Linz

Spotlight Tour

Begleiten Sie uns während des Ars Electronica Festivals bei täglichen Rundgängen in Deutsch oder Englisch durch die Ausstellungen am JKU Campus. Mit unseren WE GUIDE YOU Touren bekommen Sie einen umfassenden Gesamteindruck über das Festival und verpassen kein Highlight!

Branch Magazine Symposium: Welcome and Opening Plenary

Hosts: Michelle Thorne (US/DE) Editor, Branch Magazine and Senior Program Officer, Mozilla, Chris Adams (UK/DE) Editor, Branch Magazine and Director, The Green Web Foundation

We are dreaming of a sustainable and just internet. How might we shift the digital world technically, politically and aesthetically? Can the internet become fossil-tree by 2030? What does a carbon-aware internet look like?

RADIO CYBORG TRANSMITTER

Reni Hofmüller, Ilse Weber / esc medien kunst labor (AT)

Based on the sound worlds of the Radio Cyborg Transmitter, a new piece is created through the sound-generating apparatuses (sensors), in the course of which our perception is challenged and sensitised at the same time. The Radio Cyborg Transmitter uses Geiger counters and other sensors to record emission values such as temperature, humidity, radiation (UV radiation, electromagnetic waves) and fine dust. The live measured data is converted into sound, a constantly changing soundscape is created - the performance space becomes audible.

Pre Opening Walk

On the eve of the Ars Electronica Festival, we'll visit the central locations in downtown Linz on a walking tour.

There Is No Planet B

Global Warming and Human Responsibility

Energie ist die Grundlage für Leben. Kleinste Organismen brauchen sie ebenso wie wir Menschen. Doch nicht nur unser Körper muss mit Energie versorgt werden, sondern auch unsere gesamte Gesellschaft: etwa unsere Elektrogeräte, unsere Transportmittel oder unsere Industrie. Und woher kommt die Energie?

Branch Magazine

Sustainable and fairer Internet for everybody

Branch is an online magazine written by and for people who dream of a sustainable and just internet for all. The internet is the world’s largest fossil fuel-powered machine. If we continue business-as-usual, the IT sector will be responsible for 14% of the world’s carbon emissions by 2040.

Opera @ Deep Space 8K + Artist talk and Q&A

Erick Oh (US)

Opera is a cycle of a five-minute animation created by the prize-winning filmmaker and artist Erick Oh. Each section is inextricably linked with the activities of the individual characters, ultimately enabling the viewer to enjoy the complex construction of a vibrant pyramid, regardless of which character they watch first.

#rachaelisnotreal @ Deep Space 8K + Artist talk and Q&A

Matthias Winckelmann (DE)

Rachael is the world’s first fully automated autonomous 3D design influencer on Instagram. Since May 2020, Rachael has been posting one new image per day to the Instagram account @rachaellic. She will continue to post without any human intervention for as long as the computer she is running on is online.

#21xoxo & Mosaic @ Deep Space 8K + Artist talk and Q&A

Imge Özbilge (TR), Sine Özbilge (TR)

#21xoxo (2019) is an experimental animated short film that reflects on the influence of social media and mobile devices in relation to self-expression, intimacy, love and relationships. The recent film Mosaic (2020) tells the story of a Kurdish student, a Muslim musician and a Christian girl in a fictional Middle Eastern city.

Dirtscraper @ Deep Space 8K

Peter Burr (US)

Peter Burr's installation Dirtscraper (2020) is both a generative animation and a computer game, and has already been exhibited in various forms, such as a live stream or a multiple projection. Using text pop-ups and audiovisual grids, the artwork sketches a dystopian world in which the individual seemingly perishes in the struggle against given structures.