Discover the highlights of the Ars Electronica Festival through our Focus Sessions—guided experiences designed to offer deeper insight into selected projects from this year’s key exhibitions. Whether you’re curious, critical, or just getting started, these tours offer an ideal way to explore the intersections of art, technology, and society.
Sessions
The 15-minute Focus Sessions are available across three central exhibitions:
- STARTS Prize Exhibition – Focus: Shaping Our Digital Future
- Theme Exhibition – Focus: Marketing to Death
- Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition – Focus: Imagining Pluriversal Futures
Let our knowledgeable guides lead you through each exhibition and help you dive into its themes, artworks, and ideas.
Where to Join
Tours start at clearly marked meeting points within each exhibition area. Find them on the POSTCITY Map (for the STARTS Prize Exhibition and Theme Exhibition) or in the Lentos Kunstmuseum basement (Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition).
No Registration needed
The Focus Sessions are free of charge and require no registration.
Please note: Tours run on a first come, first served basis. If a tour is full, we kindly ask for your understanding—the next one will start in just 15 or 30 minutes!
Schedule
The 15-minute STARTS Prize Exhibition and Theme Exhibition Focus Sessions run at the following times:
- German: every 30 minutes, 10:30–18:30 (Sunday until 17:00)
Tours begin on the hour and the half-hour. - English: every 30 minutes, 10:45–18:15 (Sunday until 17:15)
Tours begin at 15 minutes past or 15 minutes to the hour.
The 15-minute Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition Focus Sessions run at the following times:
- German:
WED – SAT: 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 13:00, 15:00, 15:30, 16:00, 16:30
SUN: 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 13:00 - English:
WED – SAT: 11:45, 12:15, 12:45, 15:15, 15:45, 16:15
SUN: 11:45, 12:15, 12:45
WED September 3-7, 2025
| STARTS Prize Exhibition POSTCITY, First Floor, STARTS Prize Exhibition | Theme Exhibition POSTCITY, Bunker, Theme Exhibition, Chapter 4 | Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition Lentos Kunstmuseum, Basement | |
| 10:30 | DE | DE | |
| 10:45 | EN | EN | |
| 11:00 | DE | DE | |
| 11:15 | EN | EN | |
| 11:30 | DE | DE | DE |
| 11:45 | EN | EN | EN |
| 12:00 | DE | DE | DE |
| 12:15 | EN | EN | EN |
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| 14:00 | DE | DE | |
| 14:15 | EN | EN | |
| 14:30 | DE | DE | |
| 14:45 | EN | EN | |
| 15:00 | DE | DE | DE * |
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| 18:15 | EN * | EN * | |
| 18:30 | DE * | DE * |
* not on Sunday, September 7, 2025