The Belgian artistic duo known as the LarbitsSisters, the digital community Bellingcat 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. The community of Leonardo is being singled out for recognition as Visionary Pioneer of Media Arts. 3.046 entries from 85 countries were submitted for Prix Ars Electronica prize consideration this year. The Golden Nica statuettes will be bestowed upon the honorees at the Ars Electronica Gala on September 8, 2018 in Linz’s Brucknerhaus. The prizewinning projects will be showcased in the CyberArts exhibition at the OK Center for Contemporary Art.
Campus Panel IV: Digital Communties Lounge & Prix Ars Electronica Prizewinners
Winners of the Prix Ars Electronica 2018 will discuss the role and development of social activism, responsible innovation, and digital communities in today's media art with students and professors from all participating campus institutions.
CyberArts Opening
Highlights of Digital Media Art! Opening of the CyberArts exhibition in the OÖ Kulturquartier.
Digital Communities Lounge
Digital Communities Lounge is open In the Ursulinensaal im OÖ Kulturquartier to provide a meeting & sharing platform within the CyberArts exhibition 2018 for different “Digital Communities”.
Digital Communities Lounge - with Future Innovators Summit
& Prix Ars Electronica Prizewinners Inspiration Tour.
Electronic Theatre
The Electronic Theatre presents all of the award-winning works of the 2018 Prix Ars Electronica in an entertaining presentation on a large screen.
Expanded Animation - Interfaces in Motion
This year’s symposium is an inquiry into future interfaces in animation. Interfaces in Motion will focus on animation technology at the manifold interface where humans, computers and interaction meet.
Ars Electronica Gala
An evening dedicated to the world's best representatives of the digital arts: the Grand Gala of Ars Electronica 2018 with the presentation of the Golden Nicas to the winners of the Prix Ars Electronica and the European Commission's STARTS Prize 2018.
Prix Forum I - Computer Animation
Meet the Prix Ars Electronica prizewinners in the Computer Animation category at this Prix Forum.
Prix Forum II - Interactive Art +
Meet the Prix Ars Electronica prizewinners in the Interactive Art + category at this Prix Forum.
Prix Forum III - Digital Communities
Meet the Prix Ars Electronica prizewinners in the Digital Communities category at this Prix Forum.
Prix Forum IV - Visionary Pioneers of Media Art / Leonardo Birthday Party
An insight into the 50 years of transdisciplinary work of Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST) between art, music, science and technology.
Prix Forums
One of the absolute highlights of every Ars Electronica is the opportunity to meet Prix Ars Electronica prize-winners and to attend Prix forums to hear the artists elaborate on their oeuvre and current work.
