Ars ElectronicaLinz

Ars Electronica has been dedicated to the critical discussion of media culture,Since 1979. With its focal point as the intersection of art, technology and society, it is above all the endeavor to nurture up-close-andpersonal encounters involving artists, designers, philosophers, sociologists, engineers and scientists from all over the world that endow the Festival with its very special character. HYBRID, living in paradox, is the theme of Ars Electronica 2005. It examines the implosive tendencies that digital technologies impose on the world, bringing cultures on top of each other and flouting boundaries: national, material, technological and psychological.
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