize 2022 attracted a total of 1499 entries from 96 countries, with the top prizes of 20,000 euros each going to Holly Herndon (US) and Giulia Foscari (IT).
Curtain up for the Long Night of Stages

(Linz, 7.6.2022) During the Long Night of Stages, the Ars Electronica Center becomes the stage for a series of entertaining performances.
Underwater worlds worth protecting

(Linz, 3.6.2022) Thursday evening, June 9, 2022, underwater photographer Harald Hois invites visitors to Deep Space Experience for photographic dives into underwater worlds worth protecting.
Austrian Foreign Ministry and Ars Electronica create virtual space for artistic freedom

(Vienna / Linz, 30.5.2022) With the “State of the ART(ist)” call for proposals, the Austrian Foreign Ministry and Ars Electronica are now creating a virtual art gallery to enable artistic freedoms to unfold within a secure framework.
Theme Weekend Astronomy and Anatomy

(Linz, 23.5.2022) On the weekend of May 28 & 29, the Ars Electronica Center’s Deep Space 8K will be all about astronomy and anatomy.
DUMKY” – Piano Trios by Dvořák and Shostakovich.

(Linz, 19.5.2022) Piano trios by Antonin Dvořák and Dmitri Shostakovich are on the program of another edition of Deep Space Concert on May 24.
Biodiversity Days

(Linz, 17.5.2022) A colorful program of guided tours, lectures, discussions and workshops awaits visitors to the Ars Electronica Center during the “Biodiversity Days” theme weekend.
Ars Electronica Solutions turns the world of the samurai into an interactive experience

(Linz, 11.5.2022) Last Friday, a new museum opened its doors in Berlin Mitte, bringing the legendary era of the Japanese samurai to life. The Ars Electronica Solutions team was brought on board for staging and storytelling.
Deep Space EVOLUTION is a big hit

(Linz, 10.5.2022) With more than 14,000 visitors, the Ars Electronica Center Linz just recorded its third-best April since Linz09.
On the wings of the ADLER – the detection of micro space debris

(Linz, 8.5.2022) The Austrian minisatellite Adler-1, which detects space debris in low-Earth orbit, will be the focus of a Deep Space Lecture with Gernot Grömer on May 10. Start is at 19:00.
Light installation #eachnamematters at Memorial Gusen

(Linz, 4.5.2022) From May 4 to 6, the Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camp memorials will commemorate the victims of Nazi terror and the liberation of the two concentration camps by the U.S. Army on May 5, 1945.
Cultural Treasures and Interactive Media Art

(Linz, 28.4.2022) A wide-ranging program that extends from the art of antiquity to that of the present is on tap at Deep Space EVOLUTION on Saturday 7.5. and Sunday 8.5.2021.
40 European museums participate in DOORS program

(Linz, 2.5.2022) DOORS stands for “Digital Incubator for Museums” and is a joint initiative of Ars Electronica, MUSEUM BOOSTER and Ecsite that supports small and medium-sized museums dealing with the digital transformation.
Cultural Treasures and Interactive Media Art

(Linz, 28.4.2022) A wide-ranging program that extends from the art of antiquity to that of the present is on tap at Deep Space EVOLUTION on Saturday 7.5. and Sunday 8.5.2021.