Organization
Ars Electronica Linz GmbH & Co KG
Co-CEOs: Markus Jandl, Gerfried Stocker
Artistic Director: Gerfried Stocker
Managing & Festival Director: Veronika Liebl
Technical Director: Karl Julian Schmidinger
Head of Festival & Programme Director: Christl Baur
Head of Operations: Andrea Kohut
Head of European Collaboration: Vanessa Hannesschläger
Head of create your world: Hans Christian Merten
Head of Exhibitions: Masha Zolotova
Head of Editorial: Johanna Lenhart
Head of Export: Laura Welzenbach
Head of Archive: Anita Halbartschlager
Head of AEC Exhibitions: Veronika Krenn
Production Team
Robert Anderle, Pablo Bes Alonso, Celina Binder, Lisa Brandstötter, Luis Breneis, Chris Busch, Ana Maria Carabelea, Jaia Davis-Thomas, Yusra Dellali, Stefan Doepner, Daniela Duca De Tey, Elwin Ebmer, Jaka Erjavec, Julian Erk, Albert Förster, Hannes Franks, Jessica Galirow, Magdalena Giegler, Violeta Gil Martínez, Katerina Gnafaki, David Grohe, Max Haarich, Katharina Haim, Rita Hainzl, Manuel Hauer, Son Healim, Randolf Helmstetter, Alexander Hens, Susi Heuschober, Manuela Hillmann, Anna Höglhammer, Leo Holzweber, Magdalena Hrnicek, Melchior Jahn, Barbara Jazbec, Emil Klostermann, Nina Kneidinger, Isabel Köhler, Simon Kopfberger, Georg Kirsch, Jonas Leitner, Laura Manhartseder, Martin Mehringer, Moritz Merten, Philipp Nelweg, Andrew Newman, Emiko Ogawa, Natalie Pinter, Karoline Pöhn, Marco Rainer, Katharina Richtsfeld, Veronika Riedl, Eva Rodríguez Vera, Annika Rohde, Marianne Schädler, Andrea Scheinecker, Daniel Schöngruber, Armin Seidl, Karl Seiringer, Lisa Shchegolkova, Daniela Silvestrin, Blanca Somarriba, Helmut Steinecker, Philip Steiner, Emil Steixner, Sara Trawöger, Lukas Traxler, Edin Turalic, Helena Viteka, Joschi Viteka, Martin Weidinger, Jan Weiler, Aleksandr Zolotov
Press, Communication & Marketing
Hannah Bachl, Nina Ebner, Mario Romera Gómez, Marlene Grinner, Martin Hieslmair, Katia Kreuzhuber, Jelena Mönch, Mario Schmidhumer, Thomas Schwarz, Ulrike Sedlmayr, Christopher Sonnleitner, Lisa Studener, Yazdan Zand
Co-Curatorial Team
Curators Ars Electronica Festival Programs
Theme Exhibition: Manuela Naveau
Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition: Emiko Ogawa
S+T+ARTS Exhibition: Masha Zolotova
Swiss Focus in Exhibitions: Giulia Bini
create your world: Hans Christian Merten
Ars Electronica Opening 2025: Norbert Trawöger
Big Concert Night 2025: Dennis Russell Davies, David Bösch, Julian Pixel Schmiederer, Daniel Linton-France
Ars Electronica Nightline: Nicholas Schaerer, Holger Hörtnagl
Deep Space: Melinda File, Katrin Fenninger, Michaela Wimplinger, Deniss Boldavesko, Lisa Hochgatterer, Christoph Kremer
Open Futurelab: Anna Weiss, Marianne Eisl
Futurelab Night: Alexandre Bezri
Ars Electronica Solutions: Ina Badics, Chris Bruckmayr, Michael Mondria
Ars Electronica Symposium 2025: Ana Maria Carabelea, Daniela Silvestrin
Archipelago of Possible Futures: Francesca Bria, José Luis de Vicente
