Futurelab Anniversary Day

The Ars Electronica Futurelab turns 25 – a good reason to look back to the future. With Alchemists of the Future, the Ars Electronica Festival presents a hybrid space that connects people to contribute to “A New Digital Deal”.

Prix Ars Electronica
at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021

For over three decades, the Prix Ars Electronica has been one of the world’s most coveted awards for digital media art. With the award-winning works of international artists serving as trend barometers, it provides an inspiring, up-to-date and forward-looking insight into the interface between art, technology and society.

Zanshin

Zanshin (Gregor Ladenhauf) is a musician, sound artist and producer of electronic music from Vienna, Austria. The name "Zanshin" is a concept from Japanese martial arts and translates roughly as "balanced mind", reflecting his many inspirations and interests - correspondingly he tries to channel his ideas mostly into three creative outlets: As Zanshin he releases music on Affine Records and disko404 and his tracks and remixes are covering a broad range from driving, polyrhythmic dancefloor affairs to experimental beatless sonic structures, sometimes massive, sometimes fragile.

Creative School
at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021

The Creative School is an Erasmus+ project that aims to use the creative and innovative methods and tools developed within the cultural sector and apply them to developing learning modules for children and schoolteachers.

Open Science Hub Network
at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021

The Open Science Hub Network (OSHub.Network) supports schools and local stakeholders to use research and innovation as a tool for tackling local challenges and contributing to sustainable community development.

Roots & Seeds XXI
at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021

Roots & Seeds XXI activities (residencies, workshops, forums, talks and exhibitions) will serve the purpose of transnational circulation of cultural professionals, art production and research focused on the biodiversity crisis of the vegetal world.

EMAP
at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021

The basic purpose of the European Media Art Platform (EMAP) program is to enable European artists to collaborate on projects and consequently to create closer bonds between European media organisations.

STEAM INC
at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021

STEAM Inc is an Erasmus + knowledge alliance that draws together leading transdisciplinary institutions in Europe to develop a program of best practices in higher education STEAM innovation and curriculum.

STUDIOTOPIA
at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021

STUDIOTOPIA is a European initiative that seeks to activate the collaborative and interdisciplinary expertise needed to address these future challenges by implementing an inverse residency model for arts and science.

AI Lab
at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021

The European ARTificial Intelligence Lab emerged from the European Digital Art and Science Network, a creative collaboration between scientific institutions, Ars Electronica and cultural partners throughout Europe that unites science and digital art.