In the Presence of Artistic Research
Public Colloquium and Exhibition with the Artists of the Artistic Research PhD Program (PhD in Art) at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
A project by the Zentrum Fokus Forschung

Light up – The Potential of Light in Museum Architecture
Gerald Bast, Friedrich Biedermann, Andrea Graser Moderation: Julia Grillmayr

Lighthouse
Light as the building block of the future museum by architect Andrea Graser in cooperation with artist Friedrich Biedermann

Playing with Ludwig
How do colours relate to memory? How does language relate to the world (and vice versa)? Can the invisible, such as thoughts, atmospheres or pain, be grasped through art?

Choreo-graphic Figures
Summer Lab with artist Nikolaus Gansterer, choreographer Mariella Greil and writer Emma Cocker

Threads of Life
Textiles in Medicine and the Arts
Exhibition View: Conceptual Joining – Wood Structures from Detail to Utopia
Investigation on wood constructions in a series of structural and spatial experiments from 2019
The exhibition focuses on two projects that explore the relationship between material, structure and space

Conceptual Joining: Backstage Report
From our Newsletter 2019 (Interview in German)
Daniela Kröhnert and Lukas Allner giving us insights in their research project and experiences
Exhibition View: Labor der Plötzlichkeit. Elektrische Funken und Entladungen
Different daily constellations will offer a new way of looking at the material of of lightning or electricity from 2016
The highly charged collection of items will diffuse over the course of the event

Exhibition View: Silence Matters
Alumni in Residence from 2018
International interdisciplinary performance and exhibition project which explores the increasing interest in mindfulness and awareness

Performance View: Beyond My Skin by Flavia Mazzanti
Performance Premiere as part of Loose Threads. Towards a Technodiversity, May 2023
A project by Flavia Mazzanti Produced by Immerea Performers: Olivia Hild, Imani Rameses Sound: Brootworth

Exhibition View: Fabric of Dreams. Towards a Technodiversity
Curated by Elisabeth Falkensteiner and Clemens Apprich. 17 Mar 2023 – 12 May 2023
A cooperation with the department of Media Theory, concluding the series of talks and performances on ‘Decolonizing Technology’

Operator: On Generative Choreography
Talk from the 19th of April
Hosted by the Coding Lab of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Ramon Amaro: The Trouble with Visibility
Lecture in English from 2022
Accompanied by a Dialogue with Tiara Roxanne, moderated by Nelly Y. Pinkrah
Installation View: Eating Experience by Marianna Mondelos
From the opening of Fabric of Dreams. Towards a Technodiversity in March 2023
What would an algorithm serve at an opening and how could one feed the algorithm to break existing recognition patterns?

Dialogues for Tomorrow: Russia – A Society in Meltdown
Philipp Blom and political scientist Nina Khrushcheva in Conversation
A cooperation between the Bruno Kreisky Forum, the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), and the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Dialogues for Tomorrow: The Future of Art with Hanno Rauterberg
Talk in German from 2022
Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Genetic Engineering: A Threat, Upgrade or the Reinvention of Art?
Katharina Klappheck: The Joy of Being an Error
Lecture by Katharina Klappheck followed by a dialogue with Katta Spiel from Jan 2023 in German
The argument will be that disability is a condition of possibility for AI.
BUSSI AUS WIEN at AIL
BUSSI AUS WIEN is a project by Nora Mayr and Julischka Stengele, inviting artists to develop works in response to selected routes and to present them in a publication.
You can find the publicatons at Café Exchange and at other selected BUSSI Stops all over Vienna
AI in Art: Exploration of AI-generated Art
From the Media Art Nexus Studio, talk in English from May 2022
Artistic duo Ina Conradi and Mark Chavez about their current work – A cooperation with the department of Digital Arts
Dialogues for Tomorrow: The Future of Work with Barbara Prainsack
Talk in German from Oct 2022
The Importance of Redefining Work in the Face of Today’s Technological Revolution
Pop Up Book Shop: o*books
o*books is a place full of diverse stories that inspires, motivates and communicates diversity. Newly opened in 1020 Vienna, we are happy to host o*books with a special selection
1 Dec–16 Dec 2022 // Tue–Fri 12:00–18:00

