Festival for Explorers / Random Generator

We have to admit that a visit to the Ars Electronica Festival comes with a bit of chaos. But in this seemingly unmanageable range of programs-whether online or on-site-there are always chance encounters, with people and topics that initially lie outside one’s own “bubble of interest” but then broaden one’s horizons. On this page, we’ll present 12 randomly selected offerings each from the online and Linz programs of the 2021 Ars Electronica Festival. Hit the button or come back later, and we’ll fire up the random generator one more time.

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Online, randomly selected

Forging connections

Art X Company (IN), Arts & Culture Resources India (IN)

This networking mixer is themed on the digital evolution of artistic work and performances, innovations since 2020, and collaboration possibilities in India.

Architectural Informatics Society

Architectural Informatics Society (JP)

As a platform where diverse and advanced theories, technologies and industries intersect, AIS will promote the dissemination and development of technologies and knowledge through the sharing and dissemination of information on the latest technologies, cross-industry and cross-disciplinary exchanges and human resource development, while looking at the evolution of the positioning of architecture itself as a more fundamental consciousness and broader concept, rather than the superficial application of informatics to the field of architecture.

AI Lab Conference Day

The AI Lab conference gives a platform to concepts, projects and individual actors who explores scientific and technological aspects of AI, as well at the impact the development and deployment of artificial intelligence has on art, culture and society as a whole.

A.I.ECOSYSTEMS_ Hackathon

ARS ELECTRONICA International Online Hackathon 2021 Edition

Ars Electronica is organizing a Hackathon on the topic of A.I.ECOSYSTEMS_: a series of Hands-on workshops, inspiration talks on the topic of A.I.

Research-creation 01: CONNECTING MILIEUX + Hexagram Showcase

Gisèle Trudel (CA), Maya Lamothe-Katrapani (CA), Alessia Zarzani (IT), Orit Halpern (CA), Jean-Denis Milette (CA), Gabriel Payant (CA), Marius Senneville (CA), Alessandra Ponte (CA), Kim Laneuville (CA), Adriana Menghi (CA), Delphine Ducharme (CA), Meryem Sekhri (CA), Alexandre Asselin (CA), Anna Paola Bossi (IT/CA), Baptiste Kauffmann (FR/CA), Millie-Ann Grenon (CA), Rachel Ducharme (CA), Charles Antoine Poulin (CA), Fannie Hébert (CA), Ikram Haffaf (CA), Liliane Hamelin (CA), Marie-Ève Fortier (CA), Jill Didur (CA), Tony Higuchi (ES), AELab (CA), Fossilation (CA), Andrée Martin (CA), Estelle Schorpp (FR/CA), Marc-André Cossette (CA), Sandra Volny (CA), Ahreum Lee (KR/CA), Émilie Morin (CA), Erin Gee (CA), Guillaume Pascal (CA), Juliette Lusven (FR/CA), Maxime Boutin (FR/CA), Olivia Mc Gilchrist (JM/FR), Rilla Khaled (CA), Enric Llagostera (BR), Jess Rowan Marcotte (CA), Steven Sych (CA), Jean Dubois (CA), Ghyslain Gagnon (CA), Ké Medley (CA), Louis-Philippe Rondeau (CA), Yan Breuleux (CA), Nicolas Bernier (CA), Nicolas Reeves (CA), David St-Onge (CA), Chris Salter (US/CA), Dietmar Lupfer (DE), Sofian Audry (CA), TeZ (IT)

Documentation of the first art installation of the Canada Research Chair MÉDIANE, presented outdoors in July 2021 at Jardin botanique Montréal. The installation experiments artistically with the ecophysiological data of three species of trees collected by the research programme SmartForests.

Ars Electronica Futurelab Networking Session: Meet the Alchemists

Meet artists and researchers as well as the lab´s directors Horst Hörtner, Roland Haring and Hideaki Ogawa in person in an open discussion and exchange session on wonder.me. 

