Locations

POSTCITY

Waldeggstraße 41, 4020 Linz

The former postal distribution center is located directly at Linz’s main train station. Once again, it will be transformed into POSTCITY, the main location of the Ars Electronica Festival, before a new city district is created here. The impressive parcel chutes, spacious halls, the bunker and the train hall once again provide an impressive backdrop for the festival for art, technology and society.

The INFO DESK opens daily at 9:30 AM.
Admission stop 30 minutes before closing.

Photo: Flightkinetic / Raffael Portugal

Ars Electronica Center

Ars-Electronica-Straße 1, 4040 Linz

At the interface of art, technology and society, the Ars Electronica Center has been working for almost 30 years on shaping the future and the impact of new technologies on our lives – with people always at the centre. Deep Space 8K is the highlight at the Ars Electronica Center Linz. With interactive laser tracking, high-resolution images and three-dimensional worlds, this unique 3D experience space with its 16 x 9 metre wall projection and equally large floor projection offers immersive experiences in impressive image quality and colour brilliance. During the festival, brand new media artworks and visual highlights will also be presented in Deep Space 8K.

Photo: tom mesic

Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz

Ernst-Koref-Promenade 1, 4020 Linz

The Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz on the opposite side of the Danube is this year’s venue for the Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition. Every year since 1987, this exhibition has offered exciting and up-to-date insights into award-winning media art by international artists.

Normal price: € 11.00, reduced € 9.00
Please note that tickets can only be purchased on site.

Visitors to the Ars Electronica Center and visitors to POSTCITY receive reduced admission to the Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz on the same day, and vice versa.

Discounts and further information // Current program

Photo: Linz Tourismus / Robert Josipovic

St. Mary’s Cathedral

Herrenstraße 26, 4020 Linz

Once again this year, Austria’s largest church, St. Mary’s Cathedral, will open its doors during the Ars Electronica Festival. On the very first day, the cathedral is transformed into the venue for the festival opening.

Free admission

Photo: Domcenter Linz

Design Center Linz

Europaplatz 1, 4020 Linz

This time, the Prix Ars Electronica Award Ceremony will take place at the Design Center Linz, an attractive venue for major events, trade fairs and award presentations.

Photo: Design Center Linz

OK – Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ

OK-Platz 1, 4020 Linz

In the exhibition “Who’s Your Daddy?” Arvida Byström explores the social, aesthetic and commercial impact of internet phenomena and technological development, as well as anthropomorphic AI beings and examines their “parentlessness” – in particular the lack of a mother figure, while the exhibition “Physical Machine” by Wolfgang Flatz will showcase some of his mobile sculptures as expression of his exploration of the idea of mobility and the role of the car in contemporary culture.

Normal price: € 8.00, reduced € 6.00

All guests with an OK – Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ day ticket receive reduced admission to the Ars Electronica Center and POSTCITY on the same day, and vice versa.

Further information // Current program

Photo: Florian Voggeneder

Atelierhaus Salzamt

Obere Donaulände 15, 4020 Linz

The Atelierhaus Salzamt is a cultural institution for local and international artists.

Opening for the pre-opening walk on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025 is at 20:15.

Photo: Ars Electronica / Martin Hieslmair

Francisco Carolinum Linz

Museumstraße 14, 4020 Linz

The Francisco Carolinum Linz, the museum for photography and media art of the province of Upper Austria, is showing four exhibitions. “Patterns and Politics” is a restrospective of the work of US media artist Claudia Hart, in which mathematical structures, scientific models, and the visual rhetoric of consumer society are abstracted and merged. Peter Kogler’s “Alphabet City” interweaves his early photographs from New York in 1985, where he documented the city’s vibrant art and music scene at a time of profound social and technological upheaval, with expansive wallpaper installations. Furthermore, the museum is showcasing “Photographic Sculptures” by Erwin Wurm and “Josephine Baker. Idol Icon Inspiration”.

