ARS ELECTRONICA 2004
Timeshift - The World in 25 Years
The 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Festival of Art, Technology and
Society "TIMESHIFT - The World in 25 Years" is the title of the 2004
festival; transformation, upheaval and the future are its programmatic
concepts. The point of departure is reflection upon the past 25 years; the
aim is to identify the developments that promise to be the driving forces
in art, technology and society over the next quarter century. The younger
generation of media artists and theoreticians will meet Ars Electronica's
founding generation and, together with an audience of wide-ranging
backgrounds and diverse interests, confront the past and the future of
phenomena at the interface of art, technology and society.
Ars Electronica 2004: A New Format Ars Electronica has gotten a bit of a
makeover this year. From now on, the festival will begin on Thursday and
run until Tuesday; this makes it possible to intensively utilize an entire
weekend, which is now positioned right in the middle of the line-up of
events. The Prix Ars Electronica Gala will move from the ORF's studio to
the impressive ambience of the Brucknerhaus' Main Concert Hall. And Ars
Electronica is adding a new venue-the Lentos Museum of Art, where the
"Digital Avant-Garde" anniversary exhibition will be on display.
Timeshift will manifest itself in various formats and an array of venues:
at symposia and talks with artists, in discussion forums and workshops, at
exhibitions, installations and interventions in urban spaces, as well as
at performances and concerts. Special events and guest presentations will
significantly expand this year's festival program.
Detailed information at www.aec.at/timeshift
Ars Electronica 2004 Organization: Ars Electronica Center Linz and ORF -
Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Upper Austria Regional Studio
Co-organizers: Brucknerhaus Linz, O.K - Center for Contemporary Art,
Kunstuniversität Linz Concept & Artistic Direction: Gerfried Stocker,
Christine Schoepf
Contact:
Ars Electronica Center
Hauptstrasse 2
4040 Linz, Austria
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www.aec.at/timeshift
Sponsors of Ars Electronica 2004 and Prix Ars Electronica 2004:
City of Linz, Province of Upper Austria, Republic of Austria
SAP AG, Telekom Austria, voestalpine Bank Austria Creditanstalt, Quelle
AG, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Oesterreichische Brauunion, FESTO,
Mitsubishi Electric, Sony DADC, Siemens AG, KLM, Spring
Additional support provided by Casinos Austria, Poestlingberg Schloessl,
ÖKS Oesterreichischer Kulturservice, Lexmark, 3com
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