Solar Protocol: Reimagining Our Relationship to the Internet

Alex Nathanson (US), Tega Brain (AU) and Benedetta Piantella (IT)

This workshop will introduce participants to the conceptual and technical aspects of the Solar Protocol project.

Un millesimo di millimetro

Giovanni Muzio (IT)

Un millesimo di millimentro speculates about a near-future where microplastics are so pervasive in the oceans that they become part of the evolution of marine microorganisms.

Art & Science in Times of Complexity and Crisis

Andrew Newman

It may seem unfathomable that we could ever grasp the sheer complexity of the interdependencies of Ecosystem Earth. Each and every one of our quantum computers would crash when faced with the task of mapping all interactions from our microbiomes to the zonobiomes. One human mind cannot comprehend it all, but multitudes of minds have tirelessly worked towards contributing to a shared scientific knowledge that together unravels these interdependencies.

Aotearoa Concert Night

An evening of experimental electronic live musical performance.

Program Overview – art+science 2021

Dobrivoje Lale Erić (RS), Petar Laušević (RS) and Elisa Cuesta (ES)

This guided tour introduces the Festival audience the sixth edition of the art+science program of the Center for the Promotion of Science, which focuses on the creative and critical reading and analysis of the AI-based systems, their values and possibilities. This year’s exibition, AI Realities, presents 13 works and tries to act as a stage for the insightful and inspirational discussion and partnering between local and international peers in all related fields.

Multimodal Perception in Human-Machine Interaction

Prof. Dr. Frank Fitzek (DE), Dr. rer. nat. Annika Dix (DE), Dipl.-Ing. Emese Papp B.A. (HU)

The workshop will open with two keynotes on 6G technology and augmented multisensory perception. The main body includes hands-on experiments and a follow-up discussion on novel multisensory technologies and future applications.

On-Site in Linz, randomly selected

Forensic Architecture Workshop: Open-source investigations for Human Rights

Omar Ferwati (EG), Forensic Architecture (INT)

Forensic Architecture is a research agency that uses architectural and media analysis to investigate human rights violations. This workshop is an introduction to investigatory techniques and principles used by Forensic Architecture including open-source research, spatial analysis, geolocation, verification, and media analysis through a series of short tutorials and tasks.

Fear Free

Jasna Hribernik (SI) Sarah de Günther (HU) Immanuel Hofman (GR), Ivana Kalc (HR), Vasily Kuzmich (UA), Luka Mavrič (SI), Nabil Nazeem (PS), Kristian Petrovčič (SI), Matej Rimaič (SI), Adriana Kostja Ronkali (SI), Una Savić (RS), Parisa Zaeri (IR), Staš Zupanc (SI)

TV Free Europe explores the possibilities of freedom (especially freedom of speech) and change, it aims to transgress social bubbles and connect voices, locations, times and stories, historical topics with today’s and tomorrow’s facts and fictions.

UCA Artistic Presentation

Camille Baker (CDN/GB) – Artist/Artistic Director, Maf’j Alverez (GB/SP) – Interaction Designer /Unity3d Developer, Sarah Büttner (DE) – Tilt Brush and 3D environment artist, Bushra Burge (GB) – Haptic corset interaction/fashion designer, Kat Austen (GB/DE) – Sound Designer, Paul Hayes (GB) – Haptics Electronic Engineer/ Programmer, Andy Baker (GB) – Unity Technical Consultant, Annelies Lovell & Alexandra Butterworth(GB) – voice-over actors, Anonymous Stories – various contributing women

INTER/her is an intimate VR immersive exploration of the inner world of middle-aged women’s bodies and the post-reproductive diseases they suffer, such as endometriosis, fibroids, polyps, Ovarian and other cysts, cervical, ovarian, uterine and endometrial cancers – with a focus on female health as personal exploration, conversation starter, and community building.

