Linz
TRUE NORTH - Screening at the Zirkus des Wissens
TRUE NORTH is a feature-length 3D animated film telling the story of a family held captive in a brutal North Korean political prison camp. Based on years of research and interviews with former political prisoners who defected to South Korea, the film incorporates elements of the real-life experiences of individuals who endured some of the worst human rights abuses of our time.
Entangled Realities
Sebastian Pirch (AT), Norbert Unfug (AT), Christiane Hütter (AT), Jörg Menche (DE)
The human species is surrounded by networks. Interrelations shape our physical and digital environment, from airports and cityscapes to social or genetic interactions. An invisible body of connections is interwoven within our physical reality. The digital and physical shall form a symbiotic realm, visualized in a virtual world to be experienced by a human spectator. Through transitioning in between different environments, from urban networks to the human body, the Entangled Realities communicate the diversity of complex systems shaping our human habitat.
Festival Enrollment
Supported by Sparkasse Oberösterreich
Immerse yourself in the first Festival University of Johannes Kepler University and Ars Electronica! In the form of a "Festival Enrollment", you can experience the Festival University in the context of Ars Electronica 2021 through a selected program.
PROOF OF ART – A brief history of NFTs
OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH (AT), Jesse Damiani (US), Fabian Müller (DE), Markus Reindl (AT)
OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH presents PROOF OF ART, the world's first museum exhibition on the history of NFTs and digital art. Congruously to the topic the show is viewed offline at the Francisco Carolinum but also online in Cryptovoxels, a blockchain-based virtual world. In light of the developments surrounding NFTs in art and the art market, a retrospective of their history - and why they are suddenly on everyone's lips - becomes compelling.
Deep Space Selection
Deep Space 8K Selection offers a bilingual overview (German and English) of the highlights from the Ars Electronica Center’s regular Deep Space 8K program.
Earth from Space
ESA (EU), Ars Electronica Solutions (AT)
The view of the Earth from space is the only perspective that allows us to observe changes on our planet. To demonstrate the relevance and value of Earth observation in terms of environmental and socio-economic benefits, the journey takes us to current issues around climate change with a virtual presentation. Satellite images provide the impressive views of the Earth that document and evaluate the changes.
Festival University Stage Program
Starting on Thursday, selected artists from the festival and other creative thinkers will gather here to interact with each other and (re)present their respective projects and ideas.
Linzer Klangwolke 21 (Sound Cloud)
presented by Sparkasse Oberösterreich & Linz AG
The Linz Klangwolke 21 (Sound Cloud) presents underwater worlds and sound experiences under the motto "PANTA RHEI" at Donaupark.
Expert Tour: What is music to ... media-culture(s) / media-art(s) / human post-digital culture(s)
Werner Jauk (AT), Alexandra Röck (AT/DE)
The Sound-Art-Parcours is a long-standing Ars Electronica tradition. The tour traverses the plurality of relationship spaces of music / sound art and the media arts by listening. Theoretical reflection and conversations with the artists, personal as well as individual physical experience, experiencing, immersing oneself in the mediality of sound.
Workshop „AI x Microbiome“
Yoko Shimizu, Anastasia Bragina
Amazing interactions take place when human creativity, natural beauty of growing microbes and artificial intellect of machines meet each other.