Exhibition View: Holobiont. Life is Other
Presentation of bodies, environments, texts, media, machines and biological organisms condensed into pictorial spaces / Oct 2022–Jan 2023
Curated by Judith Reichart, Lucie Strecker, Thomas Feuerstein, Jens Hauser

Web Tentacles in the Outdoors / An Erratic Concept for AIL by Valerie Prinz
AIL realized a special series of 4 posters which are currently out and about, inviting Vienna to come explore AIL universe online and offline
Find out more about the concept behind it and meet artist and writer Valerie Prinz

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun: The Rage of Data
Talk in English from October 2022
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun in Conversation with Nishant Shah – Moderation: Clemens Apprich
Exhibition View: Sonic Sensibility
Critical Engagement in Sound – Part of Angewandte Festival, June 2022
About social dimension of sound and practices of listening

Performance 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

Performance View: Sounds of the Living IV
Performance by Paul Ebhart, Pia Palme, Fabian Lanzmaier – Part of Angewandte Festival 2022
The series of sound interventions at the Otto Wagner Kassenhalle explores the concept of living matter and questions the notion of nature.

In Conversation with Clemens Apprich on ‘Decolonizing Technology’
About media technology and its political implications in terms of identity politics and the importance of critical thinking in digital cultures. What does it mean to ‘decolonize’ technology, and how can it be that technology generates a ‘colonizing’ practice in the first place?
Clemens Apprich is head of the department of Media Theory, which co-hosts AIL’s Talk Series on the topic of ‘Decolonizing Technology’
Decolonizing Technology
What does it mean to decolonize technology, and how can it be that technology generates a colonizing practice in the first place?
‘Obviously, no technological innovation will be able to solve our social problems.’ (from our Interview with Clemens Apprich)
Exhibition Tour with Curator Elisabeth Falkensteiner
Guided Tour through the exhibition Fabric of Dreams. Towards a Technodiversity.

Fabric of Dreams. Towards a Technodiversity
Curated by Elisabeth Falkensteiner and Clemens Apprich
Loose Threads – Towards a Technodiversity
Panel with Kristoffer Gansing, Tung-Hui Hu , Luiza Prado de O. Martins / Moderation: Clemens Apprich & Elisabeth Falkensteiner

Loose Threads – Towards a Technodiversity
Performances Beyond My Skin, Dr. Obaro Ejimiwe (Ghostpoet), isocialbutterflyy (DJ-set)

Ramon Amaro: The Trouble with Visibility
Lecture in English from 2022
Accompanied by a Dialogue with Tiara Roxanne, moderated by Nelly Y. Pinkrah
Katharina Klappheck: The Joy of Being an Error
Lecture by Katharina Klappheck followed by a dialogue with Katta Spiel from Jan 2023 in German
The argument will be that disability is a condition of possibility for AI.
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun: The Rage of Data
Talk in English from October 2022
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun in Conversation with Nishant Shah – Moderation: Clemens Apprich
In Conversation with Clemens Apprich on ‘Decolonizing Technology’
About media technology and its political implications in terms of identity politics and the importance of critical thinking in digital cultures. What does it mean to ‘decolonize’ technology, and how can it be that technology generates a ‘colonizing’ practice in the first place?
Clemens Apprich is head of the department of Media Theory, which co-hosts AIL’s Talk Series on the topic of ‘Decolonizing Technology’
The Ecstasy of Noise
The one photo to end all wars – A Lecture by Hito Steyerl
This talk is part of the lecture series Decolonizing Technology in cooperation with the department of Media Theory

Dialogues for Tomorrow
Discussion Series at Café Exchange,
To be able to grasp the complexity of today’s societal challenges, we need multiple perspectives and methods.
Dialogues for Tomorrow: A Green and Global Europe?
Philipp Blom and Political Scientist Nathalie Tocci in Conversation

Dialogues for Tomorrow: Russia – A Society in Meltdown
Philipp Blom and political scientist Nina Khrushcheva in Conversation
A cooperation between the Bruno Kreisky Forum, the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), and the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Dialogues for Tomorrow: The Future of Work with Barbara Prainsack
Talk in German from Oct 2022
The Importance of Redefining Work in the Face of Today’s Technological Revolution
Dialogues for Tomorrow: The Thirst for Illusion
Start of the Discussion Series at Café Exchange from May 2022
Gerald Bast in Conversation (in English) with Ina Conradi and Mark Chavez
Dialogues for Tomorrow: Transformation or Disruption
Societies in Need of Change. Discussion (in German) at Café Exchange from June 2022
Gerald Bast in Conversation (in German) with Philipp Blom
Dialogues for Tomorrow: Transformation or Disruption
Societies in Need of Change. Discussion (in German) at Café Exchange from June 2022
Gerald Bast in Conversation (in German) with Philipp Blom
Dialogues for Tomorrow: The Future of Art
Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Genetic Engineering: A Threat, Upgrade or the Reinvention of Art?

