Ars Electronica Linz GmbH is an
Austrian cultural, educational and scientific institute active in the field of
new media art, founded in
Linz in 1979. It is based at the Ars Electronica Center (AEC), which houses the Museum of the Future, in the city of Linz. Ars Electronica's activities focus on the interlinkages between art, technology and society. It runs an annual festival, and manages a multidisciplinary media arts
R&D facility known as the Futurelab. It also confers the
Prix Ars Electronica awards.