FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE

The Opening Event on Thursday, September 4th is the highlight of the Festival’s first evening. The gigantic windows of neo-Gothic Mariendom will be transformed into a stage and projection surface for the interactive interplay of light and communication. Artfully deployed technology provides the audience with intuitive audiovisual instruments with which to play the cathedral’s façade.

The crème de la crème of the digital arts are the stars of the show at the Big Ars Electronica Gala 2014. The Golden Nica statuettes will be bestowed on the Prix Ars Electronica prizewinners on Friday, September 5th at the Brucknerhaus.

The Prix Ars Electronica’s youngest honorees enjoy some quality time in the spotlight at the u19 Awards Ceremony on September 5th.

OK Night has achieved legendary status. Attend the concerts and performances strung out into the wee hours and find out why.

Opening
The grand finale of the elaborate Opening Parcours is the official opening event of the 2014 Ars Electronica Festival, a not so ceremonious and rather more playful-sensorial form of entertainment in St. Mary’s Cathedral and on the plaza in front of it.

Ars Electronica Gala
An evening with the crème de la crème of the digital arts – a highlight of the 2014 Ars Electronica Gala will be the ceremony at which the Golden Nica statuettes are bestowed upon the Prix Ars Electronica prizewinners.

u19 Ceremony
We say: If you’re gonna stage an awards ceremony, then do it right! The 2014 winners in the Prix Ars Electronica’s category for young people won’t be receiving only trophies and certificates. For the first time this year, they’ll also be immortalized on a Walk of Fame.

OK Night
A fitting follow-up to the Electronic Theatre performances is the OK Night lineup.