Staged Realities AIxTheater Conference: The Catalysts
Animation Festival: Juergen Hagler (Director Animation Festival), Daniela Duca De Tey
Expanded Animation Conference: Juergen Hagler, Philipp Wintersberger, Reinhold Bidner, Alexander Wilhelm, Martin Kocur
Expanded Animation Exhibition: Jeremiah Diephuis, Michel Lankes, Simone Kriglstein
University of Arts Linz: Manuela Naveau
Anton Bruckner University: Volkmar Klien, Enrique Mendoza
JKU LIT Exhibition: Jury des LIT-Calls (Stefan Koch, Alberta Bonanni, Gerfried Stocker, Veronika Liebl, Christl Baur)
Flood the Zone with Courage: Airan Berg
FC and OK Exhibitions: Julia Staudach, Michaela Seiser, Maria Venzl, Sandra Kratochwill STWST84x11 FOG MANIFESTO: Tanja Brandmayr and the team and coop-partners of STWST
Prix Ars Electronica 2025
Idea: Hannes Leopoldseder
Conception: Christine Schöpf, Gerfried Stocker
Managing Director: Veronika Liebl
Technical Director: Karl Julian Schmidinger
Head of Prix Ars Electronica: Emiko Ogawa
Production Team: Christl Baur, Pablo Bes Alonso, Ana Maria Carabelea, Daniela Duca De Tey, Katerina Gnafaki, Magdalena Giegler, Andrea Kohut, Violeta Gil Martinez, Katharina Haim, Jürgen Hagler, Vanessa Hannesschläger, Manuela Hillmann, Michaela Keplinger, Hans Christian Merten, Elisabeth Mürzl, Karoline Pöhn, Eva Rodríguez Vera, Annika Rohde, Jutta Schmiederer, Lisa Shchegolkova, Helmut Steinecker, Joschi Viteka, Laura Welzenbach, Masha Zolotova
Ars Electronica Linz GmbH & Co KG
Co-CEOs
Markus Jandl, Gerfried Stocker
Ars Electronica Center
Andreas Bauer, Christoph Kremer, Gerold Hofstadler
Viktoria Aistleitner, Bettina Anderl, Sonja Bailer, Magnus Behrendt, Reinhard Bengesser, Deniss Boldavesko, Lisa-Maria Brandstötter, Manuela Bruckner, Birgit Cakir, Jingjing Cao, Alžběta Čiperova, Julia Croton, Stefan Czerny, Carina Danzer, Blanka Denkmaier, Teodor Dumitrache, Johannes Egler, Vanessa Ennser, Kevin Erhardt, Bernd Fellmann, Katrin Fenninger, Muriel Flavia Fernandes, Melinda File, Philipp Gartlehner, Mitra Gazvini-Zateh, Elisabeth Gerhard, Firas Ghilan, Dominic Gottinger, Melanie Gruber, Nicole Grüneis, Harald Haas, Nico Hartl, Karam Harwash, Haitham Harwash, Simon Hehl, Alexandra Heiligenbrunner, Barbara Heinzl, Thomas Hillinger, Lisa Hochgatterer, Petra Hofmann, Sri Rahayu Hofstadler, Jacqueline Hofstadler, Eva Hofstädter, Blanka Horáková, Anca Ignat, David Jentgens, Sabrina Kaselitz, Sandra Kiendler, Thomas Kollmann, Sophie Marlain Kozuh-Schneeberger, Gizem Kus, Sabine Leidlmair, Men-Hsuin Lin, Anna Katharina Link, Leonhard Lorber, Jakob Luckeneder, Katja Lux, Ulrike Mair, Clemens Mock, Erika Mondria, Claudia Moser, Silvia Mukherjee, Andrea Oberfichtner, Petra Papanekova, Dietmar Peter, Svetlana Petrovic, Helmut Pfeffer, Benedikt Pfisterer, Armin Pils, Birgit Pointner, Marion Reichtomann, Maximilian Richter, Ulrike Rieseneder, Florian Jackob Roschger, Alina Sauter, Birgitt Schäffer, Katja Schantl, Xaver Schmidauer, Sarah Schmidt, Lydia Schneeberger, Fabian Schwarz, Maria Schwarzmayr, Manfred Seifriedsberger, Carina Seiringer, Lindita Shabani, Majd Shukair, Magdalena Sick-Leitner, Elias Silber, Minoosh Sorkhkamal Zadeh-Steininger, Martin Spanka, Leon Sperrer, Michael Strehling, Johannes Stürzlinger, Ni Putu Sulasmini, Bhoomesh Tak, Ceyda Temiz, Thomas Viehböck, Laurenz Vojka, Raffaela Vornicu, Lisa Wagner, Manuel Walch, Nikos Wald, Florian Wanninger, Florian Winkler
