As part of Ars Electronica’s 25th anniversary festivities, a series of events entitled “Digital Avant-Garde: Celebrating 25 Years of Ars Electronica” will be held from May 21 to July 18 in New York.

Two exhibitions at Eyebeam and the American Museum of the Moving Image and a symposium at the Austrian Cultural Forum will document and analyze the development of digital art over the last 25 years. Eyebeam hosts “Prix Selection” showcasing prizewinners from the Prix Ars Electronica’s Interactive Art category. The “Interactions/Art and Technology” exhibition at the American Museum of the Moving Image focuses on the work of the Futurelab, Ars Electronica’s own R&D laboratory. Prominent media artists will spend two days at the Austrian Cultural Forum discussing the development and future of media art.

Vernissage Program – “Digital Avant-Garde: Celebrating 25 Years of Ars Electronica”

Thursday, May 20, 2004
6 PM to 8 PM
Opening of the Interactions/Art and Technology exhibition at the American Museum of the Moving Image

Friday, May 21, 2004
1 PM to 5:30 PM
Symposium at the Austrian Cultural Forum

Friday, May 21, 2004
7 PM to 10 PM
Opening of the Prix Selection exhibition at Eyebeam

Saturday, May 22, 2004
1 PM to 5:30 PM
Symposium at the Austrian Cultural Forum

Saturday, May 22, 2004
1 PM and 4:00 PM
Animation Screenings in the American Museum of the Moving Image

Sunday, May 23, 2004
1 PM and 4:00 PM
Animation Screenings in the American Museum of the Moving Image

Prix Ars Electronica 2004 – Digital Communities

In conjunction with the UN Global Compact Summit, Golden Nica statuettes will be presented to the winners in the Prix Ars Electronica’s new Digital Communities category on June 23, 2004. The prize-winning projects will then go on display in the Lobby of UN Headquarters in New York until July 18.