Mo/Mon 3. 9. 10:30 – 21:00
Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal, Großer Saal, Donaupark

Schedule
Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal
10:30 – 17:00 Listening Post: Sie wünschen, wir spielen

Klangpark
10:30 – 19:00 River Sounds

Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal
11:30 – 13:30 Prix Forum Digital Musics & Sound Art Spezial
13:30 – 15:00 Tuning in to Kunstradio – Radiokunst
15:00 – 17:00 Sound Studies UdK Berlin
19:30 – 21:00 Prix Ars Electronica PreisträgerInnen-Konzert
Jo Thomas (UK): Crystal Sounds of a Synchrotron
Anselm Venezian Nehls (DE), Tarik Barri (NL): #tweetscapes – a HEAVYLISTENING experience
Cheng Xu (CN): scape-sequencer

Electronic music has been a part of Ars Electronica since the festival’s very inception. After all, one of the founding fathers was Hubert Bognermayr (AT), visionary synthesizer fan, composer and musician. The Prix Ars Electronica as well has featured computer music right from the start. To this day, Digital Musics & Sound Art is consistently the category with the most submissions.

So what more reason do we need to launch a new Festival showcase dedicated to the genres that are part of media art’s core: sound art, sound sculptures and sound installations as well as radio art. In order to take advantage of their superb acoustics, the concert halls of the Brucknerhaus will become tonal spaces for listening sessions, performances, interventions and talks throughout this day.

The lineup of guests coming to commemorate 25 years of Kunstradio includes artists from different fields: Robert Adrian (AT), Sam Auinger (AT), Heidi Grundmann (AT), Seppo Gründler (AT), Rupert Huber (AT), Josef Klammer (AT), Roberto Paci Dalo (IT), GX Jupitter Larsen (US), Norbert Math (AT), Elisabeth Schimana (AT), Andrea Sodomka (AT), Gerfried Stocker (AT), and Elisabeth Zimmermann (AT).

Representing the UdK–University of the Arts Berlin’s Sound Studies program are Alberto de Campo (AT), Peter Cusack (UK), Robert Henke (DE), Martin Supper (DE), Pheline Binz (DE), Daisuke Ishida (JP), Anselm Nehls (DE), Carl Schilde (DE), Alois Späth (DE), et al.

On this day, the Klangwolke’s spectacular audio infrastructure is being placed at the disposal of sound artists and their fine tonal structures and musical textures. This feast for the ears will consist of acoustic highlights from the 25-year history of Kunstradio.

Winding up the day and the festival will be an evening concert starring the prizewinners in the Digital Musics & Sound Art category.

Juries made up of prominent experts from all over the world selected the winners of 6 Golden Nicas, 12 Awards of Distinction, 1 [the next idea] Grant and 72 Honorary Mentions. Honarees also received a total of 117,500 euros in prize money.

This year, a jury also selected the first recipient of the Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN Award, the new artist-in-residence program established by CERN and Ars Electronica.

Prix Forum I – Hybrid Art

is part of the THE BIG PICTURE – Symposium
Sa/Sat 1. 9. 10:30 – 17:30
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Auditorium

The prize winners in the Hybrid Art category

Joe Davis (US) – bacterial radio / Golden Nica
Agnes Meyer-Brandis (DE) – MOON GOOSE ANALOGUE: Lunar Migration Bird Facility / Award of Distinction
Golan Levin (US), Shawn Sims (US) – The Free Universal Construction Kit / Award of Distinction

Prix Forum II – Interactive Art

is part of THE BIG PICTURE – Symposium on Saturday afternoon
Sa/Sat 1. 9. 15:00 – 17:30
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Auditorium

The prize winners in the Interactive Art category

Timo Toots (EE) – Memopol-2 / Golden Nica
Markus Kayser (DE) – Solar Sinter Project / Award of Distinction
Isobel Knowles (AU), Van Sowerwine (AU) with Matthew Gingold (AU) – It’s a jungle in here / Award of Distinction

Prix Forum III – Digital Communities

is part of the Everyday Rebellion Conference
So/Sun 2. 9. 10:30 – 17:30
Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

The prize winners in the Digital Communities category

Syrian people know their way: http://sha3b3aref.blogspot.com / Golden Nica
Dark Glasses.Portrait: http://ichenguangcheng.blogspot.com / Award of Distinction
Apertus Open Source Cinema: http://www.apertus.org / Award of Distinction

Prix Forum IV – Computer Animation

So/Sun 2. 9. 11:00 – 12:30
Ars Electronica Center, Seminarraum

The prize winners in the Computer Animation category

Jeff Desom (LU) – Rear Window Loop / Golden Nica
Weta Digital (NZ) – Rise of the Planet of the Apes / Award of Distinction
Evan Viera (US) – Caldera / Award of Distinction
Participants of the Forum
Christine Schöpf (AT)
Jeff Desom (LU)
Evan Viera (US)

Prix Forum V – Digital Musics

is part of the Ars Electronica Music Day
Mo/Mon 3. 9. 11:30 – 13:30
Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal

The prize winners in the Digital Musics & Sound Art category

Jo Thomas (UK) – Crystal Sounds of a Synchrotron / Golden Nica
Tarik Barri (NL), Anselm Venezian Nehls (DE) – #tweetscapes – a HEAVYLISTENING experience / Award of Distinction
Cheng Xu (CN) – scape-sequenser / Award of Distinction

Participants of the Forum
Martin Supper (DE) – Member of the Jury
Jo Thomas (UK)
Tarik Barri (NL), Anselm Venezian Nehls (DE)
Cheng Xu (CN)

Prix Forum u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD

Fr/ Fri 31. 8. 13:30 – 15:00
u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD-Festivalstadt