AIL Capsule
Starting 19 Nov 2026The central reception booth in the big cashier hall becomes a capsule for collective research and sound experiments
With the intervention series Capsule, AIL opens up an interdisciplinary space to experience where different forms of knowledge, artistic and scientific methods, and experimental approaches interact.
Shielded from the rest of the cashier hall, the central reception booth offers the visitor an intimate engagement with the works on display and an opportunity to explore a variety of themes throughout the year. As an extension of exhibition formats and (educational) projects rooted in artistic research or centered on sound, each edition of Capsule presents a focused snapshot and creates a resonant space.
A central element of the Capsule is the active involvement of visitors: research questions can be formulated collectively, specific experiences can be explored, or assessments of relevant project themes can be solicited. Visitors can thus immerse themselves in ongoing processes, encountering fragments, data collection processes, prototypes, questions, or traces of collective research. Through this direct immersion in ongoing research processes, methods are not only conveyed but also experienced and tested as an open, shared practice of knowledge production.
First Edition:
November 2026 – January 2027
Contribution to the exhibition Future on Trail by Valentino Skarwan
As part of the University of Applied Arts Vienna's strategies to enhance interdisciplinary work and projects within its structure, the AIL is developing new initiatives to support inter-, trans- and cross-disciplinary and collaborative practices and presents the special program ‘Extending Intersections’, starting with winter semester 2026/27. Capsule is part of this program.