Please note: AIL and Café Exchange take a break from 1—31 Aug 2026.
The cashier hall of Otto Wagner-Postsparkasse is also closed during this time.
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!
A series of postcards extracted from the course ‘Drawing: Here & Now’ by Simon Goritschnig, installed in the former cashier hall, Jul 2026–Jan 2027
Insights, Upcoming Dates and Work in Progress
Part of Angewandte Festival
Artistic research project by artist duo MUELLER-DIVJAK and AIL, starting September 2023
Series of Scenographic Studies / Part VIII, March–May 2026
Series of Scenographic Studies / Part VII, Nov 2025–Mar 2026
Series of Scenographic Studies / Part VI, Jun – Oct 2025
Multisensory presentation and discussion
Series of Scenographic Studies / Part V, Feb 2025–Jun 2025
Research presentation together with Lucie Strecker, Music: b.fleischmann
Series of Scenographic Studies / Part IV, Oct 2024–Jan 2025
Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS
Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS
Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS
03 Mar 2026 —
25 Sep 2026
Series of Scenographic Studies / Part VIII, March–May 2026
A window into the diverse artistic practices of Angewandte graduates
Showcase of artistic projects by alumni of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Showcase of artistic projects by alumni of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Jona Wolf is alumni of the institute of architecture and worked at AIL from September till October 2025
Artist Talk by Gaia Leandra and Ce Quimera in English from 2022
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:
Part of the lecture series ‘Aesthetics of Transformation’, curated by the School for Transformation
Showcase of artistic projects by alumni of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Series of Scenographic Studies / Part VIII, March–May 2026
A series of postcards extracted from the course ‘Drawing: Here & Now’ by Simon Goritschnig, installed in the former cashier hall, Jul 2026–Jan 2027
Installation by SONIME project. Part of Angewandte Festival
Part of Angewandte Festival
A cooperation with ARTist – Alumni Association of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Elisabeth Falkensteiner and Nora Mayr in cooperation with departments from the Postsparkasse building
Find the second part COD.ACT: πTON/2 at MAK Forum
An event presented by andother stage
1 Dec–16 Dec 2022 // Tue–Fri 12:00–18:00
Reserach Presentation at Café Exchange from May 2022
A poet, a philosopher, the pope, a physicist and a chemist have different views and ideas of what life is.
presented by the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures
Payal Arora in Conversation with Sagal Hussein
Organized by Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures (part of M. Beatrice Fazi's fellowship and the Weibel Lectures series) in cooperation with the AIL
Presented by the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures
Exhibition from May–July 2025. Artists: Pamela Breda, Patrícia J. Reis, Ruth Schnell
Artistic duo Ina Conradi and Mark Chavez about their current work – A cooperation with the department of Digital Arts
The argument will be that disability is a condition of possibility for AI.
Symposium in English from Nov 2024
Artist Talk by Gaia Leandra and Ce Quimera in English from 2022
Part of the lecture series ‘Aesthetics of Transformation’, curated by the School for Transformation
Talk Series in English from 2018
Clemens Apprich is head of the department of Media Theory, which co-hosts AIL’s Talk Series on the topic of ‘Decolonizing Technology’
Accompanied by a Dialogue with Tiara Roxanne, moderated by Nelly Y. Pinkrah
Save the date! / Presented by The Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures
presented by the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures
A Lecture by Nancy Baker Cahill, fellow at the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures
Organized by Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures (part of M. Beatrice Fazi's fellowship and the Weibel Lectures series) in cooperation with the AIL
Exhibition from Nov 2025 till Jan 2026, presented by The Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures
Presented by the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures as part of the exhibition ‘Thinking Through Weibel’
Symposium in English from Nov 2024
Nov/Dec 2024
Symposium in English from Nov 2024
Are you a graduate of the University of Applied Arts Vienna? Apply to work on your projects and share your work routine and research at AIL!
A workshop, performance, film screenings and open studio day will accompany this residency.
Open Studio: 24 Apr, 16:00–22:00
Please note the current open call for two more Residency slots. Deadline 25 Jan 2025
Video work by Benjamin Tomasi and Samuel Schaab aka HALL
Alumni in Residence / Hosted by ARTist – Alumniverein der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
Whether Bacteria, plants, humans or other animals – aliens welcome!
Hosted and curated by Micro-publishing house Soybot
The exhibition intensively explores the substance of oil in connection with various concepts and phenomena of our petromodernity
The exhibition is running 5–26 May 2026. Guided Tours: 12 & 26 May, 17:00
Exhibition from May–July 2025. Artists: Pamela Breda, Patrícia J. Reis, Ruth Schnell
Research Presentation from May 2024
By the PSYCHOLUDIC / ROBOPSY research group, PI Margarete Jahrmann (Experimental Game Cultures, University of Applied Arts Vienna)
The exhibition focuses on two projects that explore the relationship between material, structure and space
Jan / Feb 2024
Some insights from our current exhibition still on till 14 Jul 2023
How can we meet the increasing challenges posed by dementia in our society?
Exploration of different pathways of Living Architecture, experimentation with biology, architecture and engineering
Curated by Judith Reichart, Lucie Strecker, Thomas Feuerstein, Jens Hauser
