ANIMATIONS Ars Electronica

19-20.10 | 15:30 - 18:00 Hevre+1 in English
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The Ars Electronica Animation Festival in Linz has been a pillar of the September Ars Electronica festival program since 2005. The program includes a wide variety of shows and a variety of animation events. It is an overview of current trends in the field of digital animation around the world, presenting specific strategies and unique points of view. The review of the awarded works in 2021 is a diverse selection from the border of animation, art and technology – outstanding films submitted to the category Computer animation Prix Ars Electronica 2022.

Award-winning animations are presented on Saturday and Sunday in different blocks.
Free entrance.

The Prix Ars Electronica, organized by Ars Electronica Linz GmbH & Co KG, is made possible by support from the City of Linz.
Special thanks for additional support go to Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research and OeAD.
The Ars Electronica ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2022 is organized by Ars Electronica in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg Campus.
The Ars Electronica ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2022 on Tour was produced in collaboration and with special thanks to the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs.

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Young Animations | 57 min | 19-20.10 | 15:30

This section presents films created by artists up to 19 years old. The program includes short animations by young artists from Austria, who submitted their works in the u19—create your world category. The films vary in style, ranging from humorous to serious, with some created individually and others collaboratively by students. The selection was curated by Sirikit Amann and developed in collaboration with Ars Electronica and OeAD, giving young creators a platform to express their perspective.

Tides of March, Neo Klinger (AT), 2’
Unterwasserwelt, Sara Wanzenböck (AT), 4’
PING DOWN, pupils of ORG Henriettenplatz / Media High School (AT), 2’
Gemeinsam für ein sauberes Meer, pupils of Mittelschule St. Peter am Wimberg (AT), 1‘
Inflation, pupils of HLF Krems (AT), 4’Torten-Desaster, pupils of HLF Krems (AT), 4’
Ratchet, pupils of BG / BRG Laa an der Thaya (AT), 3’
Mr & Mrs Strode, pupils of ORG Henriettenplatz / Media High School (AT), 3’
Der Käfig der Probleme, pupils of ORG Austrian Panorama highlights recent animation Henriettenplatz / Media High School (AT), 6’HUE, Rebecca Heindl (AT), Ronja Hoffert (AT), Jasmin Korkmaz (AT), Nathalie Zalewski (AT), 3’
Overflow – An animated short movie, Tobias Senger (AT), Lennard Reindl (AT), 2’
Overloaded, Fabienne Andrianaivo (AT), Katharina Rohr (AT), Verena Scheiblhofer (AT), 2’
MARIMBA, pupils of BG&BRG Laa/Thaya (AT), 5’
Dance Monkey, pupils of Gymnasium Bad Leonfelden (AT) and Motomachi Highschool Hiroshima (JP), 4’
Raven Love, pupils of BORG Mistelbach (AT) RG Mistelbach, 4’
Ein halber Cent (oder die totale Destruktion des Ungewissen), für einen Blick auf das Chaos am Silver Screen, Marco Barthofer (AT), 4‘

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Electronic Theatre | 76 min | 19.10 | 16:30

The Electronic Theatre is an annual best-of program, showcasing the top works selected by a jury in the New Animation Art category. The screening features four animations that explore our experiences in the digital world, offering reflections on contemporary identity and the virtual realm.

  • Delivery Dancer’s Sphere (Golden Nica), Ayoung Kim (KR), 24’05:49
  • FuneralPlay (Honorary Mention), Ruini Shi (CN), 3’
  • GLITCHBODIES, (Honorary Mention), Rebecca Merlic (HR/AT), 13’
  • IT’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS, (Award of Distinction), Bassam Issa (IE), 29’

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AI & Human | 50 min | 19.10 | 17:30

AI & Human. Who Owns the Truth? addresses the theme of Ars Electronica 2023, exploring contemporary debates around data ownership, the ethics of its collection, authorship in the age of AI, cryptocurrencies, deepfakes, and the credibility of images. It showcases how AI co-creates artworks with humans, while also tackling issues related to algorithmic biases and managing one’s own digital footprint.

  • Soft Evidence, Operator (US/DE), 8’
  • Decoding Bias, Theresa Reiwer (DE), 31’
  • LoveCounter, Ruini Shi (CN), 5’
  • Planets and Robots, Antanas Skučas (LT) & Julius Zubavičius (LT), 6’

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Austrian Panorama | 48 min | 20.10 | 16:30

This block presents contemporary works by Austrian animators, combining organic and digital elements in a meditative and poetic form. Films such as Cave Painting and The Great Tree Piece explore the fragmentary nature of the world, transcending human perception and redefining concepts of physicality and abstraction. In a humorous way, our modern era is depicted in films like Internet Gaga and Shroomsday, highlighting the irony and absurdity of contemporary times.

  • Cave Painting, Siegfried A. Fruhauf (AT), 14’
  • Internet Gaga, Reinhold Bidner (AT), 2’
  • The Great Tree Piece, Claudia Larcher (AT), 10’
  • Shroomsday, Rita Weiss, Alessa Wolfram, Daniel Denzer, Marius Oelsch (AT), 3’
  • Not Really Now Not Anymore, Herwig Scherabon (AT/DE), 8’

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Data, Bodies, Space | 48 min | 20.10 | 17:30

This block presents diverse forms of animation, showcasing “disturbances” in our digital-virtual-real world. The films depict a fascinating yet terrifying future: from space travel and dystopian visions of posthumanism to the hope for a new planetary ecology. In a humorous way, they address themes of power and control in virtual worlds, exploring the relationships between them and reality.

  • The Needlecast Rhapsody, Jonathan Armour (IE), 6’
  • Moirai – Thread of Life, Ina Conradi (US/SG) und Mark Chavez (US), 6’
  • The Posthuman Hospital, Junha Kim (KR), 7’
  • My Mind As/Is Your Memory, My Body As/Is Your Substance, Jieyuan Huang (CN/AT/DE), 3’
  • Rehousing Technosphere, Wang & Söderström (SWE), 6’
  • La Limite est une facade, Dorian Rigal Minuit (FR), 7’
  • CIRCVS MAXIMVS, Maxime Chudeau (FR), 3’
  • Interchange, Ryotaro Sato (JP), 8’