Prix Ars Electronica
The Prix Ars Electronica is the world’s longest-established media art competition – and each year offers forward-looking insights into creative work at the interface of art, technology and society. Winners receive a Golden Nica, up to 10,000 euros in prize money and an appearance at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz. In 2024, the Prix Ars Electronica exhibition will be shown at the Lentos Kunstmuseum for the first time.
Outstanding submissions in the categories New Animation Art and Interactive Art + as well as the winning project of the first AI in ART Award will be presented. A total of 13 works by up-and-coming media artists from Europe, North America, South America and Asia will be exhibited at Lentos during the Ars Electronica Festival from September 4 to 8. The winners of the u19-create your world category can be found in POSTCITY.
Three highlights at a glance:
Beatie Wolfe’s visualization Smoke and Mirrors contrasts the rise in methane concentration in the atmosphere with advertising slogans from the oil industry, Diane Cescutti’s installation Nosukaay combines traditional West African weaving art, mathematics and computers and Washed Out “The Hardest Part” by filmmaker Paul Trillo impressively demonstrates how creatively artists can work with OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video model.
The diverse exhibition can be explored individually during the festival week from 4.9. to 8.9. during museum opening hours or as part of guided tours with experts.
| Date | Title | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 20.01 | Baby Tour: Kaleidoscope of the Human. On Abstract Painting in the Collection A relaxed tour through the exhibition, tailored specifically to the needs of visitors with babies. Admission: museum entry only. | 10:30 am–11:30 am |
| Tue 20.01 | Public tour: Being a Girl*!? + The Collection Duration: 60 minutes, max. 25 participants, guided tour ticket €4 (plus admission). No registration required (“first come, first served”). | 4:00 pm–5:00 pm |
| Wed 21.01 | DECONSTRUCTING GIRLS*: Discussion event with students of the University of Arts Linz![]() Discussion event with students from the Art and Design (Teacher Education) degree program, in collaboration with the Department of Subject Didactics – Mediation – Research. The event is based on the course “Decoding and Sensing within the Arts & Media: Deconstructing Regimes of Representation and Perception”, led by Petz Haselmayer. | 2:00 pm–3:30 pm |
| Thu 22.01 | Public tour: Being a Girl*!? Duration: 60 minutes, max. 25 participants, guided tour ticket €4 (plus admission). No registration required (“first come, first served”). | 6:00 pm–7:00 pm |
| Thu 22.01 | The Room: The Unevenness of Change. A Workshop on Bodies and Growing Spaces![]() Workshop by Kunstraum Goethestraße xtd, pro mente Upper Austria and Lentos Art Education in cooperation with pro mente Jugend – youth residence blue.box and Ausbildungsfit work.box, VSG AusbildungsFIT & pre-module FACTORY, and she:works GmbH. | 6:00 pm–8:00 pm |
| Sat 24.01 | Lentos Atelier Children and young people between the ages of 6 and 12 have the opportunity to discover works of art, work creatively and try out different techniques in the Lentos studio. | 10:00 am–12:00 pm |
| Sat 24.01 | Los Lentoninios (Fully booked) Every second Saturday each month (in the holidays: Tuesday) our youngest visitors are cordially invited to the Donauatelier to give their fantasy and creativity free rein. | 3:00 pm–4:30 pm |
| Sun 25.01 | Public tour: Being a Girl*!? Duration: 60 minutes, max. 25 participants, guided tour ticket €4 (plus admission). No registration required (“first come, first served”). | 4:00 pm–5:00 pm |
| Tue 27.01 | Public tour: Being a Girl*!? + The Collection Duration: 60 minutes, max. 25 participants, guided tour ticket €4 (plus admission). No registration required (“first come, first served”). | 4:00 pm–5:00 pm |
| Thu 29.01 | Public tour: Being a Girl*!? Duration: 60 minutes, max. 25 participants, guided tour ticket €4 (plus admission). No registration required (“first come, first served”). | 6:00 pm–7:00 pm |




