Ars Electronica Nightline

From inner chaos to collective resonance, the Ars Electronica Nightline 2025 turns the POSTCITY Train Hall into a pulsating playground of sonic experimentation, physical expression, and emotional intensity. With a strong showing from Switzerland’s thriving electronic scene—presented with the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia—this year’s lineup fuses visceral live acts with immersive performances and high-intensity DJ sets.
Camilla Sparksss, the solo project of Swiss-Canadian artist Barbara Lehnhoff, brings a performance rooted in emotional chaos, identity, and instinct. Known for fusing noise pop, electro, and visual storytelling, Sparksss performs ICU RUN—a multisensory live show built around her latest album of the same name. With her signature use of vinyl dub plates, aggressive synths, and live vocals, she constructs cathartic collisions between tactile sound and psychological intensity. Her work is confrontational and strangely intimate, demanding not just listening, but feeling.
Barcelona-based artist Maria Arnal headlines the evening with AMA, a radical performance that merges voice, choreography, and synthetic sound. Built in collaboration with research institutions such as the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and five dancers, AMA is a living choral system where synthetic voices—generated from Arnal’s own—are shaped in real time by movement. The work confronts questions of vocal sovereignty, authorship, and the shifting boundary between human and machine. Both ethereal and urgent, AMA explores the politics of embodiment in a disembodied age. Supported by Institut Ramon Llull and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), Arnal brings her acclaimed fusion of avant-pop, polyphonic tradition, and sonic research to Linz.
Swiss beat wizard FlexFab teams up with Congolese-born Swiss rapper Manu Kann for a powerful hybrid set. Known for his globally-infused bass productions and meticulous visuals, FlexFab presents work from his new album Pablo Phone Home—an eclectic mix of trap, Afro-influences, futuristic club, and raw groove. With Manu Kann’s sharp and multilingual flow, the duo bring a high-energy set that’s equal parts explosive and polished, grounded in collaboration and rooted in global sonic textures.
Zurich-based producer Lua Jungck delivers an AV live set that oscillates between sonic exploration and dancefloor energy. With a background in jazz piano and deep engagement with experimental sound, she fuses distorted field recordings, broken beats, and complex synth textures into music that feels visceral, political, and architectural. Drawing from improvisation and bass-heavy structures, Jungck crafts a dense atmosphere of sonic debris and rhythmic drive—abstract yet physical.
Chilean artist Paula OS presents Image, a live adaptation of her debut album and a personal exploration of the relationship between sound and psychological fragmentation. Her voice—manipulated, looped, and layered—guides the audience through a journey that navigates vulnerability, transformation, and sonic healing. Drawing from trip-hop, ambient, and experimental electronics, Image is both therapeutic and deeply crafted. The set is performed entirely live with instruments, controllers, and FX. Presented in collaboration with the Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio and the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile, Paula OS embodies the voice as a medium of survival, memory, and reconstitution.
Closing the night is Bowmore, a Geneva-based DJ, curator, and radio resident whose sets are a tightly woven narrative of techno, bass, and club memory. Known for her distinctive radar for new sonic movements, she navigates seamlessly between contemporary sounds and foundational club tracks. As a host on Couleur3’s Club Selectors and a driving force in the Francophone Swiss scene, Bowmore brings depth, momentum, and precision—ending the Nightline with a DJ set that’s as physical as it is cerebral.