​SCI_ART 2026/Kelowna brings European and Canadian artists into conversation with researchers to examine artistic practice as a mode of inquiry. Moving between environmental sensing, fieldwork, biological systems, documentary practice, immersive environments, computation, and scientific imaging, the day asks how artists observe changing worlds and how the methods and instruments they use shape what can become perceptible and knowable.

​The 2025 Ars Electronica Festival title PANIC: Yes/No found strong reflections also in several of the awarded works of the Prix Ars Electronica, which share underlying sentiments of doom and unease. This thematic resonance prompted the selection for the On Tour compilation PANIC – Prix Ars Electronica Selection.