Press Releases

Photo: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl

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.
Gustav Klimt’s Images of Women – A Dialogue with the Portraits of Women by Rebecca Merlic

(Linz, 25.4.2022) Gustav Klimt’s paintings of women will be the focus of a Deep Space Lecture Thursday evening, April 28, 2022. With Franz Smola, art historian and Klimt expert at the Vienna Belvedere and artist Rebecca Merlic.
Deep Space Lecture: Make Love not War

(Linz, 19.4.2022) On Thursday evening, April 21, 2022, neuroscientist Dr. Manuela Macedonia will give a Deep Space Lecture on the effects of traumatic war experiences on the brains of those affected,
Five Artists Selected for Inaugural CIFO-Ars Electronica Awards

(Linz/Miami, 13.4.2022) Five artists from across Latin America have been selected for the inaugural CIFO-Ars Electronica Awards: Dora Bartilotti, Electrobiota Collective, Thessia Machado, Amor Muñoz, and Ana Elena Tejera.
The Sebastian’s Altar by Albrecht Altdorfer

(Linz, 11.4.2022) Albrecht Altdorfer’s Altar of St. Sebastian will be the focus of a Deep Space Lecture on Maundy Thursday with theologian Dr. Michael Zugmann and art historian Dr. Lothar Schultes.
Welcome to Planet B – A different life is possible! But how?

(Linz, 7.4.2022) Ars Electronica 2022 will take place from September 7 to 11, on the campus of the Johannes Kepler University Linz and nine other locations all around Linz.
Easter Holidays at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, 4.4.2022) During the Easter vacations, visitors to the Ars Electronica Center will have the opportunity to take a close look at the new Deep Space EVOLUTION programs and dive deep into exciting virtual worlds.
Irakli Sabekia and Špela Petrič win ArtScience Residency

(Linz, 31.03.2022) Ars Electronica and the Art Collection Deutsche Telekom have announced two ArtScience Residencies in 2022. The winners are Irakli Sabekia (GE) and Špela Petrič (SI).
Deep Space EVOLUTION

(Linz, 29.3.2022) New laser projectors, a new tracking system, the most powerful graphics cards currently available, plus a whole range of new interactive programs and 3D applications: Deep Space EVOLUTION will inspire you.
Among Like-Minded People

(Linz, 10.3.2022) On Monday, March 14, 2022, musicians from the Brucknerorchester Linz will bring chamber music to Deep Space as part of a benefit concert for SOS Menschenrechte.
Bringing comics to life via smartphone

(Linz, 8.3.2022) At the Ars Electronica Center, students from the Communication Design master class at HTL1 Bau und Design Linz will be showing a series of drawings that suddenly come to life via smartphone or tablet as part of the NEXTCOMIC Festival.
Semester Break at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz,15.2.2022) As part of Family Days and Museums Total, visitors young and old to the Ars Electronica Center can look forward to plenty of activities during the semester break.
Kat Austen and Fara Peluso win six-month residency at S+T+ARTS Center Upper Austria

(Linz, 8.2.2022) Berlin-based artists Kat Austen and Fara Peluso can look forward to a residency at the Regional S+T+ARTS Center Upper Austria, where they will work on their project Circular Records.
A Tribute to Philip: Maki Namekawa, Dennis Russell Davies and Cori O’Lan congratulate Philip Glass on his 85th Birthday

(Linz, January 25, 2022) On January 31, 2022 the composer Philip Glass will celebrate his 85th birthday. In “A Tribute to Philip”, Maki Namekawa, Dennis Russell Davies and Cori O’Lan will congratulate the maestro with a concert in the Deep Space venue of the Ars Electronica Center.