In Kepler’s Gardens
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.
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.
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.
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.
Eyes on LIT - Presentation LIT Projects
PRIX Awards Ceremony
The award ceremony is a chance to see all of this year's award-winning works and winners together.
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.
Conducting Spaces
Ableton Live (DE), MiMU Gloves (UK), University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (AT), Ars Electronica Linz (AT), Adrián Artacho (ES/AT)
The performance with the company of music and the artist Adrián Artacho (soundconcept) traces the dimension of "eternity" as a state and in doing so also questions a current sense of time in post-Covid times.
Siri, such "Programmiererin": Was tun gegen den Digital Gender Divide in Österreich?
Ars Electronica x Initiative Digitalisierung Chancengerecht, Ingrid Brodnig (AT), Christiane Spiel (AT), Gerfried Stocker (AT), Carina Zehetmaier (AT), Mariana Karepova (AT), Martina Mara (AT), Doris Schmidauer (AT)
In the context of Ars Electronica 2021, the "Initiative Digitalisierung Chancengerecht" (IDC) launched by Doris Schmidauer invites high-ranking experts from the fields of education, technology, business, culture and media to a panel discussion, which we will address the following questions: What are the causes of the digital gender divide? What concrete measures need to be taken in Austria to create digital equality of opportunity for women?
Art Thinking Forum
Hakuhodo x Ars Electronica
The Art Thinking Forum is a platform created jointly by Ars Electronica and Hakuhodo to discuss and exchange ideas on how to utilize art for a better society. The forum will discuss the role of art in the future through cutting-edge examples of creative chemical reactions between various fields and art.
