{"id":2177,"date":"2025-08-18T08:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalbigscreen.si\/wp21\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:34:29","slug":"ars-electronica-animation-on-tour-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalbigscreen.si\/wp21\/ars-electronica-animation-on-tour-2024\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Ars Electronica Animation on Tour 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter is-light has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9d396713ddaf0aa96ba98e60c4899977\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#262627\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalbigscreen.si\/wp21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Key-Image-Festival-Trailer-2_-Credits-Sameth-Lilith_resize-1024x576.webp\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ars Electronica Animation on Tour 2024\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"48% 43%\" style=\"object-position:48% 43%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalbigscreen.si\/wp21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Key-Image-Festival-Trailer-2_-Credits-Sameth-Lilith_resize-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/digitalbigscreen.si\/wp21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Key-Image-Festival-Trailer-2_-Credits-Sameth-Lilith_resize-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/digitalbigscreen.si\/wp21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Key-Image-Festival-Trailer-2_-Credits-Sameth-Lilith_resize-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/digitalbigscreen.si\/wp21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Key-Image-Festival-Trailer-2_-Credits-Sameth-Lilith_resize-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/digitalbigscreen.si\/wp21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Key-Image-Festival-Trailer-2_-Credits-Sameth-Lilith_resize-640x360.webp 640w, https:\/\/digitalbigscreen.si\/wp21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Key-Image-Festival-Trailer-2_-Credits-Sameth-Lilith_resize.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Ars Electronica Animation on Tour 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size\">Razli\u010dni avtorji<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Like every year, Ars Electronica Animation Festival On Tour showcases recent artistic trends in the field of digital animation. The selection, compiled of the submissions at Prix Ars Electronica 2024 in its recently renewed category New Animation Art demonstrates the transformations and dynamics occurring within the field of animation. Even more strongly than previous years, one could observe the tendency of many creators to utilize specific tools (such as Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, DALL-E, Sora, Runway, or ChatGPT) in a self-reflexive manner enabling critical commentary on the socio-technical nature of these systems and their impact on our society.&nbsp; Moreover, we noticed that a remarkable one-third of the submissions were projects created using AI tools or centered around AI as a theme\u2014the highest number to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the nearly 900 submissions, around 45 projects were selected and showcased at Ars Electronica Animation Festival in September 2024. More than a half of them have been included in the On Tour program, and available now as four outstanding compilations: Best-Of Prix Ars Electronica, Austrian Animation, Young Animations, Science and Data Visualizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full <a href=\"https:\/\/ars.electronica.art\/hope\/en\/animation-festival-2024\/\">programme<\/a> of Ars Electronica Animation Festival 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/arselectronica\/albums\/72177720319086436\/\">Images<\/a> from Ars Electronica Animation Festival 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ars Electronica is a platform working at the intersection of art, technology and society through organizing exhibitions, educational programmes and research projects focused on the future of our societies. Founded in 1979 in Linz as a festival it has since expanded to include a laboratory, an award and a museum dedicated to the study and promotion of media arts and digital culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best-Of Prix Ars Electronica: New Animation Art<\/strong> (75min)<br>This Prix Ars Electronica Best-Of program includes 8 animations, 6 of which were awarded prizes in this year\u2019s competition. The two Golden Nica winners, one Award of Distinction and three Honorary Mentions provide an excellent snapshot of the current landscape of animation art. Most of these works use novel technologies to deliver compelling socio-political commentary and make incisive reflections on pressing issues of our time: climate emergency, data surveillance, the invisible human labor that goes into training AI systems, the erosion of image credibility, the commodification of transnational education, as well as the need for fresh visions of culture, nature, and space. Two additional works enrich the program of award-winning projects, one delving into the quantum realities of our multidimensional universe, and the other unfolding a poignant tale of friendship and transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>SMOKE AND MIRRORS<\/strong> by <em>Beatie Wolfe (GB)<\/em>, 4\u201920\u2019\u2019, Golden Nica Winner<br>Smoke and Mirrors is an unusual blend of music video and science visualisation. This short and poignant work emphasizes the magnitude of the climate crisis, by presenting not only scientific facts about global warming but also the dangerous ideological positions which have been denying it over the past few decades. Rising methane levels are therefore illustrated alongside historical advertising slogans employed by oil companies meant to endanger credibility of climate emergency. The visualization is based on NASA\u2019s Blue Marble image and set to Oh My Heart, which was released as the world\u2019s first bioplastic record by Beatie Wolfe.