Welcome to Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIL)

Platform for art, science and artistic research

AIL is run by the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The projects in AIL’s program investigate current societal issues and encourage the development of new ideas and concepts. AIL is located in the heart of Otto Wagner-Postsparkasse and home of Café Exchange. Free entry, come visit!

About AIL

research presentation25 Sep 2026, 19:00Zero and One Chairs An Encounter Between Photography and the Object

Part of Vienna VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. Presented by the department Applied Photography & Time-Based Media

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exhibition06 Oct 2026, 18:0003: Soil Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis
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workshop08 Oct 2026, 15:30The Organic Painter Painting with natural colours

Part of the exhibition ‘03: Soil. Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis’

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book presentation13 Oct 2026, 18:00Errant Intelligence A Media Theory of Machine Learning

A cooperation of the department of Media Theory and the department of Philosophy. With Clemens Apprich and Jan Völker

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newsPostcard Edition Nr. 4 – Reflex A cooperation with the department of ­Drawing and Printmaking

A series of postcards extracted from the course ‘Drawing: Here & Now’ by Simon Goritschnig, installed in the former cashier hall, Jul 2026–Jan 2027

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topicExhibition Activations 03: Soil. Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis

Extended exhibition program, 7 Oct–6 Nov 2026

workshop08 Oct 2026, 15:30The Organic Painter Painting with natural colours

Part of the exhibition ‘03: Soil. Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis’

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exhibition15 Oct 2026, 16:00Guided Tour and Soil Session 03: Soil. Between (De-) Composition and (Re-) Construction in the Climate Crisis

Free entry, no registration needed

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exhibition21 Oct 2026, 16:00Guided Tour and Soil Session 03: Soil. Between (De-) Composition and (Re-) Construction in the Climate Crisis

Free entry, no registration needed

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exhibition05 Nov 2026, 12:00Guided Tour 03: Soil. Between (De-) Composition and (Re-) Construction in the Climate Crisis

Free entry, no registration needed

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workshop05 Nov 2026, 13:15Out of Balance On the Quest for Reconnecting

Part of the exhibition ‘03: Soil. Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis’

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workshop05 Nov 2026, 13:15Out of Balance On the Quest for Reconnecting

Part of the exhibition ‘03: Soil. Between (De-)Composition and (Re-)Construction in the Climate Crisis’

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Neither a museum, nor a gallery – think of AIL as a stage for ideas and formats, a flexible organism

AIL broadcasts the research landscape of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. AIL is a source of inspiration, a place for exchange. Get inspired:

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videoThe Wetness of Hacking Transhacking Feminist Perspectives from Wetlab Barcelona

Artist Talk by Gaia Leandra and Ce Quimera in English from 2022

videoRenée Schroeder: Was ist Leben? Talk in German from 2017

A poet, a philosopher, the pope, a physicist and a chemist have different views and ideas of what life is.

videoRewatch: In Terms of Media… On Data Materialism, Techno Poetics, Atmospheres of Conflict, and Planetary Interfaces. Presented by The Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures

Symposium in English from Nov 2024

topicAIL Platform: Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures
symposium05 Nov 2026, 15:00In Terms of Media… Lore, Noise, Sense and Air

Presented by The Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures. The symposium will be held in English

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talk30 Jun 2026, 18:00Axioms of AI with Alexander R. Galloway

presented by the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures

talk16 Apr 2026, 18:00 AR, Expanded Cinema, and Social Sculpture in Polycrisis Engagement Strategies and Sympoiesis

A Lecture by Nancy Baker Cahill, fellow at the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures

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discussion04 Dec 2025, 18:00Languages of AI M. Beatrice Fazi and Anna Longo in Conversation, Soundperformance by Dario Sanfilippo

Organized by Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures (part of M. Beatrice Fazi's fellowship and the Weibel Lectures series) in cooperation with the AIL

imageExhibition View: Thinking Through Weibel Beginnings, Diversions, Elsewheres

Exhibition from Nov 2025 till Jan 2026, presented by The Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures

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discussion14 Nov 2025, 17:30Talking Through Weibel Part of Vienna Art Week 2025

Presented by the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures as part of the exhibition ‘Thinking Through Weibel’

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videoRewatch: In Terms of Media… On Data Materialism, Techno Poetics, Atmospheres of Conflict, and Planetary Interfaces. Presented by The Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures

Symposium in English from Nov 2024

imageExhibition View: Data Doom Desire Presented by The Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures; accompanying the symposium ‘In Terms of Media…’

Nov/Dec 2024

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imagePerformance View: infinity rug Sound & Lecture Performance by Lou Drago and marum within the Angewandte Festival 2022

infinity rug is a series of sonic-seances where sound, collective learning and intimate care create a space of togetherness

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symposium05 Nov 2026, 15:00In Terms of Media… Lore, Noise, Sense and Air

Presented by The Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures. The symposium will be held in English

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newsSummer Studio: SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS August–September 2026 (Non-public research stay by artist duo MUELLER-DIVJAK)
textFollow-Up: Karina Fernandez Q&A with former Alumni in Residence

Karina Fernandez is alumni of the department of Digital Arts and worked at AIL in March 2026

topicSENSING LIVING SYSTEMS Artistic research project by artist duo MUELLER-DIVJAK and AIL

Insights, Upcoming Dates and Work in Progress

performance04 Jul 2026, 13:00LIMINAL TRACES Celebrating Acoustic Ecologies. Performance by MUELLER-DIVJAK

Part of Angewandte Festival

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newsSENSING LIVING SYSTEMS Exploring the Potentials of Multisensory Scenography for Systems Awareness

Artistic research project by artist duo MUELLER-DIVJAK and AIL, starting September 2023

research presentation04 May 2026, 11:00THE WORLD IN MY ROOM Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the artistic project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

Series of Scenographic Studies / Part VIII, March–May 2026

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research presentation02 Nov 2025, 11:00POKING SYSTEMS – Celebrating Synfluence Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the artistic project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

Series of Scenographic Studies / Part VII, Nov 2025–Mar 2026

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research presentation01 Sep 2025, 11:00SΫS DANCE: Sound and scent installation Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the artistic project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

Series of Scenographic Studies / Part VI, Jun – Oct 2025

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research presentation12 Jun 2025, 18:30Smell Talk Dance Scenographic Studies of the artistic research project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

Multisensory presentation and discussion

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research presentation10 Feb 2025, 11:00Conception of SYS: THE SMELL OF A MYTHOLOGICAL BEING Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

Series of Scenographic Studies / Part V, Feb 2025–Jun 2025

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imageNature After Nature: DRAWING TREES WITH SCENT Olfactory Performance by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

Research presentation together with Lucie Strecker, Music: b.fleischmann

research presentation01 Oct 2024, 11:00SENSING THEORY – Shredding Cognitive Overload Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

Series of Scenographic Studies / Part IV, Oct 2024–Jan 2025

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imageHALLABUDDA Reenactment Series of Scenographic Studies / Part III, Jul–Sep 2024

Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

imageExpanding System Boundaries feat. Tuntun Taratawan Krue-On: ‘The Table’ from ‘What If It Was All A Dream?’ / Series of Scenographic Studies / Part II, Feb–Jun 2024

Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

imageAm I a System? Where Are My Boundaries? Series of Scenographic Studies / Part I, Oct–Dec 2023

Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

imageEs geht ums Ganze Workshop from the artistic research project Sensing Living Systems as part of Researchers Night, September 2023
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