Linz
STARTS Prize '21 Exhibition
The Ars Electronica Festival will present the STARTS initiative and a selection of the award-winning and nominated works for the 2021 STARTS Prize: From Circular Economy to the Relationship between Ecology and Technology, from Digital Humanism to Empathic Approaches to Artificial Intelligence.
Project for Next Cultural Producer Incubation Program
Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Government of Japan (JP) & Ars Electronica (AT)
In 2021, the Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Government of Japan and Ars Electronica start a very special training program in Linz, Austria. During a six-month residency, the participant will have the opportunity to experience the many facets of Ars Electronica.
LIGHT SOURCES & SCATTERINGS
OÖ Kulturquartier (AT), Energie AG (AT)
This time, sources of light and radiation are the thematic brackets for the outpost of *HÖHENRAUSCH – Wie im Paradies (As in Paradise)*. The headquarters of Energie AG Oberösterreich will be used as an exhibition space by three Upper Austrian artists. While Raphaela Riepl's light bodies draw themselves, sign-like, through the foyer of the PowerTower, Anton Kehrer captures the radiated energy of light photographically. Audio artist Wolfgang Dorninger transforms the roof and stairwell into a bird's paradise, using sunlight as an energy source.
Roboexotica Linz
Roboexotica is a festival for cocktail robotics that has been taking place since 1999. Artists, researchers, technicians and hobbyists from all over the world come together once a year to present robots and apparatuses that can mix cocktails. In addition to the practical presentation of machines, the event also engages on a philosophical level with technology hype, faith in science and the sociology of technology.
Demokratie Repair Café - Society and Technology
Zukunftsrat Demokratie (AT), European Public Sphere (EU), Constitutional Innovation Hub Graz (AT), Bayrisches Forschungsinstitut für Digitale Transformation (DE), Technische Universität München (DE), Open Innovation in Science Center, LBG (AT)
All parts of society should be able to participate in the development and deployment of technologies. The European Public Sphere is a space where people are free to enter, discuss, listen and leave. We propose visitors take part in a world café to gain insights about creative communication, different democratic decision-making processes and dynamic facilitation.
Wandering Factory
Johannes Braumann (AT) – Creative Robotics (UfG Linz), Gabriel Gruber (AT) – MHC, Stephan Hölzl (AT) – MHC, Martin Krčma (CZ) – TU Brno, Sebastian Lämmermann (AT) – IPPE (JKU), Bashir Moradibastani (IR) – Creative Robotics (UfG Linz), Martin Reiter (AT) – IPPE (JKU), Martin Schwab (AT) – Creative Robotics (UfG Linz), Karl Singline (AU) – Creative Robotics (UfG Linz), Genevieve Howard (IE) – Creative Robotics (UfG Linz), Darija Pejic (AT) – Creative Robotics (UfG Linz)
It is clear that the future of production has to be local and must be built around a circular economy. We push that goal a step further and relocate production directly to where it is required, by equipping a robotic arm with a 3D printer and mounting it onto an electric rover. Once there, it can autonomously fabricate objects using recycled materials, adapted individually to the constraints of the chosen site.
TARKOVSKY – DER 8. FILM
Thomas Cornelius Desi 2020 (AT)
The play tells the story of the eighth film by legendary filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, which was no longer made, and is based in part on true events. A robot, a strange mirror, the entanglement of reality and digitality are the core elements of Thomas Desis "Tarkovsky - The 8th Film".
Crash me if you can
Ahmed Alshenoudy (EG), Nikolaus Hofer (AT), Alexander Maletzky (AT), Bernhard Schenkenfelder (AT), Stefan Thumfart (AT) — all working at RISC Software GmbH
We often blindly trust AI-based systems for traffic sign recognition — but where are the limits of machine perception? In Crash Me If You Can we playfully get to the bottom of this question. Visitors have the opportunity to manipulate traffic signs to make a racing car fly out of the curve on a miniature racetrack.
BIO AUSTRIA Farmer's Market
BIO AUSTRIA (AT)
BIO AUSTRIA Farmers’ Market: Organic grows on the best soil. Organic farmers from BIO AUSTRIA know the value of soil, because it is the basis for the production of our daily food. Plants, animals and humans benefit from healthy soil. Therefore, organic farms care for the soil — for the benefit of all.
Hosted by Bildraum Vienna and Ars Electronica at Salzamt Linz
Simon Lehner (AT), Flavia Mazzanti (IT/AT), Michaela Putz (AT)
The exhibition at Salzamt Linz includes a selection of video works, photographs, preliminary studies and sketches curated for the Ars Electronica Festival theme, a spatial intervention, and a VR installation.