Dialogues for Tomorrow: The Future of Design
Will Technology Fundamentally Change the Societal Role and Occupational Image of Designers?

European Forum Alpbach 2022
We are taking part at this year’s conference with a special program of heated discussions over cooled drinks
Schönste Bücher Österreichs
The exhibition catalogue Ecologies & Politics of the Living has been awarded the prize for The Most Beautiful Books in Austria 2021.

Exhibition View: THE OCTOPUS
On Artistic Research and production-based Collaborations
From the educational program of artistic research and interdisciplinary approaches by Basak Senova (Visiting Prof. of Angewandte)

Shaping Sustainable Societies Together
Introducing Key ASF Hub Projects
Research Presentation from 2022

The Wetness of Hacking
Transhacking Feminist Perspectives from Wetlab Barcelona
Artist Talk by Gaia Leandra and Ce Quimera in English from 2022
Lange Nacht der Forschung 2022
Arts and sciences help us replace the old with the new, thereby creating alternative perspectives and transformations – we approach, position and reflect in a joint process
Research Presentation from May 2022

Performance View: Salon de Passage #3 – Gathering, Hunting, Cultivating: Green
Passenger Diaries – Performative Research on Emergent Subjectivities in Trans-Urban Space
Reserach Presentation at Café Exchange from May 2022

Performance View: Hyperscan with two players in zero action
Žarko Aleksić sync Margarete Jahrmann. An emanation of Neuromatic Game Art: Critical play with Neurointerfaces
Lunch Break Performance at Café Exchange from June 2022
Dialogues for Tomorrow: Transformation or Disruption
Societies in Need of Change. Discussion (in German) at Café Exchange from June 2022
Gerald Bast in Conversation (in German) with Philipp Blom
Dialogues for Tomorrow: The Thirst for Illusion
Start of the Discussion Series at Café Exchange from May 2022
Gerald Bast in Conversation (in English) with Ina Conradi and Mark Chavez
Sonic Sensibility
Critical Engagement in Sound – As part of the program of Angewandte Festival, Sonic Sensibility will focus on the material and relational conditions as well as the social and political dimensions of sound.

Exhibition View: Sonic Sensibility
Critical Engagement in Sound – Part of Angewandte Festival, June 2022
About social dimension of sound and practices of listening

Sonic Sensibility
Within the Angewandte Festival 2022

Sonic Sensibility
Critical Engagement in Sound

Akustische Aktion für die Kassenhalle
Within the Angewandte Festival 2022

Performance View: Sounds of the Living IV
Performance by Paul Ebhart, Pia Palme, Fabian Lanzmaier – Part of Angewandte Festival 2022
The series of sound interventions at the Otto Wagner Kassenhalle explores the concept of living matter and questions the notion of nature.

Sounds of the Living IV
Within the Angewandte Festival 2022 - Performance by Paul Ebhart, Pia Palme, Fabian Lanzmaier

Performance 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

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

Rewatch: Futures Brought to Life
Live-Streams from the Symposium, assembled by Time’s Up at Café Exchange, from 12 & 13 May 2022 (in English)
From Immersion via Agency to Engagement

In Conversation with Sophia Panteliadou
Follow-Up Questions to the Curator of ::KAIROS. Recall of Earth from 2022 (in German)
Die Beziehung zwischen Natur und Mensch aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln
Exhibition View: a_social media
Created by Klasse für Ideen in 2018
Obvious and hidden effects social media has on society

Sounds of the Living
The series of sound interventions at the Otto Wagner Kassenhalle explores the concept of living matter and questions the notion of nature.
Curated by Li Falkensteiner
Sounds of the Living
Sound interventions by Natalia Domínguez Rangel and Robert Schwarz and closing of the Vienna Biennale Exhibition

Sounds of the Living – Part I
The series of sound interventions at the Otto Wagner Kassenhalle explores the concept of living matter and questions the notion of nature
Natalia Domínguez Rangel played on 2 Oct 2021 at the finssage of the exhibition Ecologies & Politics of the Living

Sounds of the Living | Part II
Interventions with Noises out of Nature
The series of sound interventions at the Otto Wagner Kassenhalle explores the concept of living matter and questions the notion of nature.

