Press Releases

Press Releases


Weihnachtsferien im Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, 16.12.2018) In den Weihnachtsferien haben große und kleine BesucherInnen noch einmal die Möglichkeit, in den Laboren der Main Gallery nach Lust und Laune zu experimentieren.
(Deutsch) Bike Visions 2018

(Deutsch) (Linz, 11.12.2018) Samstag, 15.12.2018 steht das Ars Electronica Center ganz im Zeichen der Bike Visions 2018.
Deep Space LIVE: Der Stern von Bethlehem – die Geschichte einer himmlischen Begegnung

(Linz, 10.12.2018) Donnerstagabend, 13.12.2018, erzählt Astronom Peter Habison die faszinierende Geschichte des Sterns von Bethlehem aus astronomiehistorischer Sicht und präsentiert verschiedene Theorien rund um diese Himmelserscheinung.

Deep Space LIVE: Der Altar von Mondsee

(Linz, 4.12.2018) Kunst im Advent heißt es Donnerstagabend, 6.12.2018, bei Deep Space LIVE. Im Zentrum steht dabei der sogenannte Altar von Mondsee, dessen einstige Flügelbilder sich heute in verschiedenen Kunstsammlungen befinden.
Deep Space LIVE: Cinematic Rendering - Cardiology

(Linz, November 26, 2018) The human heart, will occupy the focal point of the next edition of Deep Space LIVE on Thursday evening.
Faszination Meteoritenfall

(Linz, 18.11.2018) Der Meteoritenfall von Mauerkirchen steht im Mittelpunkt einer Aktionswoche des Oberösterreicheischen Landesumseums und Ars Electronica.
Ars Electronica opens major exhibition in Berlin Mitte

(Linz/Berlin, 16.11.2018) Ars Electronica is holding its seventh major exhibition at the DRIVE.
New Exhibition: TIME OUT.09

(Linz, 15.11.2018) Mit der Ausstellungsreihe TIME OUT rücken der Studiengang Zeitbasierte und Interaktive Medien der Linzer Kunstuniversität und das Ars Electronica Center einmal mehr junge Medienkunst aus Linz in den Mittelpunkt.
Marianne.von.Willemer Prize for digital media 2018 awarded to Viennese artist starsky

(Linz, 14.11.2018) The Viennese artist starsky has won this year’s Marianne.von.Willemer Prize for digital media.
Lange Nacht der Bühnen im Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, 8.11.2018) Samstagabend steht Linz ganz im Zeichen der Langen Nacht der Bühnen.
Future Humanity – Our Shared Planet

(Linz/Beijing/Seoul/Moscow, 7.11.2018) With “Future Humanity – Our Shared Planet,” Hyundai Motor Company, Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing and Ars Electronica present their first joint exhibition project.
Brains for Everybody and Deep Space LIVE

(Linz, November 6, 2018) Two interesting talks await visitors to the Ars Electronica Center this Thursday evening.
Ars Electronica Solutions gestaltet Ausstellung in der Arbeiterkammer Wien

(Wien, Linz, 31.8.2018) Die AK Wien und Ars Electronica Solutions wollen mit der Ausstellung „Out of Control: Was die digitale Welt über dich weiß“ das Bewusstsein junger Menschen im Umgang mit Mobiltelefonen, Internet und Co. schärfen und darüber hinaus bewusst machen, welche Kehrseiten die digitalen Präsenz mit sich bringt.
Family Days im Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, 30.10.2018) Am Wochenende gehen im Ars Electronica Center die Family Days im Rahmen der Spieletage des Landes OÖ über die Bühne.
Deep Space LIVE: 10 Years Sergeant Steel

(Linz, October 22, 2018) Austrian hard rock band Sergeant Steel will play an unplugged concert at Deep Space 8K next Thursday.
(Deutsch) Ars Electronica Solutions und MOHIO Sports machten offizielle Inbetriebnahme des generalsanierten Großhochofens A der voestalpine zum Erlebnis

