ARS ELECTRONICA ARCHIVE - ART & SCIENCE

The basis of the „European Digital Art and Science Network“ is a big manifold network consisting of scientific mentoring institutions (ESA, CERN, ESO and Fraunhofer MEVIS), the Ars Electronica Futurelab and seven European cultural partners (Center for the promotion of science, RS – DIG Gallery, SK – Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation, ES – Kapelica Gallery / Kersnikova, SI – GV Art, UK – Laboral, ES – Science Gallery, IE. The EU funded project lasted from 2014 to 2017.
The Online Archive of Ars Electronica provides an overview of the individual activities of the network and also delivers information about the network itself, the residency artists and the involved project partners and the jury.

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Ars Electronica

Since 1979, Ars Electronica (AT) has sought out interlinkages and congruities, causes and effects between art, technology and society. The ideas circulating here are innovative, radical, eccentric in the best sense of that term. They influence our everyday life—our lifestyle, our way of life, every single day. The Festival as proving ground, the Prix as competition honoring excellence, the Center as a year-‘round setting for presentation & interaction, and the Futurelab as in-house R&D facility extend their feelers throughout the realms of science and research, art and technology. Ars Electronica’s four divisions inspire one another and put futuristic visions to the test in a unique, creative feedback loop. It’s an integrated organism continuously reinventing itself.

Links

Website: http://www.aec.at/artandscience/
Flickr Album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/arselectronica/albums/72157649480950867
Art&Science Website: https://www.aec.at/artandscience/en/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arselectronica/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArsElectronica/
Blog: https://www.aec.at/aeblog/en/

Start:

Oct 01, 2014

End:

Sep 30, 2017

Cross reference

Ars Electronica

The Practice of Art and Science - text Ars Electronica

Ars Electronica
Linz, Austria

An Innovative Ecosystem for Art, Technology and Society
Ein innovatives Ökosystem für Kunst, Technologie und Gesellschaft

Ars Electronica has created an ecosystem for innovation. This ecosystem not only supports and enables a wide range of artistic developments and achievements, it also allows for pioneering technological developments because it replicates the artistic thinking process from inspiration to experiments through to creation, involving a wide range of disciplines and skills. This ecosystem evolves around the triangle of Art, Technology and Society that was coined for the first Ars Electronica Festival in 1979 and has since developed to encompass a whole spectrum of activities.
At the annual Ars Electronica Festival every September, we bring together artists and scientists, creators and engineers, activists and economists from all over the globe to present their work and their visions of the future. It’s a great feast of eclectic, enchanting, intriguing and captivating creations, a unique environment of intense discussions and inspiring encounters.
Prix Ars Electronica is the world’s most highly regarded award for artists working in science and technology. About 4,000 submissions from more than 100 countries each year impressively document the dynamics of international media art. The presentations of the awarded projects and artists are special highlights of each Ars Electronica Festival.
Ars Electronica Center with its exhibitions and programs focuses all year long on educating people about how new technologies and sciences are changing their lives as well as engaging them in the process through interactive displays and experiences. Special education programs and workshops have earned the Center its reputation as a ”School of the Future.“
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The powerful pillar for research and development is Ars Electronica Futurelab, a place of inspiration and creative ideas, where artists, engineers, and developers team up to work together from the outset on art projects as well as commissioned research projects.
The two spin-offs of the Futurelab, Ars Electronica Solutions and Ars Electronica Spaxels, bring the creations and prototypes that emerge from this ecosystem to the market and support local industry and business in their development of new products and services.
u19–CREATE YOUR WORLD is the name of Ars Electronica’s exciting programs for and with young creators. Since 1998 we celebrate and support the creative and innovative ideas of young people and their visions for the world of tomorrow. Based on its big international network of artists and creators and the rich experience of curating and producing festivals and exhibitions, Ars Electronica has become an attractive collaborator for many museums, festivals, and exhibition venues worldwide. Under the name Ars Electronica Export we realize exhibitions and workshop programs worldwide, each custom-tailored for our partners.
With a permanent presence and activities in Tokyo and Osaka, Ars Electronica Japan is engaged in artistic projects, collaborations with universities and museums as well as research, development, and consulting projects with many Japanese leading companies.
The development and practical evaluation of new innovative methods and technologies for education and knowledge transfer with special consideration of new digital media, is the goal of Ars Electronica Education. The applications range from kindergarten and schools to special programs for universities and professional training and qualification services for business and industry.
Ars Electronica Archive is a remarkable collection of descriptions and documentations of more than 75.000 projects linked with Ars Electronica since 1979, a unique opportunity to research the cultural impact of the digital revolution.

(Source: The Practice of Art and Science, p. 114-116)