The Ars Electronica has been accompanying and analyzing the digital revolution and its manifold implications since 1979, consistently focusing on processes and trends at the interface between art, technology, and society. This artistic, scientific research is presented annually in Linz in the form of a festival whose five-day program includes conferences, panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, performances, interventions, and concerts. It is planned, organized, and implemented in collaboration with international artists and scientists and always addresses a different volatile future issue. Richly illustrated and including comprehensive texts, the book accompanies the thirty-sixth edition of the Ars Electronica Festival.Ars Electronica Festival, Linz 7.–11.9.2017