(Deutsch) (Linz, 16.10.2018) 111 Tage nahm es in Anspruch, den Großhochofen A der voestalpine zu sanieren und dabei auf den letzten Stand der Technik zu bringen. Vor wenigen Tagen, am 27. September 2018, nahm der Hochofen am Standort Linz seinen Betrieb wieder auf. Mit einer Mixed Reality Performance haben Ars Electronica Solutions und MOHIO Sports eine ebenso innovative wie publikumswirksame Inszenierung bei den Feierlichkeiten zur Inbetriebnahme dargeboten.
Children's Culture Week at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, October 15, 2018) October 18 - 28, the Ars Electronica Center will be dedicated to the Children's Culture Week.
Ars Electronica Solutions designs new ESA Visitor Center in Frascati near Rome

(Linz/Frascati, Oct 2, 2018) Since 1968, the Italian town of Frascati 20 km south of Rome has been the European center for satellite-supported earth observation (ESRIN) of the European Space Agency (ESA). A new center, the ESA “ϕ Experience,” is now offering visitors to ESRIN exciting insights into the science of earth observation, the research projects based on it, and what we are learning from it.
Deep Space LIVE: ARS ELECTRONICA inspired by Bruegel

(Linz, September 25, 2018) 2019 marks the 450th anniversary of the death of Pieter Bruegel the A. Delegations from Flanders, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna and Ars Electronica will present fascinating gigapixel images of his most important works at Deep Space LIVE.
Diverse Program at the Long Night of Museums

(Linz, September 23, 2018) At the Long Night of the Museums on Saturday, October 6, the Ars Electronica Center will once again await visitors with a diverse program.
Deep Space LIVE: HR Giger’s World Re-Visited

(Linz, September 23, 2018) Fans of dark, surrealistic pictorial worlds will get their money's worth at Deep Space LIVE next Thursday.
Deep Space LIVE: Journey Through Space

(Linz, September 18, 2018) This Thursday evening, September 20, astrophotographer Dietmar Hager invites visitors of Deep Space LIVE to a fascinating 3-D journey through space.
Ars Electronica 2018 Tops Previous Record Set Last Year

(Linz, September 10, 2018) This evening’s concert by Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies concludes the 2018 Ars Electronica Festival, which sets a new record with 105,000+ visits.
TAKING CARE HEXAGRAM@AECAMPUS

(Linz, September6, 2018) Hexagram, the largest network for research and creation in media art, design, technology and digital culture in North America will host the 2018 Ars Electronica Campus Exhibition “Taking Care”.
OK | CYBERARTS: Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition

(Linz, September 6, 2018) The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important awards in the world for creativity and a pioneering spirit in the field of digital media.
Please Recharge: Interface Cultures student exhibition for Ars Electronica 2018

(Linz, September 5, 2018) We live in times of information overload and permanent availability. The convenience of being connected anywhere and anytime is ultimately not compatible with the physical and mental capacity of our bodies.
HIDDEN ALLIANCES: Elisabeth Schimana and the IMAfiction Series

(Linz, September 5, 2018) Where are all the women in electronic music? This question has been posed since the 1990s by Elisabeth Schimana, a music pioneer who’s the Featured Artist at this year’s Ars Electronica Festival September 6-10, 2018.
Local Heroes & Regional Contributions to Ars Electronica 2018

(Linz, 4.9.2018) Die Linzer Ars Electronica ist weltweit bekannt. Sie steht für den einmaligen Ansatz, Kunst, Technologie und Gesellschaft zusammenzudenken und dadurch neue Perspektiven auf zentrale Zukunftsfragen hervorzubringen.
Hörausstellung „Dazwischen. Linzer Geschehnisse von 1918 bis 1938“