IMPAKT Workshop: Face and body filters

Yun Lee and Jonathan Reus, from iii, instrumentinventors.org, The Hague (NL)

Use filters like a pro and get ready for the Bal Masqué. With the use of software like Zoom, OBS and Snap Camera, we can create our own virtual backgrounds, digital masks, video compilations and even perform live coding and VJ sets. In this workshop we delve into the colorful world of filters, guided by performing artists Yun Lee and Jonathan Reus from iii.

An hour of violence

Domestic Data Streamers (INT/ES)

In this workshop the creative team at Domestic Data Streamers will walk you through 8 invisible contemporary violences that have a great impact in our everyday lives. The team will talk about the conceptual research behind the project, how they’ve turned such complex information into an interactive exhibition and will end up with a live collective debate on meaningful questions around the topic.

Un suono in estinzione Guided Tour

Pablo Bes Alonso

In this guided tour, we are going to present one of the projects curated by Filippo Rosati from Garden Bologna as a premier. The project that we are going to present is Un suono in estinzione, art & science project aimed at monitoring climate change implications on alpine glaciers through an artistic exploration.

Autonomy / Dependency

Ignacio Cuevas (CL), Fabián Andrade (CL)

The Republic of the Mountain is constituted as a utopian micronation, decentralized and intangible, which activates an ephemeral appearance from the foothills of the Andes towards the limits of our perception, to find out more join us in this conversation with Enrique Rivera, our art curator and get to become a citizen of the republic.

Dear Joachim, …

Hannes Hoelzl (IT), Dirk Erdmann (DE), Vinzenz Aubry (DE), Ólafur Arnalds (IS), Robert Schnüll (DE), Alberto de Campo (AT), Jussi Ängeslevä (FI), Andi Ruckel (DE)

Web-based digital condolence and contemplative spatial audio installation reflecting on the personal impact late media artist and designer Joachim Sauter had on many of us.

Hakko Department (Fermentation Department)

Hiraku Ogura (JP)

Miso, soy sauce, sake, and koji are fermented foods that are indispensable to the Japanese diet. Hiraku Ogura is a fermentation designer who aims to make the microorganisms visible through design. In collaboration with brewers and researchers across Japan, he has developed a few projects on the theme of fermentation and microorganisms, including product development, production of picture books and animated films and workshops.

Education Inspiration Session I – a create your world TOUR

Anna Kaufmann (AT), Sonja Groiss (AT)

In this Inspiration Session for teachers and educators, you can take part in the online workshop created by Sonja Groiss and Anna Kaufmann that is currently delivered to school classrooms through the create your world TOUR. The workshop is based on their project ‘Generation Y’ that was recognised in the Prix Ars Electronica U19 category in 2018. In their creative and interactive workshop, the topic of digitalization is presented in an informative and understandable way using the game ‘Generation Y’.

EASEAS: Experiments in Art, Science and Ethology of the Art-Subject

Maurice Benayoun (HK/FR), Refik Anadol (US), Nicolás Mendoza (CO), Tobias Klein (HK/DE)

The birth of the art-subject and its proliferation in the art world exemplifies a clear departure from the traditional status of artworks as objects. It enables artists to explore divergent paths as the behaviour of artworks goes beyond biomimicry and the mirroring of human attitudes, making disjuncture a powerful means through which to interrogate different levels of social concern and human belief.

The project 127715: Art created in The Sims 4

Diana Artemeva (RU), Kate Umnova (RU), Irina Rusakova (RU)

The project 127715: Art created in The Sims 4 consists of an in-game exhibition and a catalogue of works within it. The project suggests relocating sim paintings into the physical world and transferring game currency to dollars in order to create an experience of a simulated auction.

