Highlight

The Mona Lisa

Vincent Delieuvin (FR), Christelle Terrier (FR), Roei Amit (FR)

Why is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world? The answers to this apparently simple question are varied, complex and surprising, giving visitors an insight into part of the myth and above all into the work itself, beyond any false mysteries and clichés.  This immersive exhibition invites a wide audience to experience an exhibition, and everyone's relationship with this emblematic work, in a brand-new way.

Pianographique

Maki Namekawa (JP), Cori O'Lan (AT)

Nach Ligeti und Chick Corea im letzten Jahr nimmt uns Maki Namekawa einmal mehr mit auf ihre Erkundungen der Musik unserer Zeit und präsentiert eine Wiederentdeckung und eine neue Auftragskomposition.

Music for Chamber Gardens – Kammermusikalische Pfade durch Keplers Gärten

Bruckner Orchester (AT) / Norbert Trawöger (AT)

Einzelne Ensembles und Solist*innen des Bruckner Orchesters haben mit ihrem künstlerischen Leiter Norbert Trawöger ein dreistündiges Programm zusammengestellt, das die Kepler‘s Garden in „Kammergärten der Musik“ verwandelt.

4D box / SH4D0W — An AI Performance in 3D

Mikael Fock (DK), Carl Emil Carlsen (DK), Emilie Rasmussen (DK), Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm (DK) Yann Coppier (DK), Vertigo (DK)

SH4D0W is the first performing arts production starring an artificial intelligence creation as the protagonist. The play is performed in the 4D Box, a theatre stage capable of creating mixed-reality illusions of virtual 3D objects interacting with live performers.

State of the ART(ist) Live Sessions

Amir Almuarri (SY), Andriy Rachinskiy (UA), Daniil Revkovskyi (UA), Daria Pugachova (UA), DE NE DE (UA), fantastic little splash (UA), Floating Projects Collective (HK), Ivan Svitlychniy (UA), Oksana Chepelyk (UA), Oleksandr Burlaka (UA), SVITER Art Group (UA), The Peacock Generation (MM)

The State of the ART(ist) Initiative is established in collaboration with the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support artists in Ukraine and around the world, for whom a commitment to peace, freedom and self-determination is not possible locally or is possible only under great threat. Hosted by Christl Baur (DE/AT) and Martin Honzik (AT), the conversations address different segments of the Initiative.

Deep Space 8K

Ars Electronica Center

Der erst kürzlich mit neuen Laserprojektoren und den leistungsfähigsten Grafikkarten ausgerüstete immersive Projektionsraum Deep Space 8K im Ars Electronica Center gibt an den fünf Festivaltagen seine Bühne frei für ein dichtes Programm im Halbstundentakt.

The 4th VH AWARD

VH AWARD

The VH AWARD aims to support Asian media artists from diverse backgrounds whose works creatively portray a vast array of issues. The 4th VH AWARD finalists’ works engage with technology in new ways and forge new connections, addressing subjects that range from the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence to the pressing social and ecological issues of our time.

Ars Electronica Futurelab: Night Performances

To bring the Futurelab Day on Thursday to a fitting close, in the evening the Ars Electronica Futurelab invites everyone to join the Night Performances: Visitors can enjoy a wide range of experiences — from the lab’s latest work to fascinating art performances, including world-class piano and dance with stunning visuals in the unique setting of Deep Space 8K, a giant immersive environment developed by the Ars Electronica Futurelab.

!brute_force - Soft Resilience

Maja Smrekar (SI), Jonas Jørgensen (DK)

Lebewesen sickern aus ihrer Haut in die biomorphe Technologie und bilden eine aufstrebende posthumane Landschaft von Körpern ohne Organe jenseits der deterministischen Beschränkungen des kartesischen Rasters.

Ars Electronica ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2022

After two very challenging years, the Ars Electronica Animation Festival returns to its physical space. The screening programs and presentations will be shown at the JKU Campus and the Ars Electronica Center Deep Space 8K. The Expanded Animation Symposium and the Synaesthetic Syntax conference, organized with the UCA since 2020, will take place at the Ars Electronica Center.