(Linz, 31.8.2018) Den Reigen der Veranstaltungen zum 100-Jahr-Republiksjubiläum Österreichs startet in Linz eine außergewöhnliche und speziell für diesen Anlass konzipierte Schau, die als Hörinstallation am Martin-Luther-Platz von 4. September bis 18. November zu sehen und hören sein wird.
Highlights of the 2018 Ars Electronica Festival

(Vienna/Linz, August 30, 2018) The 2018 Ars Electronica Festival will envelop downtown Linz in a creative maelstrom September 6-10.
The Future of Helping

(Linz, 2.8.2018) Technologien verändern unsere Welt. Sie eröffnen neue, ungeahnte Möglichkeiten und befördern Szenarien, über die wir heute bloß spekulieren können – und spekulieren müssen. Dies betrifft jene, die sich heute schon darauf vorbereiten, für die Notfälle und Katastrophen in der Zukunft bestmöglich gerüstet zu sein: die Rede ist von Einsatzkräften.
Künftig aktive Parkraumbewirtschaftung von 118 Stellplätzen am Urfahrmarktgelände

(Linz, 25.7.2018) Ars Electronica übernimmt künftig die Parkraumbewirtschaftung der 118 Parkplätze auf dem Areal des Linzer Urfahranermarkt.
Get Inspired by Ars Electronica

(Linz, July 16, 2018) “Get Inspired by Ars Electronica” is the theme of an Innovation Forum developed by Ars Electronica and Upper Austrian Economic Chamber.
Sommerferien im Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, 11.7.2018) Beim Sommerferienprogramm des Ars Electronica Center ist heuer für jeden Geschmack etwas dabei.
Nacht der Familie im Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, 9.7.2018) Große und kleine BesucherInnen des Ars Electronica Center erwartet bei der Nacht der Familie ein vielfältiges Programm.
Deep Space LIVE: LAS GAFAS FILMS

(Linz, July 2, 2018) The last Deep Space LIVE event before summer recess features two films by Luzi Katamay and Christian Dietl of LAS GAFAS FILMS, a Linz-based production company.
Manuela Macedonia and the Academy of Media Arts Cologne to Appear at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, June 6, 2018) The Ars Electronica Center is hosting two very interesting events next Thursday.
Deep Space LIVE: Kepler’s Life and Work in Linz

(Linz, June 18, 2018) On Thursday evening, astrophotographer and amateur astronomer Erich Meyer will offer fascinating insights into Johannes Kepler’s Linz years — and his enormous productivity in the field of astronomy.
Deep Space LIVE: Haus der Medusa

(Linz, 12.6.2018) Bedeutende Funde provinzialrömischer Kunst stehen im Mittelpunkt einer weiteren Ausgabe von Deep Space LIVE.
The Winners of the 2018 Prix Ars Electronica

(Linz, June 11, 2018) The Belgian artistic duo known as the LarbitsSisters (Bénédicte and Laure-Anne Jacobs), British internet journalist and blogger Eliot Higgins, and French artist Mathilde Lavenne are this year’s Prix Ars Electronica grand prize winners. In the u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD category honoring excellence by young people in Austria, the Golden Nica goes to Viennese schoolboys Lorenz Gonsa, Martin Hatler, Samuel Stallybrass and Vincent Thierry.
Deep Space LIVE: Cinematic Rendering – The Heart and Major Blood Vessels

(Linz, June 5, 2018) Fascinating 3-D depictions of the human body are in store for those attending the next Deep Space LIVE.
STARTS Prize for MX3D & Joris Laarman Lab (NL) and Giulia Tomasello (IT)

(June 4, 2018, Linz/Brussels) In 2018 the STARTS Prize Trophies are awarded to MX3D and Joris Laarman Lab as well as to Giulia Tomasello.
Fraunhofer and Ars Electronica Focus on Complexity in Art and Medicine

(June 3, 2018 / Berlin, Linz) The Fraunhofer Gesellschaft will hold the next event in its Science and Art in Dialog series next Tuesday.
Stream Festival @ Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, May 28, 2018) The new Stream Music Festival premieres on Thursday, May 31st in Linz.
Deep Space LIVE: Black Holes