Online, randomly selected

Art X Company (IN), Arts & Culture Resources India (IN)

Architectural Informatics Society (JP)

ARS ELECTRONICA International Online Hackathon 2021 Edition

Alex Nathanson (US), Tega Brain (AU) and Benedetta Piantella (IT)

Giovanni Muzio (IT)

Andrew Newman

Dobrivoje Lale Erić (RS), Petar Laušević (RS) and Elisa Cuesta (ES)

Prof. Dr. Frank Fitzek (DE), Dr. rer. nat. Annika Dix (DE), Dipl.-Ing. Emese Papp B.A. (HU)

On-Site in Linz, randomly selected

Omar Ferwati (EG), Forensic Architecture (INT)

Jasna Hribernik (SI) Sarah de Günther (HU) Immanuel Hofman (GR), Ivana Kalc (HR), Vasily Kuzmich (UA), Luka Mavrič (SI), Nabil Nazeem (PS), Kristian Petrovčič (SI), Matej Rimaič (SI), Adriana Kostja Ronkali (SI), Una Savić (RS), Parisa Zaeri (IR), Staš Zupanc (SI)

Yun Lee and Jonathan Reus, from iii, instrumentinventors.org, The Hague (NL)

Domestic Data Streamers (INT/ES)

Pablo Bes Alonso

Ignacio Cuevas (CL), Fabián Andrade (CL)

Hannes Hoelzl (IT), Dirk Erdmann (DE), Vinzenz Aubry (DE), Ólafur Arnalds (IS), Robert Schnüll (DE), Alberto de Campo (AT), Jussi Ängeslevä (FI), Andi Ruckel (DE)

Hiraku Ogura (JP)

Anna Kaufmann (AT), Sonja Groiss (AT)

Maurice Benayoun (HK/FR), Refik Anadol (US), Nicolás Mendoza (CO), Tobias Klein (HK/DE)

Diana Artemeva (RU), Kate Umnova (RU), Irina Rusakova (RU)

A NEW DIGITAL DEAL

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Online, randomly selected

Art X Company (IN), Arts & Culture Resources India (IN)

Architectural Informatics Society (JP)

ARS ELECTRONICA International Online Hackathon 2021 Edition

Alex Nathanson (US), Tega Brain (AU) and Benedetta Piantella (IT)

Giovanni Muzio (IT)

Andrew Newman

Dobrivoje Lale Erić (RS), Petar Laušević (RS) and Elisa Cuesta (ES)

Prof. Dr. Frank Fitzek (DE), Dr. rer. nat. Annika Dix (DE), Dipl.-Ing. Emese Papp B.A. (HU)

On-Site in Linz, randomly selected

Omar Ferwati (EG), Forensic Architecture (INT)

Jasna Hribernik (SI) Sarah de Günther (HU) Immanuel Hofman (GR), Ivana Kalc (HR), Vasily Kuzmich (UA), Luka Mavrič (SI), Nabil Nazeem (PS), Kristian Petrovčič (SI), Matej Rimaič (SI), Adriana Kostja Ronkali (SI), Una Savić (RS), Parisa Zaeri (IR), Staš Zupanc (SI)

Yun Lee and Jonathan Reus, from iii, instrumentinventors.org, The Hague (NL)

Domestic Data Streamers (INT/ES)

Pablo Bes Alonso

Ignacio Cuevas (CL), Fabián Andrade (CL)

Hannes Hoelzl (IT), Dirk Erdmann (DE), Vinzenz Aubry (DE), Ólafur Arnalds (IS), Robert Schnüll (DE), Alberto de Campo (AT), Jussi Ängeslevä (FI), Andi Ruckel (DE)

Hiraku Ogura (JP)

Anna Kaufmann (AT), Sonja Groiss (AT)

Maurice Benayoun (HK/FR), Refik Anadol (US), Nicolás Mendoza (CO), Tobias Klein (HK/DE)

Diana Artemeva (RU), Kate Umnova (RU), Irina Rusakova (RU)

A NEW DIGITAL DEAL

#arselectronica21#newdigitaldeal

#arselectronica21
#newdigitaldeal