Sounds of the Living Part III
The series of sound interventions at the Otto Wagner Kassenhalle explores the concept of living matter and questions the notion of nature.
Sounds of the Living IV
Within the Angewandte Festival 2022 - Performance by Paul Ebhart, Pia Palme, Fabian Lanzmaier

Sounds of the Living V
Live Performances by Isabella Forciniti & Benjamin Tomasi
Using the acoustics of Otto Wagner's Kassenhalle, the series of sound interventions at Café Exchange explores the concept of living matter and nature.

In Conversation: Ecologies & Politics of the Living
Based on recordings made during the curatorial research by co-curator Li Falkensteiner in Ghana in February 2020 and material sent by the individual artists and others

Area 7 lab – Metagames zu Kunst und Computationaler Neurowissenschaft
Talk in German from 2018
Neuroscientist Stefan Glasauer and game theorist and artist Margarete Jahrmann
Exhibition View: Performing Public Art
Vienna Biennale 2015
New forms of public space and Public Art

Solidarität und Nachhaltigkeit im Postdemokratischen – Discussion
from the Vienna Biennale 2019 (in German)
An utopian future requires a critical present in which the urgency of ecological, economic, and political-social change is taken serious
Exhibition View: Print Weekend III
Self-Publishing Fair from 2018
Hosted and curated by Micro-publishing house Soybot

Exhibition View: Future Undone
Final exhibition by the /ecm educating curating managing Master Program from 2017
Questioning concepts of display, reception, participation, barriers and digitalization in museums.

Tentacle Talks
AIL reachs out into different sciences and fields of research
Collection of Talks from 2014–2020
Julia Voss: The Digitalization and Evolution of Art
Talk in German from 2016
Is there one distinctive style of the early 21st century? And what does the aesthetic dimension reveal about society?
Let’s meet: CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine
Research Presentations from 2016
AIL reaching out into other institutions and fields of research
Wolf Singer: Neuronal Principles of Consciousness
Talk in German from 2016
For almost three decades, an increasing number of brain researchers has been trying to find the neuronal correlatives to our consciousness
Petra Maitz: Visualisation of Evolution
Talk in German from 2016
A model of praxis & theory
Matteo Giannasi: The Brain Show
Talk in English from 2015
What kind of answers can we expect from neurobiology? And how relevant are they in regard to aesthetics and our understanding of art?
Peter Mörtenböck: The Capital of the Many
Talk in German from 2015
From informal Markets to open-source Creativity
Maria Antonia González: Art, Science, Technology
Talk in English from 2016
The Philosopher working in the fields of aesthetics and ontology speaks about interrelation of art, science and technology
Pauline Gagnon: Who Cares about Particle Physics?
Talk in English from 2017
What is dark matter? And what impact does foundational research have on our life and why is it so important?
Airan Berg: pARTicipation or PARTYcipation – Is this still art? Where is the meaning?
Talk in German from 2015
Theater maker Airan Berg about his work in the field of urban/human development and the results of his work, which often connect artists and citizens
David Morley: Home Territories – Virtual and Material Geographies
Talk in English from 2018
The relationship between virtual and material spheres
Let’s meet Ara Innovation Space!
Special Program Partner of 2018
Researching Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency

Exhibition View: Toxic Temple
A processual exhibition by Kilian Jörg and Anna Lerchbaumer from 2020
Alumni in Residence / Hosted by ARTist – Alumniverein der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

Exhibition View: Age of Experience
Curated and designed by Harald Kraemer, from 2016
Hosted by School of Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong

Airan Berg: pARTicipation or PARTYcipation – Is this still art? Where is the meaning?
Talk in German from 2015
Theater maker Airan Berg about his work in the field of urban/human development and the results of his work, which often connect artists and citizens
Exhibition View: Labor der Plötzlichkeit. Elektrische Funken und Entladungen
Different daily constellations will offer a new way of looking at the material of of lightning or electricity from 2016
The highly charged collection of items will diffuse over the course of the event

Matteo Giannasi: The Brain Show
Talk in English from 2015
What kind of answers can we expect from neurobiology? And how relevant are they in regard to aesthetics and our understanding of art?
Exhibition View: Dementia Arts Society
Presentation of three years of Research from 2019
How can we meet the increasing challenges posed by dementia in our society?

