For First Movers

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For First Movers

Attending the festival for the first time? Then a world full of surprises, inspiring encounters and impressive experiences that make art, technology and society tangible awaits you from September 3 to 7, 2025. Discover the exhibitions in POSTCITY, the former postal distribution center at Linz Central Station, on your own or let WE GUIDE YOU give you exciting insights on guided tours.

  • AI Wonderworld with Dynatrace & CoderDojo

    Dynatrace (AT), CoderDojo Linz (AT)

    In the Artificial Intelligence Lab, visitors can explore various tasks and easy-to-understand explanations about Artificial Intelligence—complemented by hands-on activities that invite them to create and experiment for themselves.

  • Bora: Bora

    Zhao Zhou (NL)

    Bora: Bora invites you to rediscover your senses beyond sight, using air movements and low-frequency soundscapes.

  • Dat–Astral Chart

    Noemi Iglesias Barrios (ES)

    Dat–Astral Chart is an interactive prediction machine revealing digital personality types through simulated fingerprint and phone scans. It explores data mining as a new form of extractivism and reflects on the ecological and existential impact of our digital lives.

  • EGON SCHIELE—A Personal Encounter

    Gerda Leopold (AT), Sebastian Endler (AT), Michael Geidel (DE)

    This presentation offers an intimate view of Schiele’s life and art. We follow his journey through the strict academy, Klimt’s influence, his daring new style, and how Schiele portrayed himself and his models. His landscapes reflect a search for eternity. It ends with his final triumph during the war.

  • FLATZ. Physical Machine

    Wolfgang FLATZ (AT)

    The OK Linz shows a cross-section of the work of Wolfgang Flatz (born 1952 in Dornbirn/Vorarlberg). In addition to sculptural works, FLATZ is best known for his provocative performances.

  • Highlights Tour at Ars Electronica Center

    Artificial Intelligence and the relationship between humans and machines are the focus of the exhibitions at the Ars Electronica Center. As part of a Highlights Tour, you can approach the thematic focal points of the exhibitions from various perspectives.

  • Liminal Ring

    Jin Lee (KR)

    Liminal Ring explores humanity’s desire to control nature through precisely directed laminar flows. Contrasting nature’s seamless currents with artificial, imperfect cycles, the work reveals our urge to dominate the uncontrollable—and the fragile limits of that ambition.

  • NeuroDragonFly

    Maša Jazbec (SI)

    NeuroDragonFly is an immersive neurotechnology experience where you can fly a dragon with nothing but your brain waves.

  • Parallels (Linz)

    Marc Da Costa (US/PT), Matthew Niederhauser (US)

    Parallels (Linz) is a site-specific, responsive machine learning installation that transforms an LED wall into a portal for viewers to encounter the world and themselves through the lens of a neural network.

  • Spotlight Tour: Art, Technology, Society (EN)

    Curious about what’s happening at this year’s festival? Join us for an inspiring tour through the first floor of POSTCITY! This guided walk leads you to selected projects at the intersection of art, technology, and society—the very essence of the Ars Electronica Festival.

  • Spotlight Tour: Art, Technology, Society (DE)

    Curious about what’s happening at this year’s festival? Join us for an inspiring tour through the first floor of POSTCITY! This guided walk leads you to selected projects at the intersection of art, technology, and society—the very essence of the Ars Electronica Festival.