Normal price: € 6.50, reduced € 5.00

All guests with an FC – Francisco Carolinum Linz day ticket receive reduced admission to the Ars Electronica Center and POSTCITY on the same day, and vice versa.

Further information // Current program

Photo: OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH

University of Arts Linz

Hauptplatz 6 + 8, 4020 Linz

Students from local and international art universities are not only guests at POSTCITY, but also in the premises of the University of Arts Linz. Located directly at the northern end of the main square, there is plenty of space for exhibitions, conferences and workshops.

Free admission

Photo: Mark Sengstbratl

Anton Bruckner University Upper Austria

Alice-Harnoncourt-Platz 1, 4040 Linz

The Anton Bruckner University at the foot of the Pöstlingberg focuses on the fields of music, acting, and dance. During the Ars Electronica Festival, it hosts SONIC SATURDAY—a gathering of artists and researchers exploring electroacoustic music, digital art, and spatial audio through concerts, installations, and shared listening.

Free admission

Photo: Simon Bauer

Stadtwerkstatt (STWST)

Kirchengasse 4, 4040 Linz

Stadtwerkstatt / STWST has existed since 1979 and is the first autonomous art and cultural space in Linz. From the outset, STWST has stood for initiative, activism, subculture, and the continuous redefinition of artistic practices. Within the context of new media and media art, the initiative has a longstanding history of significant projects dating back to the 1980s. Today, Stadtwerkstatt operates across new artistic contexts and runs various media platforms, including the magazine Versorgerin, the music club, and Cafe Strom. At the intersection of art, media, critique, music, underground culture, and the hybrid spaces within the house, STWST fosters activities that are comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and driven by artistic, cultural, technological, and socially relevant aims.

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Photo: STWST

Salon FIFTITU%

Domgasse 14, 4020 Linz

The AR-Walk, created by Oona Valarie and Ufuk Serbest, is an immersive augmented reality game that makes feminist urban history visible and tangible in Linz’s public spaces. During the festival, Salon FIFTITU% will open its doors as a publicly accessible base station. There, selected game characters will appear for the first time, offering insights into the game’s development, from working with historical archives and curatorial and narrative decisions to the design and technical challenges. The game itself is location-independent and accessible at any time. In several digital levels, users will encounter historical pioneers and experience their struggles and scope of action in Linz’s urban space immersively, performatively, and directly.

More information

Foto: Rebekka Hochreiter

IT:U PopUp Store

Pfarrgasse 1 / Ecke Hauptplatz, 4020 Linz

How does digital technology shape our lives – our care systems, our communication, our democracy? IT:U, Europe’s new university for digital transformation, presents two research-based artistic positions that explore how deeply technology is embedded in the fabric of society. “Caring Robots” asks: Can robots care? Should they? In this interactive exhibit, visitors can engage with an AI-based conversational system developed for people with dementia in care homes. The project invites critical reflection on the role, limits, and responsibility of “caring AI.” “Mapping Conspiracies” visualises the spatial dynamics of conspiracy theories, hate speech, and anti-democratic rhetoric on social media. Through interactive maps, visitors can explore how online narratives travel across regions and reveal patterns of influence and connection. On Thursday evening, we get personal: at “Meet the Minds” (5–9 p.m.), IT:U opens its space for direct conversations with its researchers. No stage, no slides – just ideas, questions, and people. The “IT:U exhibition” highlights how digital transformation is never neutral. It shapes the ways we live, think, and connect. We aim to not only observe this transformation – but to co-create it. Critically. Collectively. And in public.

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Free admission

Photo: Photo: Bernd Resch

Kunstraum Memphis

Untere Donaulände 12, 4020 Linz

Since 2014, Kunstraum Memphis in Linz has provided a forum for local and international artists, curators, and the public to engage with contemporary art and culture. As an independent, artist-run platform and non-profit association, Memphis fosters critical engagement with issues at the intersection of art, science, politics, and activism through a diverse range of exhibitions, performances, and project-based formats.

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Photo: Kunstraum Memphis