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>UNKNOWN QUANTUM OBJECTS<\/strong> by <em>Alessandro Bavari (IT)<\/em>, 13\u2019 <br><em>Unknown Quantum Objects<\/em> is an experimental animation exploring 13 of the 64 dimensions believed to exist beyond the three established space-time dimensions. Through animation, Bavari enables us direct experience of an otherwise highly theoretical and abstract concept. He provides a visual representation of concepts that lack tangible visual forms, but can be imaginatively brought to understanding through this medium.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>STAINED<\/strong> by <em>Jeremy Kamal (US)<\/em>, 2\u201911\u2019\u2019, Award of Distinction<br>Stained is a short speculative CGI film depicting a utopian future where America\u2019s landscapes are transformed by Black culture. The film follows a sensitive tea master that uses colored flora to mark territory. Based in a world where symbiotic relationships with technology allow Black Americans to transform \u201cnatural\u201d and synthetic environments.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>BYE BEAR<\/strong> by <em>Jan Bitzer (DE)<\/em>, 10\u201940\u2019\u2019 <br>In Bye Bear we step into a decaying 1980s motel, where a group of unusual friends gathers for one last celebration. At the heart of the party is Bear\u2014a robot with an unusual dream: to shed its metallic shell and become a real bear. Bye Bear is a surreal story about friendship, transformation, change, and the ceremony of a long goodbye. The friends celebrate together and bid each other farewell. Bear&#8217;s transformation into a real bear reaches its conclusion on this very night.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>THANK YOU FOR YOUR SOUVENIR, UK!<\/strong> by<em> Los (CN)<\/em>, 3\u2019, Honorary Mention <br>Thank you for your Souvenir, UK! shows the experience of a Chinese student who spends a year in the UK grappling with cultural displacement and a sense of non belonging. Through this deeply personal film, the artist poses an essential question: are international students valued as contributors to the system, or are they merely being exploited as resources? The film\u2019s raw and honest portrayal will resonate with anyone who has ever felt like an outsider.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>UNKNOWN LABEL<\/strong> by <em>Nicolas Gourault (FR)<\/em>, 16\u2019 34\u2019\u2019, Honorary Mention <br>Unknown Label is a documentary about the experience of online micro-workers from the Global South who annotate images used to train self-driving cars. The film begins with a simple animation illustrating the process of segmentation\u2014a crucial step in AI training where images are divided into distinct objects, such as separating cars from pedestrians or roads. This meticulous task, performed by human workers, allows AI systems to recognize and interact with their environments. The film highlights the discrimination they face, with the animated visuals evolving in complexity to mirror the complexity of the labor. The story culminates in a city-scale 3D data visualization, revealing the hidden human effort behind AI systems.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>WASHED OUT: \u201cTHE HARDEST PART\u201d<\/strong> by <em>Paulo Trillo (US)<\/em>, Golden Nica AI in ART Award <br>The music video for the album &#8220;The Hardest Part&#8221; by the band Washed Out marks a groundbreaking achievement, as it is the first fully generative video created with OpenAI&#8217;s SORA text-to-video model. This is why it was awarded the Golden Nica for AI I in Art. Spanning several decades, the video begins in the early 80s and follows a young couple throughout their whole life. By embracing the hallucinatory, dreamlike qualities of SORA, the video manages to capture the fleeting and elusive nature of memories.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>DUCK<\/strong> by <em>Rachel Maclean (GB)<\/em>, 16\u201930\u2019\u2019, Honorary Mention <br>Duck is an unusual deepfake short film set in the iconic world of James Bond. Featuring AI-generated portrayals of Sean Connery, Marilyn Monroe, and other stars, the animation introduces the audience to a seemingly familiar, yet in fact never-before-seen reality, where the fixed definition of identity and the reliability of history and news are continuously questioned. This witty yet unsettling display of deepfake mastery is sure to leave you jaw-dropping in astonishment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Austrian Panorama<\/strong>&nbsp;(30 min)<br>Austrian Panorama showcases a mix of experimental and humorous animations by artists born or based in Austria. The compilation opens on a comedic note with <strong>Annoyance <\/strong>by <em>Sascha Vernik<\/em>, a short animation about a pesky fly bringing chaos into a hipster\u2019s life and thwarting his attempts to bite into a veggie wrap. A hybrid of live action, drawing, and AI, <em>Celine Pham\u2019s<\/em> <strong>LUCID<\/strong> presents a mesmerizing interplay of dance, music, and neural style transfer. <em>Verena Repar\u2019s<\/em> <em><strong>echoes of grief<\/strong><\/em> is an AI-generated personal essay that takes viewers on a phantasmagoric journey through memory, unconscious and trauma. Last but not least, <strong>Abyss<\/strong><em>, <\/em>by artist duo <em>Sophie