Art, Technology, Society
Ars Electronica

December 7 - 19, 2018

The international digital arts and media culture platform Ars Electronica reviews thousands of applications from around the world as part of its annual festival and the Prix Ars Cyber Arts Competition. Pera Film presents a selection of films from last year’s festival. From December 7 through December 19, the program will include films that are grouped under three titles: Narration, Late Nite and Expanded and Experimental.

Ars Electronica Animation Festival is one of the main activities of the Ars Electronica Center which pioneers in digital arts and is located in Linz, Austria. The program includes films from the Ars Electronica Animation Festival in September 2017 with a strong focus on visual language and diversity in narration, and showcases testimonials from artists about the rapid development of animation and its growing influence in daily life.

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December 7

19:00 Narration

December 8

13:30 Late Nite

December 9

13:30 Expanded & Experimental

December 15

13:30 Narration

December 16

13:30 Late Nite

December 19

19:00 Expanded & Experimental

Narration

Narration

Late Nite

Late Nite

Expanded & Experimental

Expanded & Experimental

Program Trailer

Art, Technology, Society
Ars Electronica

Pera Film presents a selection of films from last year’s Ars Electronica festival.

At the Order of the Padishah

At the Order of the Padishah

In this piece, Żmurko presents an exotic image of a harem chamber, replete with gleaming fabrics and scattered jewels, as a setting for the statuesquely beautiful body of an odalisque murdered “at the order of the padishah”. 

The Chronicle of Sarajevo

The Chronicle of Sarajevo

Inspired by the great European masters, from Renaissance to Art Nouveau, Berber’s works exemplify the deep, opaque whites of his journeys through the fairy tale landscapes of Bosnia to the dark, macabre burrows of Srebrenica.

Paula Rego in Istanbul!

Paula Rego in Istanbul!

We, by which I mean some of my classmates and I, knew about Paula Rego. I’ll have to admit, I didn’t know where Rego was from or even where in Europe Portugal was. I thought she was English. Let me tell you how I first heard the very un-English sounding name “Paula Rego”