Ars Electronica Center

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The Ars Electronica Center reopened on January 2, 2009 (after renovation)
Inside the AEC (2009)

The Ars Electronica Center (AEC), also known as the “Museum of the Future”, is a museum in Linz . It was opened in Linz- Urfahr in 1996 and has set itself the goal of making the technologies of the coming generations tangible for every age group in the present.

Exhibitions and content

Different art , science and technology directions are addressed and interwoven (e.g. bio and genetic engineering , neurosciences , robotics , prosthetics and media art ). All exhibitions focus on the question of how people can deal with their surroundings and offer different perspectives for this. Visitors have the opportunity to interact with the installations and exhibits; Participation in the constantly changing exhibitions is expressly desired.

In Deep Space 8K , the AEC offers a unique virtual world in the form of wall and floor projections (each 16 by 9 meters), laser tracking and 3-D animations. The image worlds (e.g. from the fields of medicine , geology and astronomy ) are projected in 8K resolution.

Various tours and workshops as well as programs for schools are also offered.

In addition to the museum, the AEC also includes the Futurelab, a studio and laboratory for art and research. Since 1996 it has been conducting research and development at the interface between art, technology and society. The Futurelab deals with, among other things, artificial intelligence , robotics, media architecture, interactive technologies, new aesthetic forms of expression or swarm intelligence .

The Prix ​​Ars Electronica for Computer Art is awarded once a year at the AEC . In 1999 the AEC founded the Marianne von Willemer Prize together with the City of Linz and the ORF . The Ars Electronica Festival , which has been held since 1979, is the most important international festival of digital art and picks up on trends and long-term developments in a future-oriented manner in the form of artistic works, discussion forums and scientific support.

History and architecture

Old buildings in 1951

The Ars Electronica Center is located on the land of the semi-detached house built in 1873 on Hauptstrasse 2-4 and Linke Donaustrasse 4 (Ars-Electronica-Strasse). The semi-detached house on Hauptstraße 2 (until 1951 the “Zur alten Donaubrücke” inn) and the Linke Donaustraße 4 house were demolished in 1964 and 1972 as part of a road regulation. The remaining semi-detached house at Hauptstrasse 4 (Bruckmüllerhaus) gave way to the Ars Electronica Center in 1991.

With a view to Linz 2009 - European Capital of Culture , the AEC was rebuilt for around 30 million euros and reopened at the turn of 2008/09; Since then it has had a total area of ​​6,500 m². The renovation and expansion was carried out by the city of Linz, whereby the architectural office Treusch architecture ZT GmbH was selected on the basis of a competition.

Main deck with seating steps

A second multi-storey building was erected next to the previous building. Both were encased in a glass facade that turns into a light sculpture at night. 40,000 light-emitting diodes (red, green, blue and white) ensure a varied play of colors. A forecourt, which becomes higher again at the eastern end, and is provided with seating steps at this point, runs parallel to the Danube.

Views before and after the renovation

  • Ars Electronica Center by day (before renovation)

  • Ars Electronica Center at night (before renovation)

  • Ars Electronica Center by day (after renovation)

  • Ars Electronica Center at night (after renovation)

Others

On May 1, 2011, Österreichische Post AG issued a postage stamp on the property as part of the Kunsthäuser definitive stamp series .

In 2015, the AEC had 171,800 visitors, 8.4% more than in the previous year. Those responsible attributed the increase to the presentations in Deep Space 8K . In 2015, a children's research laboratory for 4- to 8-year-olds was also set up.

The Cubus located in the building is a restaurant and coffee house, in the evenings a bar, and also serves as a vantage point of the Danube and the panorama of the city of Linz. An outside lift enables access even without visiting the museum.

Awards

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Current exhibitions. Retrieved August 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Martin Hieslmair: Linz then and now . Article from February 4, 2014 on the Ars Electronica Blog (accessed November 24, 2019)
  3. ↑ http://ooe.orf.at/news/stories/2750693/ http://ooe.orf.at/news/stories/2750693/ AEC scores with visitors with Deep Space, orf.at, January 4, 2016, accessed January 4, 2016.

Web links

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Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 35 ″  N , 14 ° 17 ′ 4 ″  E