Art Thinking Week by Ars Electronica (Linz , Austria)
3 September 2026
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Featuring Kat Austen (GB/DE), Sputniko!/Hiromi Ozaki (JP/GB), Elliot Woods from Kimchi and Chips (UK/KR), and Laura Welzenbach (AT) from Ars Electronica, the Art Thinking Week featured artist talks, panel discussion, and workshops that presented and introduced artistic strategies for working with new technologies, as well as supported participants in gathering concrete ideas and adaptable frameworks which can be directly applied in their own artistic and professional practice.
The Art Thinking Week aimed to create space for experimentation, exchange, and critical reflection. Participants gained practical tools for working with art and technology, learnt to make informed decisions towards more sustainable art practices and experimented with methods of co-creation with AI systems, as well as explored entrepreneurship as a social practice catalysing a more positive future.
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Event Dates
Date & Time | Event |
24 April, Friday, 7pm – 9.30pm | Kick-Off Event – Artist Talks + Panels by artists Kat Austen, Elliot Woods (Kimchi and Chips) and Hiromi Ozaki (Sputniko!), moderated by Laura Welzenbach (Ars Electronica) |
25 April, Saturday, 9am – 1pm | Workshop: Art Thinking – Critical Strategies Run 1 by Laura Welzenbach (Ars Electronica) |
25 April, Saturday, 3pm – 6pm | Workshop: Thinking Enterprise as a Social Sculpture – Speculative Design for Future Impact by SPUTNIKO! / Hiromi Ozaki |
26 April, Sunday, 9am – 1pm | Workshop: Art Thinking – Critical Strategies Run 2 by Laura Welzenbach (Ars Electronica) |
26 April, Sunday, 3pm – 6pm | Workshop: The Last 3 Years vs. The Last 30 Years – AI Workflows and The End of Coding as We Know It by Elliot Woods (Kimchi and Chips) |
27 April, Monday, 7pm – 10pm | Workshop: Art-Making Within Planetary Boundaries – Drafting a Collective Manifesto for Sustainability in Art by Kat Austen |
About Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica (opens in new tab) is a platform working at the intersection of art, technology and society through organising exhibitions, educational programmes, and research projects focused on the future of our societies. Founded in Linz, Austria, as a festival in 1979, it has since expanded to include a laboratory, an award, and a museum dedicated to the study and promotion of media arts as well as digital culture.