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SUMMARY:Ars Electronica Festival 2026
DTSTAMP:20260804T211518Z
DTSTART:20260908T220000Z
DTEND:20260912T220000Z
DESCRIPTION:The annual Ars Electronica Festival will take place in Linz\, A
	ustria\, from 9 to\n13 September. Waag Futurelab will be there—find out be
	low where you can meet us\nthroughout the festival.\n\nIn September\, Linz
	 will once again become a hotspot for the international media\nart scene. 
	Exhibitions\, performances\, concerts and conferences will be held at\nfes
	tival locations throughout the city. FUTURE BEGINS and NEGOTIATING HUMANIT
	Y\nare the two thematic concepts of the year 2026—47 years after the first
	 Ars\nElectronica Festival and 30 years since the opening of the Ars Elect
	ronica\nCenter. At its core\, the duality of these concepts implies a stat
	us assessment\nand the question of what it means to be human nowadays.\n\n
	\nWAAG AT ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL\n\n\nFLUIDITY OF IMAGES\n\nThursday 10 
	September\, 16:00 - 18:00 hrs\n\nWhat happens when a machine mixes paintin
	gs\, without any text prompts? This\nworkshop explores the juxtaposition s
	pace between images\, where two images\ncombine to reveal a spectrum of ne
	w visual forms\, condensations and\ncompositions.\n\n\nDANCING DIALOGUES (
	WITH(OUT) AI)\n\nFriday 11 September\, 16:30 - 18:30 hrs\n\nWhat happens w
	hen movement becomes a form of dialogue—not only between people\,\nbut als
	o between human and machine? In this workshop\, we will explore new ways\n
	of moving in relation to ourselves\, to each other\, to audiences with and
	 without\nmediation by digitally generated movements and sounds.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/ars-electronica-festival-2026
GEO:52.3727735;4.9003436
LOCATION:Waag - Nieuwmarkt 4\, 1012 CR Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,concert,exhibition,festivals,nieuwmarkt/lastag
	e,opening,performance,workshop
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The annual Ars Electronica Festival will ta
	ke place in Linz, Austria, from 9 to 13 September. Waag Futurelab will be 
	there—find out below where you can meet us throughout the festival.</p><p>
	In September, Linz will once again become a hotspot for the international 
	media art scene. Exhibitions, performances, concerts and conferences will 
	be held at festival locations throughout the city. FUTURE BEGINS and NEGOT
	IATING HUMANITY are the two thematic concepts of the year 2026—47 years af
	ter the first Ars Electronica Festival and 30 years since the opening of t
	he Ars Electronica Center. At its core, the duality of these concepts impl
	ies a status assessment and the question of what it means to be human nowa
	days.</p><h2>Waag at Ars Electronica Festival</h2><h3>Fluidity of Images</
	h3><p>Thursday 10 September, 16:00 - 18:00 hrs</p><p>What happens when a m
	achine mixes paintings, without any text prompts? This workshop explores t
	he juxtaposition space between images, where two images combine to reveal 
	a spectrum of new visual forms, condensations and compositions.</p><h3>Dan
	cing Dialogues (with(out) AI)</h3><p>Friday 11 September, 16:30 - 18:30 hr
	s</p><p>What happens when movement becomes a form of dialogue—not only bet
	ween people, but also between human and machine? In this workshop, we will
	 explore new ways of moving in relation to ourselves, to each other, to au
	diences with and without mediation by digitally generated movements and so
	unds.</p>
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