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)
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.
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
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.
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.