Dementia Arts Society – Symposium and Research Presentation
Lectures in German and English from 2016 and 2017
Artistic Research: How can we meet the increasing challenges posed by dementia in our society?
Vienna Biennale
Collection of our Vienna Biennale Contributions 2015–2021

Exhibition View: Ecologies & Politics of the Living
Last insights on the Vienna Biennale exhibition 2021

Artist Talk: Verena Tscherner and Joerg Auzinger
The artist duo talks about art in the times of climate change and about their interactive media sculpture “Collective Action Viewer“ at Karlsplatz. Moderation: Katharina Gsöllpointner

Artist Talk: Ibrahim Mahama & Tracy Thompson
Artist Talk in English from 2021
In the framework of the exhibition ‘Ecologies & Politics of the Living’. Moderation: Baerbel Mueller
Exhibition View: Change was Our Only Chance
From the Vienna Biennale for Change, 2019
We travel into the not so far future and experience from different angles the results from our present impact.

Change Is Our Only Chance – Discussion
Talk in German from 2019, part of Vienna Biennale for Change
Janina Loh: Trans- und Posthumanismus. Feministischer Blick im Digitalen
Talk in German from 2019, part of Vienna Biennale For Change
Where do patriarchal inscriptions, gender identities or stereotyping hide in the field of artificial intelligence and future technologies?
Lucie Strecker: Übungen zum Kontrasexuellen
Performance in the framework of Vienna Biennale exhibition Change was Our Only Chance from 2019
When we think about the digital future as well as new values, the feminist view must not be missing
Exhibition View: How Will We Work?
Vienna Biennale Exhibition from 2017 – Robots. Work. Our Future.
What kind of ‘work’ will you be doing in 2030? What kind of ‘worker’ will you be?

How Will We Work? How Shall We Study?
Talk in English from 2017
Discussion about the challenges of higher education, the changing society, and how universities therefore will need to transform themselves
Exhibition View: Performing Public Art
Vienna Biennale 2015
New forms of public space and Public Art

Alumni in Residence: Die großen Ferien
hosted by ARTist – the graduate association of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, from 2016 (in German)
Performance by art collective of childish people, including former Media Art students David Kleinl & Herwig Steiner
Performance View: The Trial
in English from 2018
First staged in Accra as a work-in-progress by three actors from Ghana: Dr So, Jeneral NtaTia, Yibor Kojo Yibor. Directed by Simon Eifeler
Exhibition View: Data Loam. Sometimes Hard, Usually Sof
Research Presentation from 2019
Exploration of past and future knowledge systems

a_social media – Lecture and Discussion
Accompanying the exhibition a_social media from 2018 (in English)
hosted by Klasse für Ideen
Lucie Strecker: Übungen zum Kontrasexuellen
Performance in the framework of Vienna Biennale exhibition Change was Our Only Chance from 2019
When we think about the digital future as well as new values, the feminist view must not be missing
Exhibition View: Change was Our Only Chance
From the Vienna Biennale for Change, 2019
We travel into the not so far future and experience from different angles the results from our present impact.

David Morley: Home Territories – Virtual and Material Geographies
Talk in English from 2018
The relationship between virtual and material spheres
Exhibition View: How Will We Work?
Vienna Biennale Exhibition from 2017 – Robots. Work. Our Future.
What kind of ‘work’ will you be doing in 2030? What kind of ‘worker’ will you be?

