Ars Electronica, in scale from microcosm to epic, examines a planet on the edge

Ars Electronica is vast – and this year doubly so, as it tackled topics from planetary climate down to microscopic microcosms. So we turn to guest contributor Sofy Yuditskaya aka The Source, media artist and educator, to navigate highlights and insights from the landmark media festival.

NASA’s Webb telescope could transform how we imagine digital art, along with our cosmos

Amidst meaningful and justified disenchantment with digital media, NASA’s Webb offers a different course for understanding our relationship with technology. It offers a chance to peer into our existence with greater understanding. It could be this generation’s “Blue Marble” – looking instead outward and deep into time. And it promises to be more than one image – way more than just one.

Peter Kirn - July 12, 2022

Welcome to Hell: the marvelous, mad musical instruments of Ewa Justka

Some people claim electronic music is the work of the devil. Inventor Ewa Justka creates things that could actually prove it.

Peter Kirn - February 7, 2020

The Sony cassette recorder that went to space and predicted the Walkman

Peter Kirn - July 24, 2019

A haunting ambient sci-fi album about a message from Neptune

Peter Kirn - November 30, 2018

Kraftwerk played live with an astronaut on the ISS – here’s how

Peter Kirn - July 23, 2018

BBC gives away 16k WAV sound effects, but disallows some uses

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2018

Hear the sounds of the Falcon Heavy launch with this binaural recording

Peter Kirn - February 21, 2018

Listen to space’s spookiest sounds with this NASA playlist

Peter Kirn - October 30, 2017

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