Ars Electronica 2016: Radical Atoms and the Alchemists of our time

Ars Electronica has been accompanying and analyzing the digital revolution and its manifold implications since 1979. It has consistently focused and focuses on processes and trends at the interface between art, technology, and society. This artistic-scientific research becomes visible in the form of a festival that is organized every year in Linz (Austria). Its five-day program comprises conferences, panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, performances, interventions, and concerts. The event is planned, organized, and produced in collaboration with international artists and scientists. Each festival addresses a different volatile future issue. This year it is the Radical Atoms and the Alchemists of the Future. The volume uses images and texts to sketch this year’s edition of the Ars Electronica Festival. Ars Electronica Festival, Linz 8.-12.9.2016