POSTCITY Tours

Expert Tour: Pflanzenwelt am POSTCITY-Dach

Friedrich Schwarz (AT)

Urban ecologist and botanist Friedrich Schwarz invites you to explore a flourishing ecosystem: Over the decades, a remarkable collection of botanical wonders has flourished on the rooftop of POSTCITY where nature has quietly reclaimed its space.

Expert Tour: LIT Exhibition

Gregor Pechmann (AT)

Since 2020, Johannes Kepler University Linz has been redefining how we experience science—through exceptional Art & Science projects that engage the senses, awaken curiosity, and inspire new ways of thinking. On this guided tour, we’ll explore this year’s interactive installations and delve into the research behind them.

Expert Tour: Navigating Uncertainty

Masha Zolotova (RU)

Together with Masha Zolotova, co-curator of the STARTS Prize Exhibition, we set out on a journey of discovery: How do artistic and creative practices confront the urgent questions of our time? By bridging science, technology, and art, they envision more just and sustainable futures.

Expert Tour: PANIC: Complex. Absurd. Ominous.

Manuela Naveau (AT)

On our guided tour through the Theme Exhibition PANIC: Complex. Absurd. Ominous. we encounter the many facets of fear and panic in today’s society —visualized by artists and technologists. The exhibition challenges what truly frightens us. Could panic, contrary to popular belief, be a positive force?

Expert Tour: PANIC: Complex. Absurd. Ominous.

Christl Baur (DE/AT)

Join Christl Baur, Head of the Ars Electronica Festival, for a guided tour through this year’s central Theme Exhibition. Set in the distinctive atmosphere of the POSTCITY bunker, you’ll encounter artworks and interactive installations that that reveal panic’s many facets. What sparks our fears? What’s truly worth fearing—and why?

Little Explorers: Kids’ Tour

Join us on a playful journey through projects at the intersection of art, technology, and society. Created for children between the ages of four and ten and their accompanying adults.

Expert Tour: Ars Electronica Features Exhibition

Christl Baur (DE/AT)

The Ars Electronica Features Exhibition showcases a carefully curated selection of international projects at the intersection of art and technology. Christl Baur, Head of the Ars Electronica Festival, provides insight into the global collaborations that bring these projects to life.

Spotlight Tour: PANIC: Complex. Absurd. Ominous. (DE)

How can we navigate panic in such turbulent times—and what might we learn from it? This year’s Theme Exhibition Panic: Complex, Absurd Ominous presents artistic perspectives on fear, loss of control, and crisis—as well as on the transformative power that moments of panic can hold.

Spotlight Tour: PANIC: Complex. Absurd. Ominous. (EN)

How can we navigate panic in such turbulent times—and what might we learn from it? This year’s Theme Exhibition PANIC: Complex, Absurd Ominous presents artistic perspectives on fear, loss of control, and crisis—as well as on the transformative power that moments of panic can hold.

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.

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.

Ars Electronica Futurelab: Guided Tour

Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

At the Ars Electronica Futurelab, we see art not as a decorative accessoire, but as a mindset and human perspective on the world. Join the Guided Tour through the Open Futurelab to explore our strategies in Art Thinking, Future Impact Creation, Art Science Research, and Future Prototypes.

Expert Tour: Futurelab Art Thinking

Hideaki Ogawa (JP)

In this special guided tour, Hideaki Ogawa, Managing Director and Artistic Director of Ars Electronica Futurelab, will explain the fundamentals of Art Thinking and its practical applications through various projects exhibited at the Open Futurelab.

Expert Tour: State of the ART(ist)

Marita Muukkonen (FI), Ivor Stodolsky (FR/US), Simon Mraz (AT), Sergio Fontanella (CU)

Join us for a guided tour of State of the ART(ist)—a powerful reflection of a world in upheaval. Amid global crises, rising surveillance, and ecological collapse, art endures as a visionary act of defiance.