Demokratie neu denken, oder: Ein Plädoyer für eine informationstechnologische Demokratie
Manfred Faßler in conversation with Gerald Bast, 2018. How can we think about democracy in terms of emerging socio-technical lifestyles? How abstract do these debates need to be to account for all the global human-machine dynamics?
Exhibition View: Stitching Worlds
Research Presentation from 2018
Exploring Textiles and Electronics
Gerhard Haderer: Schule des Ungehorsams
Talk in German from 2018
A platform for art, culture, politics and social discourse, located at Tabakfabrik Linz
Exhibition View: Print Weekend I
In cooperation with ARTist – the graduate association of the University of Applied Arts from 2016
The goal of Print Weekend is to give a platform to national and international exhibitors to present and sell their selection of print editions.
Performance View: STATION ROSE 30.0 – The Walls of the New Systems Will be Liquid
Sound Performance, Exhibition and Book Presentation from 2018
Elisa Rose and Gary Danner and their 30 eventful digital years
Günther Leising: Licht – mehr als ein physikalisches Phänomen
Talk in German from 2018
Photonics, innovative electronics and nanotechnology as well as organic solid state physics and chemistry
Pauline Gagnon: Who Cares about Particle Physics?
Talk in English from 2017
What is dark matter? And what impact does foundational research have on our life and why is it so important?
Wolf Singer: Neuronal Principles of Consciousness
Talk in German from 2016
For almost three decades, an increasing number of brain researchers has been trying to find the neuronal correlatives to our consciousness
Exhibition View: ::KAIROS. Recall of Earth
from 2021/22
An exhibition about the relationship between humans and the phenomena of natural events. Curated by Sophia Panteliadou

Let’s meet Kochmittwoch!
Wednesday lunch to connect, discuss current projects or answer all your questions!
Insight into weekly jour fix 2015–2020 (currently on hold)

Showcase: Sustainable and open exhibition system
Work in progress of N.Nest & Re.use. The sustainable and open exhibition and furniture system. A project by Chien-hua Huang, alumni of the architecture master program
Showcase presents selected projects, topics and fields of research from die Angewandte

One more Question
Insights into processes, background experiences and the structures and challenges behind projects at AIL
Follow up conversations (in German and English)
In Conversation with Sophia Panteliadou
Follow-Up Questions to the Curator of ::KAIROS. Recall of Earth from 2022 (in German)
Die Beziehung zwischen Natur und Mensch aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln
May I introduce: Alien! Erfahrungen mit der Umstellung auf eine digitale Ausstellung
From our Newsletter 2020 (Interview in German)
Drei Fragen an die Kuratorinnen und Künstlerinnen Alexandra Fruhstorfer und Violetta Leitner
Conceptual Joining: Backstage Report
From our Newsletter 2019 (Interview in German)
Daniela Kröhnert and Lukas Allner giving us insights in their research project and experiences
In Conversation with Clemens Apprich on ‘Decolonizing Technology’
About media technology and its political implications in terms of identity politics and the importance of critical thinking in digital cultures. What does it mean to ‘decolonize’ technology, and how can it be that technology generates a ‘colonizing’ practice in the first place?
Clemens Apprich is head of the department of Media Theory, which co-hosts AIL’s Talk Series on the topic of ‘Decolonizing Technology’
In Conversation with TOXIC TEMPLE
Exhibition / Alumni in Residence from 2020
Elisabeth Falkensteiner in conversation with Anna Lerchbaumer and Kilian Jörg about their Toxic Temple – sensuality, religion, dystopia

Artist Talk: Ibrahim Mahama & Tracy Thompson
Artist Talk in English from 2021
In the framework of the exhibition ‘Ecologies & Politics of the Living’. Moderation: Baerbel Mueller
How Will We Work? How Shall We Study?
Talk in English from 2017
Discussion about the challenges of higher education, the changing society, and how universities therefore will need to transform themselves
Goodbye Franz-Josefs-Kai 3!
After seven years at Franz-Josefs-Kai 3, AIL moves to the former Postsparkasse. We take the chance to say goodbye and look back.
An Interview with Alexandra Graupner, head of AIL since 2014, about false alarms, favorite corners and future plans.
Sounds of the Living Part III
Live-sets by Angélica Castelló & Christian Schröder. Online Stream from 2022
PRELUDE The Matter is Melting. Dismantling Smart Rainbow 7.0 from Anna Watzinger and Laurus Edelbacher ending the exhibition ::KAIROS. Recall of Earth
Sounds of the Living – Part I
The series of sound interventions at the Otto Wagner Kassenhalle explores the concept of living matter and questions the notion of nature
Natalia Domínguez Rangel played on 2 Oct 2021 at the finssage of the exhibition Ecologies & Politics of the Living