(Linz, May 22, 2018) On the evening of Thursday, May 25th, astrophotographer Dietmar Hager will discuss a group of black holes at the center of our Milky Way.
Family Days: Pentecost

(Linz, 16.5.2018) Ein abwechslungsreiches Programm erwartet BesucherInnen des Ars Electronica Center bei den Family Days am Pfingstwochenende.
Thursday Evening at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, May 15, 2018) Two interesting talks await visitors to the Ars Electronica Center this Thursday.
Ars Electronica Center: New Exhibition - Creative Robotics

(Linz, May 9, 2018) “Creative Robotics,” the exhibition opening at the Ars Electronica Center shows how industrial robots are now being used outside their usual areas of application as media of artistic and creative expression.
CROSSING EUROPE im Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, April 25, 2018) The Ars Electronica Center will host screenings in conjunction with the Crossing Europe Film Festival this weekend.
Donnerstagabend im Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, April 24, 2018) Two interesting talks await visitors to the Ars Electronica Center this Thursday.
Deep Space LIVE: Natural Linz – What Grows Where and Why: Forest

(Linz, April 17, 2018) Various types of forests and their respective functions make up the subject of the next Deep Space LIVE on Thursday.
Deep Space Weekend: Adventures in Antiquity

(Linz, April 13, 2018) A lineup of fascinating talks is on tap for visitors to the next Deep Space Weekend entitled “Adventures in Antiquity.”
The 2018 Ars Electronica Festival

(Linz, April 12, 2018) Error – The Art of Imperfection is the title of the 2018 Ars Electronica Festival.
Team EcoSat from Ybbs wins first Austrian CanSat competition

(Linz/Schärding, April 12, 2018) Team EcoSat representing Ybbs Technical School has been crowned 2018 Austrian CanSat Champion.
Long Night of Research at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, April 11, 2018) Friday, April 13th is the Long Night of Research, and there’s a wide array of events on tap for visitors to the Ars Electronica Center.
Deep Space LIVE: Forum Metall Linz – 40 Years / 1977-2017

(Linz, April 8, 2018) Forum Metall Linz, a collection of large metal sculptures arrayed on the south bank of the Danube in Linz, celebrated its 40th anniversary last year.
Focal-Point Theme: Virtual Worlds, New Realities

(Linz, April 4, 2018) The “Virtual Worlds, New Realities” themed weekend is a setting for new experiences of reality, and for amalgamations of the physical world we inhabit and the digital domains that are being conjured up in our midst by the emergence of Virtual and Augmented Reality.
Deep Space LIVE: The Last Supper

(Linz, March 26, 2018) The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the world’s most recognizable paintings and is at the focal point of Deep Space LIVE next Thursday.
Deep Space LIVE: Astronomical Start of Spring

(Linz, March 19, 2018) The first day of spring can be determined in several ways—astronomically, meteorologically or according to the stage of development of various plants.
Osterprogramm Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, March 14, 2018) A special lineup of activities awaits visitors to the Ars Electronica Center during the days leading up to Easter.
Deep Space LIVE: Egon Schiele – a closer look at Trude Engel

(Linz, February 26, 2018) Art history garnished with a pinch of mystery awaits audience members at Deep Space LIVE next Thursday.
Deep Space LIVE: Cinematic Rendering

(Linz, February 28, 2018) Photorealistic 3-D depictions of the human anatomy are the featured attractions at the next Deep Space LIVE this coming Thursday.
School Jamboree at the Museum of the Future

(Linz, March 4, 2018) The Ars Electronica Center has a great line up of activities in store for school classes in conjunction with “Schule schaut Museum,” a nationwide program being held this Wednesday, March 7th.
3... 2... 1... Liftoff! The International Space Camp 2018 Is Calling!

