Out of the Box
The Midlife Crisis of the Digital Revolution
2019 Ars Electronica Festival
September 5-9, POSTCITY Linz
(Linz, April 8, 2019) Since 1979, Ars Electronica has followed, anticipated and analyzed the digital revolution and its origins, its successes, even its follies. As a festival for art, technology and society, the cultural and social significance of new technical and scientific developments has always been at its forefront.
In 2019, Ars Electronica celebrates its 40th anniversary and, as always, looks to the future. In keeping with its title "Out of the Box – the Midlife Crisis of the Digital Revolution," the festival embarks on an expedition to artistically and scientifically survey our modern world and its techno-economic influences, asking questions about our future prospects and options for action.
Along with fellow artists and scientists, engineers, designers, technologists, entrepreneurs and social activists from all over the world, Ars Electronica invites you to attend conferences, panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, performances, interventions and concerts from September 5-9.
Center stage for this five-day program will be – for the last time – POSTCITY at Linz Central Station. Starting here, the festival mile leads straight out through the city center, with stops at the New Cathedral Linz, the Offenes Kulturhaus in the Upper Austrian Cultural Quarter, the University of Art and Design Linz, the LENTOS art museum, the Donaupark, the Stadtwerkstatt, the newly redesigned Ars Electronica Center and the Anton Bruckner Private University. On Saturday, this year’s festival will offer a special attraction: an excursion to the Abbey of St. Florian.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the full press release, images, videos and the online-accreditation for media outlet representatives can be found here.
The website of the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival:
https://ars.electronica.art/outofthebox/en
Interviews and photo stories about about Ars Electronica can be found on the Ars Electronica Blog.
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