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.ART At Ars Electronica: What’s On?

Ars Electronica, the renowned Media Arts festival, will run from September 6-10 in Linz, Austria. It is designed to showcase the next generation of innovation at the nexus of science, technology and the arts.

This year’s theme ”Error – The Art of Imperfection” seeks to explore the mistakes, fallacies, deviation and innovation that are directly attributable to error.

The Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria.

”At what point does an error become a mistake, a fail, and what makes it the celebrated source of unprecedented ideas and inventions? When is an error an oversight and when is it intentional deception, a fake?

An error is a discrepancy from what we expect, a deviation from the norm… but what is the norm and who establishes it? An error doesn’t have to be a mistake; it can be an opportunity!” states festivals press-release.

We are thrilled to share .ART’s contributions to the festival with you.

”At what point does an error become a mistake, a fail, and what makes it the celebrated source of unprecedented ideas and inventions?

The Opening Symposium

The Opening Symposium will take place on September 6. Martha Fiennes, who will tease her moving image ‘Yungen’, and Andrey Sebrant of Yandex, along with .ART founder Ulvi Kasimov, will represent .ART at the event. Given the diversity and magnitude of the programs that will take place at the festival, this is the perfect opportunity for attendees to get a glimpse into the events.

GET.Inspired Presentations

.ART’s Director of Communications Masha Sergeeva will introduce ‘Art Records’, an innovative global service developed by .ART, during the GET.Inspired Presentations. Art Records sets the new international standard for art object identification on the Internet. It aims to centralize data about art objects so that finding information and tracing provenance will be uncomplicated and secure.

Art Records sets the new international standard for art object identification on the Internet.

‘Identification and Self-identification online. Technology and the true self’

.ART has co-curated a panel discussion that will center around the correlation and contrast between self-representation in the online space and in reality. In the context of technological breakthroughs, the way that innovation changes how we see and want to be seen online will be unpacked.

The incredible creatives who will explore the questions about self-perception online and offline are award-winning film director, writer and producer Martha Fiennes, interdisciplinary artist Egor Kraft, whose works are to be presented by .ART at Ars Electronica, journalist, art critic and curator Anika Meier, and .ART’s Director of Communications Masha Sergeeva. The panel will be moderated by the Director for Strategic Marketing at Yandex, Andrey Sebrant.

Since 2015, Ulvi Kasimov has worked to make sure that the .ART domain acts as both a professional statement and an invitation to a community of like-minded individuals.

Media Art Market Symposium

Since 2015, Ulvi Kasimov has worked to make sure that the .ART domain acts as both a professional statement and an invitation to a community of like-minded individuals. He will speak at the Media Art Market Symposium about the current and future situation in the contemporary art market in light of the changes it is going through. The discussion will center around the lack of visibility afforded to media art.

Keep an eye on our blog and social networks to find out how the festival is progressing.