Wolfgang A. Bednarzek is the press officer of Ars Electronica, a festival, prize competition, museum and R&D lab whose specific orientation and long-standing continuity make it an internationally unique platform for digital art and media culture.

From 2002 to 2003, he was an assistant in the communications department at the Austrian headquarters of Caritas, where his responsibilities included organizing nationwide fundraising campaigns, developing concepts and editing content for www.caritas.at and overseeing contributions to the organization’s child sponsorship projects in Austria. Since 2003,  Bednarzek has been in charge of communication with journalists and other key stakeholders for all of Ars Electronica’s four divisions—the Ars Electronica Festival, Prix Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Center and Ars Electronica Futurelab.

Bednarzek is a graduate of the University of Vienna with a Masters degrees in political science and history and advanced studies in public relations.

• Focal Point—Linz (December 7, 2004)