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. Magistratsmusik Linz leads off with a rendition of Mysteries of Antartika. Archifon III and OscFluctuation then transform the huge façade of Austria’s largest church into an audiovisual playground for festivalgoers. Leading-edge media art from Taiwan is represented in the form of Smashing Karaoke vs.Brass Band and Long Live. An unprecedented augmented reality experience is offered by Mirage, and a new wrinkle has even been added to the playbook of the church’s venerable Rudigierorgel: harmonious visualizations accompanying the musical artistry of cathedral organist Wolfgang Kreuzhuber.

Program

8:30 PM
Mysteries of Antarctica
Magistratsmusik Linz (AT)
Domplatz

8:40 PM
Smashing Karaoke vs. Brass Band
Dawang Huang (TW)
Domplatz

9 PM
Archifon III
Tomáš Dvořák (CZ), Dan Gregor (CZ)
Domplatz

9 PM
OscFluctuation
Robert Praxmarer (At), Gerlinde Emsenhuber (At), Robert Sommeregger (AT), Steven Stojanovic (AT), Thomas Wagner (AT)
Domplatz

9:15 PM-9:45 PM
Mirage
Grinder-man (JP)
Mariendom

9:45 PM-10 PM
Long Live
Jui-Chung Yao (TW)
Mariendom

from 10 PM
Rudigierorgel visualized
Wolfgang Kreuzhuber (AT), Ars Electronica (AT)
Mariendom

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Kicking off the festival is an elaborate Opening Parcours presenting all projects and festival venues, and thus a perfect opportunity to get an overview and to meet & greet artists and curators.

Program

11 AM
Device Art
Ars Electronica Center

12 PM
Deep Space Live: Story Weaver – The Crane Returns a Favor
Maki Mamekawa (JP), Chiaki Ishikawa (JP), Emiko Ogawa (JP/AT), Naohiro Hayaishi (JP), Tetsuro Yasunaga (JP), Hideaki Ogawa (JP/At)
Ars Electronica Center, Deep Space

1 PM
ARTS² – École Supérieure des Arts
Kunstuniversiät Hauptplatz

2 PM
Interface Cultures: The 10th Anniversary
Raumschiff, Strafsachen

3 PM
Mobiles Ö1 Atelier
Hauptplatz

3:45 PM
u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD
u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD Festivalstadt, Akademisches Gymnasium

4:15 PM
Buddha on the Beach
Akademisches Gymnasium

4:45 PM
Future Innovators Summit
Akademisches Gymnasium, New Building

5:30 PM
Change Gallery
Arkade

6 PM
CyberArts 2014 Opening
OK im OÖ Kulturquartier

7:30 PM
Sonotopia – Die klingende Stadt
Anatol Bogendorfer, Peter Androsch (Hörstadt / AT)
Bischhofshof

8:30 PM
Festival Opening
Mariendom, Domplatz