Press Releases

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„Digital Basic Education“ at Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, April 24, 2024) Since the 2022/23 school year, the lower secondary school curricula have included a new subject: “Digital Basic Education” (Digitale Grundbildung). The Ars Electronica Center has responded with an adapted guided tour and workshop program for school classes – which is now being expanded.
Ars Electronica Festival 2024: HOPE – who will turn the tide

(Linz, April 22, 2024) Ars Electronica 2024 will take place in Linz from September 4 to 8 and will be dedicated to the title “HOPE – who will turn the tide”. The main location will once again be POSTCITY, which will become a hotspot for the international media art scene for the seventh time.
Martyna Marciniak is the new Artist-in-Residence at Ars Electronica

(Linz, April 18, 2024) Following an Open Call that received close to 800 applications, the Creative Europe co-funded project, European Digital Deal kicked off twelve artist residencies in eleven countries in Europe this month. For its residency part of European Digital Deal, Ars Electronica selected Martyna Marciniak.
State of the ART(ist) and Digital Deal Award 2024

(Vienna/Linz, April 15, 2024) Open call starts: The “State of the ART(ist)” initiative honours artists from all over the world whose creative freedom is restricted. Two main prizes and eight commendations will be presented. The Digital Deal Award will also be awarded in 2024.
Dennis Russell Davies’ 80th birthday: Benefit Concert in Deep Space 8K

(Linz, April 11, 2024) On Sunday, April 21, Dennis Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa invite guests to two benefit concerts in aid of cancer research. In Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center, the duo will play piano music accompanied by real-time visualisations by Cori O’Lan.
Mission accomplished: CanSat Austria 2024 winners announced

(Linz, 9.4.2024) A school year with a space mission: 10 teams qualified for the final (3-5 April 2024) of the seventh CanSat Austria competition in the 2023/24 school year and mastered the challenge of launching a functional mini-satellite. The team from the Gmunden Space Agency (BG BRG Gmunden) came out on top.
Martin Honzik leaves Ars Electronica – Veronika Liebl continues to manage the “Festival-Prix-Exhibitions” division

(Linz, April 2, 2024) Changes to the Ars Electronica staff structure: Martin Honzik, Co-Managing Director of the Festival-Prix-Exhibitions division and Chief Curatorial Officer (CCO) of Ars Electronica, is leaving the company after more than 20 years. Veronika Liebl took over the position of sole Managing Director of the division on 1 April.
Ars Electronica Solutions shows “Die Welle” at the Gasometer Oberhausen

(Linz/Oberhausen, 20.3.2024) “Die Welle” (The Wave), developed by Ars Electronica Solutions, is the highlight of the new “Planet Ozean” exhibition at the Gasometer Oberhausen. Lifelike animations on a projection surface of more than 1,200 square meters invite visitors to take an immersive dive into the underwater world.
Ars Electronica Solutions designs interactive stations at Technisches Museum Wien

(Linz/Vienna, March 14, 2024) New at Technisches Museum Wien with the contribution of Ars Electronica Solutions: interactive stations that turn facts about climate change, space research and observation into a public experience.
Easter workshop, tours and events at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, March 13, 2024) Paint Easter eggs together with robots, take a look at art history in Deep Space 8K and experiment with sound in the Open Sound Studio: the Ars Electronica Center invites you to take part in an exclusive program during the vacation week from March 23.
Media Art from Latin America awarded 45,000 US Dollars

(Linz/Miami, March 5, 2024) The CIFO x Ars Electronica Awards 2024 are honoring innovative media art from Latin America for the third time in a row.
Ars Electronica Solutions designs KEBA-InnoSpace in Linz

(Linz, February 22, 2024) A showroom with autonomously driving transport robots, special sound design and interactive media technologies: With the “KEBA-InnoSpace”, Ars Electronica Solutions and KEBA are showcasing the future of innovative technologies.
Ars Electronica draws a successful balance sheet for 2023

(Linz, February 14, 2024) Looking back on a productive and successful 2023: More than 250,000 visits to the Ars Electronica Center and the Ars Electronica Festival, six competitions, 20 EU projects, long-term collaborations and customer commissions from international players.
Semester break program at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, February 12, 2024) When Upper Austria’s schoolchildren start their semester break, the Ars Electronica Center awaits interested people of all ages with workshops, guided tours and Deep Space sessions that are as exciting as they are unusual.
“Museum Total”: Over 30 program items for the 10th anniversary

(Linz, February 5, 2024) Once again museums in Linz are joining forces: from February 22 to 25, 2024, “Museum Total” offers the opportunity to explore seven museums with just one ticket.
An immersive journey through Anton Bruckner’s sound worlds

(Linz, January 30, 2024) Being Anton? Playing Anton! Ars Electronica is starting the Bruckner year 2024 with two experience worlds. The opening will take place on January 31, 2024 at the Ars Electronica Center.
Deep Space by Ars Electronica opens in China

(Linz, January 15, 2024) Ars Electronica Solutions has exported Linz’s Deep Space to Asia. On December 23, 2023, the “Deep Space Future” celebrated its opening at the West Bund Museum in Shanghai.
Prix Ars Electronica 2024 starts from tomorrow

(Linz, January 11, 2024) The Prix Ars Electronica is entering its 38th round: Artists can once again submit entries to the world’s most traditional media art competition.
European Union Prize for Citizen Science announced

(Linz, January 10, 2024) The European Union Prize for Citizen Science honors initiatives that put research, innovation and creativity at the service of society. Submissions can be made from today until March 11, 2024.
S+T+ARTS Prize and S+T+ARTS Prize Africa open for entries

(Linz, January 8, 2024) Innovation with added socio-political value: The submission window for the STARTS Prize and the inaugural STARTS Prize Africa opens on January 9, 2024.