The Ars Electronica Animation Festival in Linz has been a pillar of the September Ars Electronica festival program since 2005. The program includes a wide variety of shows and a variety of animation events. It is an overview of current trends in the field of digital animation around the world, presenting specific strategies and unique points of view. The review of the awarded works in 2021 is a diverse selection from the border of animation, art and technology – outstanding films submitted to the category Computer animation Prix Ars Electronica 2022.

Award-winning animations are presented on  Saturday and Sunday in two different blocks.
Free entrance.

21.10 | SATURDAY | 16:00 – 18:00

Electronic Theatre | 50 Min

The Electronic Theatre is the annual best-of program, a compilation of outstanding animated films, chosen by the jury from the submitted works in the category Computer Animation. The selection showcases current productions in terms of artistic content, as well as cultural and technological innovation.
Featuring:

  • Anxious Body, Yoriko Mizushiri (JP) Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Award of Distinction / 05:49
  • Tartarus, Mariano Ferández Russo (AR) / Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Honorary Mention / 02:38
  • Radicalization Pipeline, 2021, Theoklitos Triantafyllidis (GR) / Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Honorary Mention / 03:09
  • The Crow, Glenn Marshall (UK) / Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Honorary Mention / 03:00
  • Very, Very, Tremendously, Guangli LIU (CN) / Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Honorary Mention / 12:12
  • When fox and rabbit say goodnight, Finn Stevenhagen (NL) / Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Honorary Mention / 20:29

Welcome to Planet B | 79 Min

Change is an inevitable condition of reality for both living and non-living things. Movement, development, evolution, and dissolution is part of the scheme. But is change anthropocentric?
What exactly could we expect from it in the future? Change can mean resolution, embrace, or reconnection; it can be ironic, dreamy, climate-related, abstract, or destructive. In one way or
another, there is potential, possibility, and variety. We understand the need for change as individuals, society, and humanity, but also as minimal parts of the bigger existence of reality.
Curated by Juergen Hagler, Maria-Nefeli Panetsos

  • Tech For Democracy, Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm (DK) / 06:33
  • Patrick and the Buttons, Francois Heiser (FR) / 02:57
  • Borrowed Limbs, Lisa-Marleen Mantel (DE) and Laura Wagner (DE) / 03:27
  • Intersect, Dirk Koy (SZ) / 18:23
  • mormúrō, Stefan Larsson (JP) / 08:43
  • Models for Environmental Literacy, Tivon Rice (US) / 36:40

 

22.10 | SUNDAY | 16:00 – 18:00

Austrian Panorama | 60 min

What does it mean to commit suicide in a digital world? Can we exist as fragmented digital identities? What happens when we do not play by the rules of in-game environments? Why do
unicorns like water games? Does the earth revolve around me?
Program Austrian Panorama features a selection of Austrian film directors. The spectrum ranges from dystopian visions of the future to humorous introspections. A wide range of styles and techniques are used: Game Engines, Motion Capture, 3D Animation and Pixilation.
Curated by Juergen Hagler

  • Klimax, Bea Höller (AT) / 03:20
  • The Subject Changes, Depart (AT) / 08:54
  • Hellbrunn — History Refreshingly New, Simon Wendler (AT) / 03:39
  • O, Paul Wenninger (AT) / 05:36
  • How to Disappear, Total Refusal (AT) / Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Honorary Mention / 21:06
  • Wenn die Welt zu Ende geht, werde ich dich geliebt haben, Gloria Gammer (AT) / 15:03

Electronic Theatre | 50 Min

The Electronic Theatre is the annual best-of program, a compilation of outstanding animated films, chosen by the jury from the submitted works in the category Computer Animation. The selection showcases current productions in terms of artistic content, as well as cultural and technological innovation.
Featuring:

  • Anxious Body, Yoriko Mizushiri (JP) Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Award of Distinction / 05:49
  • Tartarus, Mariano Ferández Russo (AR) / Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Honorary Mention / 02:38
  • Radicalization Pipeline, 2021, Theoklitos Triantafyllidis (GR) / Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Honorary Mention / 03:09
  • The Crow, Glenn Marshall (UK) / Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Honorary Mention / 03:00
  • Very, Very, Tremendously, Guangli LIU (CN) / Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Honorary Mention / 12:12
  • When fox and rabbit say goodnight, Finn Stevenhagen (NL) / Prix Ars Electronica 2022 / Honorary Mention / 20:29

 

_Credits

The Prix Ars Electronica, organized by Ars Electronica Linz GmbH & Co KG, is made possible by support from the City of Linz.
Special thanks for additional support go to Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research and OeAD.
The Ars Electronica ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2022 is organized by Ars Electronica in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg Campus.
The Ars Electronica ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2022 on Tour was produced in collaboration and with special thanks to the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs.