Revivification Workshop
Nathan Thompson (AU), Guy Ben-Ary (AU), Yoko Shimizu (JP)

In-Vitro Intelligence (IVI) suggests an intelligent, bioengineered system harbouring living neural networks that function as brains outside of the body. The workshop hosts believe it is inevitable that IVI driven entities will grow more sophisticated and find widespread use in, for instance, their IVI driven “Surrogate Performers”.

Futurelab Guided Tour
Ars Electronca Futurelab Researcher/Artist

Die Mitglieder des Ars Electronica Futurelab laden zu einem Rundgang durch ihre Visionen und Ideen für die Zukunft ein. Von Biotechnologie bis Origami-Robotik, von kreativer künstlicher Intelligenz bis zur brandneuen Ausstellung über Life Ink: Die Forscher* innen und Künstler*innen des Labors gewähren Ihnen einen Blick in die Blackbox verschiedener Technologien und die möglichen Auswirkungen auf unser Leben heute und in Zukunft.

Humanity of the Future
Hideaki Ogawa (JP/AT), Guy Ben-Ary (AU), Kasia Chmielinski (US), Hiroshi Ishiguro (JP), Akane Kikuchi (JP), Martina Mara (AT), Sarah Newman (US), Nathan John Thompson (AU)

Observing the possibilities presented by life science, brain science, artificial intelligence, artificial life, and robotics, we can see the essence of our sense of life and hints of a new humanity. In this century and the next, what kind of technosphere will we live in?

Media of the Future
Nicolas Naveau (FR/AT), Rashin Fahandej (US/IR), Sarah Kriesche (AT), Oishi Nobuyuki (JP), Joanna Wright (GB), Takeshi Yamada (JP)

In this age of visual information inundated with text and images, what are new methods and media for thinking deeply about facts and issues rather than simply consuming and reacting to news? The "Media of the Future" session will focus on Artistic Journalism.

Journey into Quantum Music
LP Duo (RS/NL)

Das LP Duo (RS/NL), Sonja Lončar und Andrija Pavlović, führen Kompositionen für Hybridklaviere auf dem Bösendorfer Imperial 290 CEUS vor.

Ars Electronica Animation Festival: Egg, kai - a little too much, Cosmoetico
Martina Scarpelli (IT)

Italian filmmaker based in Denmark with studies in Milan, Turin, and a variety of residence experiences and distinctions.

Ars Electronica Animation Festival - Austrian Panorama

What does it mean to commit suicide in a digital world? Can we exist as fragmented digital identities? What happens when we do not play by the rules of in-game environments? Why do unicorns like water games? Does the earth revolve around me? This program features a selection of Austrian film directors.

Ars Electronica Animation Festival - Welcome to Planet B

Change is an inevitable condition of reality for both living and non-living things. Movement, development, evolution, and dissolution is part of the scheme. But is change anthropocentric? What exactly could we expect from it in the future? Change can mean resolution, embrace, or reconnection; it can be ironic, dreamy, climate-related, abstract, or destructive.

Ars Electronica Animation Festival - Electronic Theatre

The Electronic Theatre is the annual best-of program, a compilation of outstanding animated films, chosen by the jury from the submitted works in the category Computer Animation. The selection showcases current productions in terms of artistic content, as well as cultural and technological innovation.

Expanded Animation Symposium
Hagenberg Campus of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (AT)

Das Expanded Animation Symposium, das vom Campus Hagenberg der Fachhochschule Oberösterreich veranstaltet wird, beschäftigt sich mit dem weiten und sich ständig weiterentwickelnden Feld der Animation und ihren unzähligen Verbindungen zu anderen Disziplinen.