Events

Laurie Anderson in Concert — Songs for Amelia Earhart

Laurie Anderson (US), Filharmonie Brno (CZ), Dennis Russell Davies (US/AT), Rubin Kodheli (US)

At this year’s festival Laurie Anderson is to be awarded the Golden Nica for Visionary Pioneers, a wonderful opportunity to present one of her latest musical works. This is a composition for orchestra, voice, electronics, violin and cello, performed by the Filharmonie Brno, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies with Laurie Anderson and Rubin Kodheli, who plays the solo cello.

Pianographique

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

After last year’s program with piano music from Ligeti and Chick Corea, Maki Namekawa once again takes us on her explorations of the music of our time, presenting a rediscovery and a newly commissioned composition.

Music for Chamber Gardens – Chamber Music Paths through Kepler's Gardens

The Bruckner Orchestra (AT) / Norbert Trawöger (AT)

Individual ensembles and soloists of the Bruckner Orchestra, together with Norbert Trawöger, their artistic director, have put together a three-hour program that transforms the Kepler’s Garden into the “Chamber Gardens of Music.”

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.

Deep Space 8K

Ars Electronica Center

The immersive projection room Deep Space 8K in the Ars Electronica Center, recently equipped with new laser projectors and the most powerful graphics cards, will set the stage for a dense programme every half hour during the five days of the festival.

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)

Living beings leak out of their skin into biomorphic technology, forming an emergent posthuman landscape of bodies without organs beyond deterministic restrictions of the Cartesian grid.

un ctrl

Daniel Kohlmeigner (AT), Martin Retschitzegger (AT), Cat Jimenez (AT) 

un ctrl is an intertwining performance between a musician, a dancer and a visual artist.

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.