Ars Electronica presents: Electronic Theatre

13sep19:0020:00Ars Electronica presents: Electronic Theatre19:00 - 20:00(GMT+02:00) Ølluminati, Sct. Peder Stræde 8, 8800 ViborgTrackFilm

Time

13/09/2024 19:00 - 20:00(GMT+01:00)

Event Details

Electronic Theatre is the annual best-of program, a compilation of five outstanding animations chosen by the Prix jury from the submitted works in the “New Animation Art” category. It is a diverse showcase engaging new ways of thinking about how we experience the digital-virtualreal world we live in. Combining fantasy, erotica and body horror, IT’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS follows an ambiguous hero undergoing numerous metamorphoses beyond conventional masculinities of game avatars. In Delivery Dancer’s Sphere, another hero, a female platform delivery driver, rushes with the speed of light through a labyrinth of endless paths, sliding into a parallel time and space. GLITCHBODIES uses video game aesthetics to introduce us to a mesmerizing group of characters with diverse bodies and minds. Lebensraum addresses contemporary problems such as overpopulation, the destruction of our living space and the steady rise in sea levels with a humorous approach. Similarly, FuneralPlay speculates on a future in which users can choose between erasing their electronic footprint after death or uploading it to virtual heaven, published on blockchain.

About Ars Electronica

The 2023 Ars Electronica Animation Festival is a diverse showcase that invites spectators to discover current artistic productions in the field of digital animation. The selection has been mostly compiled of the submissions at Prix Ars Electronica 2023, which shifted its focus this year from Computer Animation to the landscape of New Animation Art. Several exciting programs give witness to the diversity of this renewed category, not only in terms of storytelling techniques, conceptual explorations and technological innovation, but also in terms of their commitment to social change and new political imaginaries.
From the 1,120 submissions, around 30 projects were selected for Ars Electronica Animation Festival, featuring a broad spectrum of styles and techniques: AI-generated images, cinematic deepfakes, hybrids between games and animations, animated documentaries and experimental-abstract works. This diverse selection invites new ways of thinking about how we experience the digital-virtual-real world we live in.

The Ars Electronica Animation Festival ON TOUR, organized by Ars Electronica in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, comprises five of the festival programs: Electronic Theatre, featuring works honored by the Prix Ars Electronica jury, Austrian Panorama, highlighting current works of local artists, Young Animations featuring shorts from the Prix Ars Electronica’s u19-create your world category, and two thematic compilations titled AI & Human and Data, Bodies Space.

Ticket

Free screening

Ølluminati

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