New Media

Whether on the cyberdeck of the Ars Electronica Center or in the virtual, three-dimensional rush of images in the concert hall: welcome to the force field of art, technology and society, right in the middle of Linz.

Worldwide Unique Platform

The who's who of digital art and media culture has gathered since 1979 in Linz. The reason for this is the internationally renowned Ars Electronica Festival, a worldwide unique platform for an open, interdisciplinary exchange at the intersection of art, technology and society. Every year in September international experts from art and science meet a broad interested audience. The Prix Ars Electronica, one of the best endowed competitions for cyberarts, has been awarded during the Ars Electronica Festival since 1987.

Fasten your seatbelts for take-off.

The Museum of the Future was opened in Linz in 1996: the Ars Electronica Center. Dive into virtual reality: the newest computer technologies and media to take into your own hands, try out, learn, play with and arrange yourself, but also the impact of new technologies on art, the world of work and leisure are presented in an interactive exhibition. 1996 was also the founding year of the Ars Electronica Futurelab. Here internationally recognized research and development projects continuously redefine the interplay of human and computer. In 2004 a concert version of Richard Wagner's “Rheingold” was performed at Brucknerhaus and linked with a virtual 3D world. This world premiere was the impressive result of a collaboration between the Brucknerhaus Linz, the artist Johannes Deutsch and the Ars Electronica Futurelab. Since the Capital of Culture Year 2009 the Ars Electronica Center presents itself in a new dimension with an expansion of about 4,000 square meters on the Urfahraner bank of the Danube. The New

Media Art Scene in Linz

Marianne von Willemer Women’s for Digital Arts (german only)  

The Office of Women’s Affairs of the City of Linz in cooperation with the Ars Electronica Center and support from the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation awarded the Women’s Prize for Digital Arts – Marianne.von.Willemer.08 to encourage and acknowledge women net artists.

Ars Electronica

Since 1979 the Ars Electronica has been a platform for digital art and media culture that is unique in its specific orientation and many years of continuity.

Ars Electronica Center

The Ars Electronica Center, opened in 1996, represents the prototype of a “Museum of the Future”. In the Capital of Culture Year the Ars Electronica Center presents itself in a new dimension with an expansion of about 4,000 square meters on the Urfahraner bank of the Danube.

Ars Electronica Festival

Interdisciplinarity and open encounters between international experts from art and science and a broad interested audience have characterized the internationally renowned Ars Electronica Festival since 1979.

Prix Ars Electronica

Since 1987 the Prix Ars Electronica has provided a forum for artistic achievements and innovations as the most important competition for CyberArts in the world. It is a barometer of trends in an expanding and increasingly diversified media art world.

Ars Electronica Futurelab

The Futurelab is the model of a new type of media art lab, where artistic and technological innovation mutually inspire one another.

Radio FRO (german only)

At the frequency of 105,0 MHz (LIWEST cable 95,6 MHz, live stream http://www.fro.at/) of the Linz local radio Radio Fro, over 100 different programs in fourteen languages are prepared by more than 400 radio-makers.

University of Applied Sciences Campus Hagenberg

The Austrian IT and software stronghold Hagenburg is located about 20 kilometers to the north-east of Linz and conjoins business, research and education. Over 1100 students make use of the extensive study offers.

Media Workshop Linz (german only)

The Media Workshop Linz is an educational facility of the City of Linz and the Upper Austrian Chamber of Labor, offering the possibility of producing non-commercially oriented radio and television programs.

Stadtwerkstatt (german only)

With the motto “instigating initiative”, the Stadtwerkstatt on the Urfahr bank of the Danube has been the hub of the independent art scene since the late 1970s. In recent years the scope of activity has increasingly ...