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If the world is not allowed to come to Linz, then Linz will go out into the world: the flag of the Ars Electronica Festival will fly at 120 locations on all continents from September 9 to 13. Not in spite of, but thanks to Corona, the annual event at the interfaces between art, science and society has grown under the title “Kepler’s Gardens” since 1979 to become its largest and, for the first time, global edition.
Starting from the new festival hub on the JKU site, the virtual world tour branches from Tokyo to the honorable Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Silicon Valley, from a research ship in Antarctica to Chile and New Zealand. “Spreading an event to the world is the 20th century idea of radio and television. The 21st century idea is that of platforms and networks,” says Ars Electronica Artistic Director Gerfried Stocker.
All locations will not only provide online deals, but will also celebrate the festival in real life with an audience at conferences, workshops, performances, and concerts. And everywhere, those who peacefully rebel against the destruction of the environment, against economic exploiters and against political demagogues, unleash their media, artistic and technological means.
Linz is still the starting point: in addition to the OK (“CyberArts” exhibition) and the Kunstuni (young media art on the “Wild State” theme), there are countless variations of Kepler’s garden on the JKU campus: from a board of Darts you always see hits the mark, right down to the “He, she, loves me, doesn’t love me” robot, from the kinetic sculpture of “GOD” to the playground for talents U14 and U19. Crowned by the spectacular concert night on September 11 at the JKU Seebühne: with the Bruckner Orchestra by Markus Poschner (Fidelio Freedom Project), Karl Markovics, Maria Hofstätter and Christina Kubisch and Katharina Ernst, among others.
Only 500 visitors are allowed on the JKU site at any one time, entry entitles you to stay for three hours. Tickets for all exhibition venues must be purchased online; every visitor is registered.
Article of
Peter Grubmüller