Ars Electronica Futurelab
Roland Haring, Hideaki Ogawa, Horst Hörtner
Friedrich Bachinger, Patrick Berger, Alexandre Bezri, Kerstin Blätterbinder, Manuel Dobusch, Marianne Eisl, Peter Freudling, Matthew Gardiner, Bernadette Geißler, Barbara Habringer, Peter Haider, Denise Hirtenfelder, Peter Holzkorn, Susanne Kiesenhofer, Anna Kuthan, Maria Mayr, Valentina Mullabazi, Otto Naderer, Nicolas Naveau, Ali Nikrang, Victor Petro, Maria Anna Pfeifer, Johannes Pöll, Daniel Rammer, Erwin Reitböck, Raphael Elias Schaumburg-Lippe, Simon Schmid, Anna Weiss, Cyntha Wieringa
Ars Electronica Festival / Prix / Exhibitions
Veronika Liebl, Karl Julian Schmidinger, Christl Baur
Robert Anderle, Pablo Bes Alonso, Yusra Dellali, Jessica Galirow, Magdalena Giegler, Violeta Gil Martínez, Katharina Haim, Anita Halbartschlager, Vanessa Hannesschläger, Susanne Heuschober, Manuela Hillmann, Anna Höglhammer, Magdalena Hrnicek, Barbara Jazbec, Xenia Kentz, Michaela Keplinger, Emil Klostermann, Nina Kneidinger, Isabel Köhler, Andrea Kohut, Veronika Sanna Krenn, Johanna Lenhart, Moritz Merten, Hans Christian Merten, Elisabeth Mürzl, Andrew Newman, Emiko Ogawa, Karoline Pöhn, Marco Rainer, Katharina Maria Richtsfeld, Veronika Riedl, Annika Rohde, Marianne Schädler, Andrea Scheinecker, Armin Seidl, Lisa Shchegolkova, Blanca Somariba, Karla Spiluttini, Helmut Steinecker, Sara Trawöger, Edin Turalic, Helena Viteka, Laura Welzenbach, Aleksandr Zolotov, Masha Zolotova, Healim Son
Ars Electronica Management Services
Elisabeth Kapeller, Stephan Kobler
Felix Austerhuber, Hannah Bachl, Patrick Buchinger, Barbara Diesenreither, Nina Ebner, Stephan Feichter, Michaela Frech, Stefanie Friesenecker, Marlene Grinner, Karin Gruber, Martin Hieslmair, Sabine Hummelbrunner, Thomas Jannke, Jasmin Javornik, Daniela Krassnitzer, Katia Kreuzhuber, Dominic Lengauer, Corinna Löcker, Florian Miesenberger, Edith Noska-Neubauer, Qi Pan, Sandra Pruckner, Mario Romera Gómez, Mario Schmidhumer, Michael Schürz, Thomas Schwarz, Ulrike Sedlmayr, Patrick Siudak, Christopher Sonnleitner, David Starzengruber, Iris Tschank, Michaela Wimplinger, Yazdan Zand
Ars Electronica Solutions
Michael Mondria, Andreas Pramböck
Ina Badics, Chris Bruckmayr, Stefan Dorn, Lea Bianca Egyed, Marion Friedl, Manuela Gruber, David Holzweber, Stefanie Katara, Fadil Kujundzic, Yvonne Metnitzer, Harald Moser, Patrick Müller, My Trinh Müller-Gardiner, Lucie Palečková, Gabriele Purdue, Katalin Romics, Isabel Schölmbauer, Roland Stampfer, Dominik Trichlin, Markus Wipplinger, Gregor Woschitz