Ars Electronica 2025 returns under the resonant theme “Panic,” bringing together some of the world’s most innovative minds in digital art, science, and technology. This year, the festival’s exhibitions, talks, and performances promise to challenge, provoke, and inspire a critical discourse on the complexities, absurdities, and looming uncertainties of our digital future.
“Panic, yes or no? Shouldn’t we have long since fallen into absolute panic? [...] Nothing seems more unsettling than change, nothing do we need more urgently than change. [...] Panic does not arise merely from the fear of danger, but from the realization of its inevitability—from the feeling of being defenselessly exposed to it, with no escape or control. [...] And precisely this is the task of artistic work and action in this time of profound upheaval.”—Gerfried Stocker, Co-CEO / Artistic Director Ars Electronica