Gartner<\/em> and <em>Neo Klinger<\/em>, delivers a darkly bitter and ironic take on the apocalypse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>ANNOYANCE <\/strong>by <em>Sascha Vernik<\/em> (AT), 2\u201922\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>LUCID<\/strong> by <em>Celine Pham (AT)<\/em>, 3\u201910\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ABYSS<\/strong> by <em>Sophie Gartner<\/em> &amp; <em>Neo Klinger (AT)<\/em>, 2\u201959\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ECHOES OF GRIEF<\/strong> by <em>Verena Repar (AT)<\/em>, 19\u201913\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Young Animations&nbsp;<\/strong>(30 min)<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Like every year, the works of talented filmmakers up to the age of 19 are celebrated in the category Young Animations. The program is a selection of short films created by young artists across Austria, who have submitted their projects to the Prix Ars Electronica 2024 in the u19-create your world category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>LAST<\/strong> by <em>Anna Bubenicek<\/em> und <em>Flora Kirnbauer<\/em>, 4\u201952\u2019\u2019,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NORMAL DAY IN JURASSIC WORLD<\/strong> by <em>Maximilian Peinhaupt<\/em>, 7\u201950\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>HERZENSSCHWESTERN<\/strong> by <em>Sara \u00c7elen, Gloria Schauer<\/em> und <em>Julia Scheucher<\/em>, 51\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NA2R_3LUMEN<\/strong> by <em>Nea Ger\u0161ak<\/em>, 1\u201920\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ZEMLYANKA<\/strong> by <em>Justin Casta, Maximilian Gr\u00f6\u00df, Jonathan Pacher, Georgy Snegur, Christina Zsalacz<\/em>, 4\u201944\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FLUTEN DER FREIHEIT<\/strong> by <em>Jakob Gruber<\/em>, 10\u2019\u2019, Golden Nica Winner u19,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>EVERLASTING END<\/strong> by <em>Keno Czompo, Aaron Hager, Tobias Kogler<\/em>, 1\u201933\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CONSTRUCTED IDENTITY<\/strong> by <em>Sophia Scharrer<\/em>, 1\u201958\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>OCEANEBULA<\/strong> by <em>Sophie Gartner<\/em>, 1\u201950\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>JUST A DREAM<\/strong> by <em>Sophie Brunnmayr<\/em>, 3\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Science and Data Visualizations<\/strong> (15 min)<br>Through animation, scientific concepts become more than just data &#8211; they become stories that resonate and inspire. Animation can turn complex scientific concepts into visually comprehensible narratives, making them accessible to a broad audience. From exploring the Milky Way\u2019s center and the dynamics of stars orbiting a supermassive black hole to depicting DNA replication or the planet\u2019s warming trends throughout time, the selected animations break down intricate scientific phenomena into coherent segments. Such graphical representations of data often unveil \u2018hidden\u2019 insights about our world, in other words, they make us aware of phenomena that develop either too slowly (climate change) or too fast (DNA replication) to be noticeable through direct experience or observation technology. Some of the selected animations take a factual, informative approach to make complex scientific concepts tangible and engaging, while others, like Golden Nica winner <em>Smoke and Mirrors<\/em>, weave scientific data into emotional narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MILKY WAY: STELLAR ORBITS AROUND ITS CENTRAL BLACK HOLE<\/strong>, <em>NCSA Advanced Visualization Lab (US)<\/em>, 3\u201919\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DNA REPLICATION OF THE LAGGING STRAND<\/strong>, <em>Peter Mindek (SK), Tobias Klein (DE)<\/em> and <em>Alfredo De Biasio (IT)<\/em>, 2\u201945\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FOLLOWING THE UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS OF THE AMOC<\/strong>, <em>Felicia Brisc (DE)<\/em> and <em>Nuno Serra (PT)<\/em>, 3\u201945<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NASA CLIMATE SPIRAL<\/strong>, <em>Mark SubbaRao (US)<\/em>, 30\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SMOKE AND MIRRORS<\/strong>, <em>Beatie Wolfe (GB)<\/em>, 4\u201920\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Prix Ars Electronica, organized by Ars Electronica Linz GmbH &amp; Co KG, is made possible by support from the City of Linz.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Ars Electronica ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2024 is a collaboration of Ars Electronica with the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg Campus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Ars Electronica ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2024 is curated by Juergen Hagler (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg Campus) and Daniela Duca De Tey (Ars Electronica).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Ars Electronica ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2024 ON TOUR was produced with the support of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">Ars Electronica Linz GmbH &amp; Co KG <br>Ars-Electronica-Stra\u00dfe 1, 4040 Linz, Austria<br>Tel. +43-732-7272-0, Fax +43-732-7272-2 <br>E-Mail: <a href=\"mailto:info@ars.electronica.art\">info@ars.electronica.art<\/a> <br>ars.electronica.art<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like every year, Ars Electronica Animation Festival On Tour showcases recent artistic trends in the field of digital animation. 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