(Linz, March 1, 2018) The US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama will host students and teachers from all over the world at an International Space Camp July 7-14, 2018.
Deep Space LIVE: Earth and The Cosmos

(Linz, February 26, 2018) Hundreds of earth observation satellites now orbit our planet to help scientists worldwide analyze complex global interrelationships and identify potential threats—monitoring the clear-cutting of rain forests, surveillance of oceanic surfaces, sounding the alarm when forest fires break out, and measuring our expanding megacities.
Deep Space LIVE: Linz during the Time of Kepler

(Linz, February 18.2.2018) This coming Thursday, February 22nd at 7 PM, Maria Altrichter of the municipal archive will host a trip back in time to Linz in the days when Johannes Kepler lived here.
Semester Break at the Ars Electronica Center

(Linz, February 15, 2018) The long-awaited semester break is finally here! And while school’s out, the Ars Electronica Center is stepping in with a diversified lineup of vacation activities for kids age 6-11.
Deep Space LIVE: Mars Simulation

(Linz, February 12, 2018) At the next Deep Space LIVE on February 15th at 6 PM, the focus will be on Mars, the Red Planet.
Future Innovators Summit TOKYO

(Tokyo / Linz, February 1, 2018) “Tokyo as a Laboratory for the Future” is the theme of the Future Innovators Summit TOKYO that Japanese advertising agency Hakuhodo Inc. and Ars Electronica are hosting May 25-27, 2018 at TOKYO Midtown Atrium.
Deep Space LIVE: Astronomie in 3-D

(Linz, January 30, 2018) A fascinating 3-D journey into outer space accompanied by Linz-based astrophotographer Dietmar Hager has been booked for visitors to the next Deep Space LIVE this Thursday, February 1st at 7 PM.
Treasures of Art History in Deep Space 8K: Nonstop Screenings Throughout the Weekend

(Linz, January 24, 2018) 3-D laser scans of legendary buildings of Antiquity, gigapixel images of the Mona Lisa and Venus of Willendorf, and virtual reconstructions of the Millionenzimmer in Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace and the old Linz Synagogue are just a few of the highlights in the Ars Electronica Center’s collection of extraordinary treasures of art history.
Deep Space LIVE: Cinematic Rendering

(Linz, January 22, 2018) Amazing photorealistic 3-D depictions of the human body are the featured attractions at the next Deep Space LIVE this coming Thursday.
Immersify - Innovative technologies for Virtual Reality

(Linz, January 18, 2018) A considerable amount of R&D work still needs to be done to haul Virtual Reality out of the niches it’s been confined to and launch it on its way to a huge consumer market share. That’s precisely the mission of Immersify, a European R&D consortium.
More than Half a Million at Ars Electronica

(Linz, January 16, 2018) 180,654 visits to the Ars Electronica Center, 100,076 at the Ars Electronica Festival, and attendance of 273,792 at the big “Ars Electronica in Berlin” show—Ars Electronica’s three main activities this past year alone drew more than 550,000 visits.
Prix Ars Electronica 2018 Starts Today

(Linz, January 17, 2018) Projects may now be submitted and/or nominated for 2018 Prix Ars Electronica prize consideration.
Deep Space LIVE: Gratwanderungen – Vom Himalaya bis zum Mont Blanc

(Linz, 14.1.2018) Atemberaubende Bilder und Videos vom Himalaya und Mont Blanc erwarten BesucherInnen von Deep Space LIVE nächsten Donnerstagabend.
Entries to 2018 STARTS Prize are now being accepted

(Linz/Brussels, January 10, 2018) The European Commission cordially invites artists, scientists, engineers, labs, institutions and private-sector firms to submit entries to this year’s STARTS Prize.
The World’s First Stereo Narrative Film Premieres This Weekend at Pasching Megaplex

(Linz, January 9, 2018) A touching account of dementia is set to premiere at the Hollywood Megaplex in Pasching this Saturday.