Please note that this program has been designed especially to reach the young people of Linz. Accordingly, only the German language will be used. Thanks for your understanding!

For Adults.

Experience the Ars Electronica Festival in the context of dialogical tours through the various venues situated on the grounds of Tabakfabrik Linz, an impressive work of early 20th-century industrial architecture that is currently vacant. Tour participants will discover a diverse array of extraordinary visions of the future and confrontations at the nexus of art, technology and society with this year‘s festival theme “repair – ready to pull the lifeline.” Partake of this most stimulating atmosphere and join us in a discussion of pressing current issues, personal viewpoints and concrete  suggestions for ways to rescue our world.

When night falls, the face of the world is transformed.

Atmospheric tours through the festival grounds take advantage of the twilight and ensuing darkness. Flashlights’ diffusing beams blur the borders between staged performance and architecture, whereby the bizarre interplay of forms opens up unusual architectural insights and a personal form of interaction within novel settings. The Sunsetparcours will be held only by sunshine.

World-class digital art—CyberArts 2010 at Tabakfabrik Linz showcases the most excellent entries to this year‘s Prix Ars Electronica. The works on display were honored by the international computer art competition’s judges and thus represent the “Best of” digital art. Art experts on the staff of the OK Center for Contemporary Art will be on hand to present the works singled out for recognition in the Interactive Art, Hybrid Art and Digital Musics categories.

Eine Kooperation von Ars Electronica und OK Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich.

The NORDICO Museum of the City of Linz and afo architekturforum oberösterreich cordially invite you to take a close-up look at the extraordinary architecture and interesting history of the Tabakfabrik. The NORDICO tour (September 5th and 6th, 2 PM each day) puts the accent on history and thus serves as a nice lead-in to its upcoming exhibition Tabakfabrik Linz. Art and Architecture for Austria Tabak. The afo (Architecture Forum Upper Austria) tour (September 3rd and 4th, 2 PM each day) focuses on the impressive architecture and its urban setting, as well as the issue of how this major piece of real estate will be developed and used in the future. All tours will give particular consideration to the Tabakfabrik’s  position within Peter Behrens’ life work as an architect.

Additional visits to and activities in Tabakfabrik are listed in the afofolder.

Accompanying events, guided tours and workshops being staged by the NORDICO are listed in the October/November/December Kunstvermittlungsfolder issued by LENTOS, NORDICO & GENESIS.

Eine Kooperation von Ars Electronica, afo architekturforum oberösterreich und NORDICO Museum der Stadt Linz.

Christina Kubisch (DE)

Christina Kubisch works with the principle of electromagnetic induction. The headphones she’s developed enable wearers to acoustically experience the electromagnetic fields that pervade our surroundings. On this tour through Tabakfabrik Linz, you’ll explore noise that’s normally inaudible—the electromagnetic sounds of the factory’s impressive architecture as well as of the electronic art on display there.

3. 9. – 5. 9.
Start: Info Lounge

Christina Kubisch works with the principle of electromagnetic induction. The headphones she’s developed enable wearers to acoustically experience the electromagnetic fields that pervade our surroundings. On this tour through Tabakfabrik Linz, you’ll explore noise that’s normally inaudible—the  electromagnetic sounds of the factory’s impressive architecture as well as of the electronic art on display there.

2.9.-6.9.

Future hopes on a number of different levels are pinned on so-called green technologies: on one hand, they could help reduce the rapidly increasing global demand for energy, or even offer alternatives to finite resources like oil and coal; on the other hand, as highly committed politicians and young start-up entrepreneurs have long insisted, they could be a driving force behind the revival of our sputtering economy. In this spirit, Ars Electronica is staging a Clean Tech Showcase to spotlight a small selection of outstanding ideas, concepts and best-practice models that point the way to a brighter future. Visitors can take an up-close-and-personal look at green transportation when they take one of a whole fleet of electrical vehicles out for a spin on the E-Mobility Parcours.

Additional informational material will be available on site and in the Infolounge.

Partner:
Linz AG, Kaloveo Electric Move Adventures, KEBA AG, KTM Power Sports AG, Meco World GmbH, Medizinische Gesellschaft Projekt MedUni Linz OÖ, MS Design GmbH, ÖAMTC Oberösterreich, Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz OÖ, Siemens, Xolar GmbH…