Bazon Brock: Künstler als Philosophen
Talk in German from 2014
Bazon Brock, professional philosopher and oeuvre-less artist
Petra Maitz: Visualisation of Evolution
Talk in German from 2016
A model of praxis & theory
How Will We Work? How Shall We Study?
Talk in English from 2017
Discussion about the challenges of higher education, the changing society, and how universities therefore will need to transform themselves
Gerhild Steinbuch: Servus Welt, sagt der Mensch
From our Newsletter 2020
COMMON GROUNDS – 4. Manchmal hab ich so eine Wut, dass ich die ganze Zeit nur kotzen könnte
May I introduce: Alien! Erfahrungen mit der Umstellung auf eine digitale Ausstellung
From our Newsletter 2020 (Interview in German)
Drei Fragen an die Kuratorinnen und Künstlerinnen Alexandra Fruhstorfer und Violetta Leitner
Conceptual Joining: Backstage Report
From our Newsletter 2019 (Interview in German)
Daniela Kröhnert and Lukas Allner giving us insights in their research project and experiences
Exhibition View: Conceptual Joining – Wood Structures from Detail to Utopia
Investigation on wood constructions in a series of structural and spatial experiments from 2019
The exhibition focuses on two projects that explore the relationship between material, structure and space

Jeanne Lambin: The Quest
Talk in English from 2017
An experimental exercise that combines improvisation, storytelling, and urban exploitation
Maria Antonia González: Art, Science, Technology
Talk in English from 2016
The Philosopher working in the fields of aesthetics and ontology speaks about interrelation of art, science and technology
Virgil Widrich: Projection and Reality
Talk in German from 2016
A presentation that features film clips from Die Nacht der 1000 Stunden and unseen material from the film’s concept, review and development stages
Julia Voss: The Digitalization and Evolution of Art
Talk in German from 2016
Is there one distinctive style of the early 21st century? And what does the aesthetic dimension reveal about society?
Alumni in Residence: HALL presents soft fizz
Launched in 2020 as part of AIL.alternate during Lockdown 01
Video work by Benjamin Tomasi and Samuel Schaab aka HALL
Exhibition View: Print Weekend II
from April 2017
The goal of Print Weekend is to give a platform to national and international exhibitors to present and sell their selection of print editions

Workshop View: Analog Sonntag
Part of Print Weekend II in 2017
Na, wie bist du offline so? Open laboratory, workshop, playroom and factory for ideas – only condition: the computer stays off!
Exhibition View: Silence Matters
Alumni in Residence from 2018
International interdisciplinary performance and exhibition project which explores the increasing interest in mindfulness and awareness

Exhibition View: Built to Grow – Blending Architecture and Biology
Growing As Building, 2015
Exploration of different pathways of Living Architecture, experimentation with biology, architecture and engineering

Exhibition View: Korrelation
Opening Show at former location at FJK-3 in 2014
The new emerges from the margins. What can be regarded as new and innovative today?

bastardCROWD [mobile] Talks and Performances
Performative installation by choreographer and performer Daniel Aschwanden and media artist Conny Zenk from 2015
Aschwanden and Zenk make us aware of the ways in which new interface cultures replace traditional communication
Opening of Angewandte Innovation Lab in 2014
In October 2014 AIL opened at Franz-Josefs-Kai 3, where it resided until early 2021
There is nothing absolute about innovation. So, let’s focus on a concrete vision of the new and its specific meaning in a given social context
Peter Mörtenböck: The Capital of the Many
Talk in German from 2015
From informal Markets to open-source Creativity
Unseen Science – See Aural Woods
Performance and Talk (in German) from 2015
Luma.Launisch and Takamovsky present their interdisciplinary project in cooperation with Bundesforschungszentrum für Wald
Alumni in Residence: What’s inside a Girl?
Concert by Barbis Ruder, alumnus of the Brigitte Kowanz class, together with Roman Gerold and Joshua Korn
Hosted in 2016 by ARTist – the graduate association of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Let’s meet: CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine
Research Presentations from 2016
AIL reaching out into other institutions and fields of research
Digital Emotions
Katharina Gsöllpointner in Conversation with Robert Trappl & Adam Miklosi (I), Eva Hudlicka & Helmut Leder (II) about Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Talk Series in English from 2018
Book Presentation: Ecologies & Politics of the Living
Published on the occasion of the Vienna Biennale 2021
Documentation of the presentation on Zoom from 16 Sep 2021