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Ars Electronica Festival // 2025
Ars Electronica Festival // 2025
From September 3 to 7, 2025, Linz will once again become a hotspot for the international media art scene. Exhibitions, performances, concerts and conferences will be held at festival locations throughout the city, most of them at POSTCITY, the festival’s central venue.
Festival News // Highlights
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Stories of self-determination
The HEROINES project shows how citizens can help shape social change through research. In 2025, it was awarded the European Union Prize for Citizen Science.
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Wearing Change, Locally
What does a sustainable future in a big city look like? The Wild Future Lab in Nairobi showcases new paths for a renaturalized city through wearable, innovative artifacts made from local materials.
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Tickets now available online
The limited FESTIVALPASS+, the FESTIVALPASS, the DAYPASS and the POSTCITY Exhibition Ticket can now be purchased in advance via our online store.
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Art in the Quantum Age
The LAS Art Foundation’s Sensing Quantum project has been awarded the S+T+ARTS Grand Prize – Innovative Collaboration for its groundbreaking work in developing new pathways into quantum technology through immersive experiences and interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Tracing the Invisible Lines Between Devices and Drones
How closely are commercial AI systems entangled with military technology? Awarded the STARTS Prize 2025 Grand Prize –Artistic Exploration, this project reveals hidden connections.
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First details on the opening
The festival week begins on Wednesday, September 3, at 7:30 p.m. with an opening event that will transform St. Mary’s Cathedral and its forecourt into stages for contemporary music, orchestral pieces, choral singing, organ music, and unusual performances.
Art // Technology // Society
PANIC – yes/no
PANIC – yes/no
Panic, yes or no? Shouldn’t we be in absolute panic mode by now? Why aren’t we? The reasons for panic seem countless. Or is it all just a scare tactic? How long will hope hold out, and what comes after that?
Interview
Interview
From the uncertainty of the present to the power of art – in conversation with Gerfried Stocker, Artistic Director of Ars Electronica, we shed light on the festival theme.
“What we need is not alarmism, but a critical awareness. A kind of digital immune system.”
Gerfried Stocker
The festival is getting closer!
April 2025
We announce the festival theme.
June 2025
First details on the Ars Electronica Opening and other program points. Online ticket sales start.
June/July 2025
The winners of the Prix Ars Electronica, the S+T+ARTS Prize, the European Union Prize for Citizen Science and the Media Literacy Award (MLA) will be presented.
August 2025
From April to mid-August, we will gradually publish all the details of this year’s program. The press conference on the highlights of the Ars Electronica Festival will take place at the end of August.
September 3-7, 2025
Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria. The festival takes place at various locations in the city, with POSTCITY at the main railway station as the central venue.
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Since 1979, the Ars Electronica Festival has been all about art, technology and society. From exhibitions, concerts and performances to talks and workshops – here’s what you can expect.
The Ars Electronica Festival 2025 takes place from WED 3.9. until SUN7.9. at several locations in the city center of Linz, Austria. Numerous exhibitions, concerts, talks, conferences, workshops and guided tours are part of the program and can be experienced.
POSTCITY Linz once again serves as the central festival venue and hotspot. Other participating venues include the Ars Electronica Center (AEC), Anton Bruckner Private University, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, the Stadtwerkstatt (STWST), St. Mary’s Cathedral Linz, OK – Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, FC – Francisco Carolinum Linz and the University of Art and Design Linz
The detailed festival program will be successively published here on our website in the coming weeks. You can find an initial overview of the program here.
In the meantime, follow us on social media (Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Flickr) and subscribe to our newsletter – here we will keep you up to date on the latest news about Ars Electronica Festival 2025.
Tickets can be purchased online now, or on-site at POSTCITY during the festival. We recommend buying tickets in advance to avoid long lines at the ticket counters. Please note: The FESTIVALPASS+, FESTIVALPASS, and DAY PASS must be exchanged for a badge at the Pick-Up Counter at the INFO DESK in POSTCITY. The POSTCITY Exhibition Ticket must be exchanged for a daily wristband.
As every year, create your world is an essential part of the Ars Electronica Festival. The program is explicitly tailored to the young audience and as usual, will invite children and young people to participate.
An overview of accommodations in Linz can be found on the platform of LINZ TOURISMUS. Weekend packages for city travelers are available here. We recommend international guests to book their accommodation early and check the entry requirements to Austria in advance.
Our Code of Conduct, our house rules and the POSTCITY house rules apply for the duration of the entire festival.
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2025 // Partners
The Ars Electronica Festival is supported by the City of Linz, the Province of Upper Austria, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport as well as numerous sponsors and partner institutions. Historically closely linked, the festival will also be held in cooperation with ORF Upper Austria in 2025.