Short description
Ars Electronica is and art and technology organization based in Linz, Austria. It was founded in 1979 around a festival for art, technology and society as part of the International Bruckner Festival. Since 1986 it became a festival on its own, as the Ars Electronica Festival, running annually.Today Ars Electronica consist of four divisions: The Ars Electronica Center - a museum and media center, the Ars Electronica Prix competition, the Future Lab - an inhouse resource and development facility, and finally, the Ars Electronica Festival. Ars Electronica is also running the Ars Electronica Archive website, which is collecting documentation about people, artworks, events and publications related to organization's activity.