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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

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Exhibition View: Sonic Sensibility

Critical Engagement in Sound – Part of Angewandte Festival, June 2022

About social dimension of sound and practices of listening

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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

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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.

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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’

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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)

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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’

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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

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Ramon Amaro: The Trouble with Visibility

Lecture in English from 2022

Accompanied by a Dialogue with Tiara Roxanne, moderated by Nelly Y. Pinkrah

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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’

discussion 04 May 2023, 17:00

Loose Threads – Towards a Technodiversity

Panel with Kristoffer Gansing, Tung-Hui Hu
, Luiza Prado de O. Martins
 / Moderation: Clemens Apprich & Elisabeth Falkensteiner
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performance 04 May 2023, 20:00

Loose Threads – Towards a Technodiversity

Performances Beyond My Skin, Dr. Obaro Ejimiwe (Ghostpoet), isocialbutterflyy (DJ-set)
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talk 03 Nov 2022, 19:00

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

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Dialogues for Tomorrow

Discussion Series

To be able to grasp the complexity of today’s societal challenges, we need multiple perspectives and methods.

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Dialogues for Tomorrow: Radikale Wende. Weil wir eine Welt zu gewinnen haben

Discussion in German from December 2023

Philipp Blom in Conversation with climate activist Lena Schilling

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Dialogues for Tomorrow: The Global South and the Future of World Order

Philipp Blom in Conversation with political scientist Oliver Stuenkel
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Dialogues for Tomorrow: A Green and Global Europe?

Philipp Blom and Political Scientist Nathalie Tocci in Conversation

A cooperation between the Bruno Kreisky Forum, the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), and the University of Applied Arts Vienna

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

discussion 23 Nov 2022, 19:00

Dialogues for Tomorrow: The Future of Design

Will Technology Fundamentally Change the Societal Role and Occupational Image of Designers?
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European Forum Alpbach 2022

We are taking part at this year’s conference with a special program of heated discussions over cooled drinks
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Schönste Bücher Österreichs

The exhibition catalogue Ecologies & Politics of the Living has been awarded the prize for The Most Beautiful Books in Austria 2021.
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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)

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Shaping Sustainable Societies Together

Introducing Key ASF Hub Projects

Research Presentation from 2022

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The Wetness of Hacking

Transhacking Feminist Perspectives from Wetlab Barcelona

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.
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Exhibition View: Sonic Sensibility

Critical Engagement in Sound – Part of Angewandte Festival, June 2022

About social dimension of sound and practices of listening

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discussion 29 Jun 2022, 16:00

Sonic Sensibility

Within the Angewandte Festival 2022
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exhibition 28 Jun 2022, 11:00

Sonic Sensibility

Critical Engagement in Sound
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sound performance 29 Jun 2022, 18:00

Akustische Aktion für die Kassenhalle

Within the Angewandte Festival 2022
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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.

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sound performance 29 Jun 2022, 19:00

Sounds of the Living IV

Within the Angewandte Festival 2022 - Performance by Paul Ebhart, Pia Palme, Fabian Lanzmaier
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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

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sound performance 30 Jun 2022, 18:00

infinity rug

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

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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

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Showcase: Rundumadrum by Wagner Felipe Dos Santos

Performance at Café Exchange as part of Wienmodern 2021
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Exhibition View: a_social media

Created by Klasse für Ideen in 2018

Obvious and hidden effects social media has on society

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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

sound performance 02 Oct 2021, 18:00

Sounds of the Living

Sound interventions by Natalia Domínguez Rangel and Robert Schwarz and closing of the Vienna Biennale Exhibition

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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

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sound performance 21 Oct 2021, 19:00

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.

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sound performance 21 Jan 2022, 19:30

Sounds of the Living Part III
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The series of sound interventions at the Otto Wagner Kassenhalle explores the concept of living matter and questions the notion of nature.
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sound performance 29 Jun 2022, 19:00

Sounds of the Living IV

Within the Angewandte Festival 2022 - Performance by Paul Ebhart, Pia Palme, Fabian Lanzmaier
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sound performance 20 Oct 2022, 19:00

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.

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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
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Area 7 lab – Metagames zu Kunst und Computationaler Neurowissenschaft

Talk in German from 2018

Neuroscientist Stefan Glasauer and game theorist and artist Margarete Jahrmann

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Performing Public Art – Vienna Biennale 2015

New forms of Public Space and Public Art
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Exhibition View: Performing Public Art

Vienna Biennale 2015

New forms of public space and Public Art

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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

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Exhibition View: Print Weekend III

Self-Publishing Fair from 2018

Hosted and curated by Micro-publishing house Soybot

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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.

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Tentacle Talks

AIL reachs out into different sciences and fields of research

Collection of Talks from 2014–2020

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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?

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Let’s meet: CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine

Research Presentations from 2016

AIL reaching out into other institutions and fields of research

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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

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Petra Maitz: Visualisation of Evolution

Talk in German from 2016

A model of praxis & theory

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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?

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Peter Mörtenböck: The Capital of the Many

Talk in German from 2015

From informal Markets to open-source Creativity

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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

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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?

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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

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David Morley: Home Territories – Virtual and Material Geographies

Talk in English from 2018

The relationship between virtual and material spheres

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Let’s meet Ara Innovation Space!

Special Program Partner of 2018

Researching Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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?

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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?

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Vienna Biennale

Collection of our Vienna Biennale Contributions 2015–2021
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Exhibition View: Ecologies & Politics of the Living

Last insights on the Vienna Biennale exhibition 2021
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talk 08 Jun 2021, 17:00

Artist Talk: Verena Tscherner and Joerg Auzinger
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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
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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

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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.

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Change Is Our Only Chance – Discussion

Talk in German from 2019, part of Vienna Biennale for Change
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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?

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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

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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?

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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

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Exhibition View: Performing Public Art

Vienna Biennale 2015

New forms of public space and Public Art

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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

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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

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Exhibition View: Data Loam. Sometimes Hard, Usually Sof

Research Presentation from 2019

Exploration of past and future knowledge systems

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a_social media – Lecture and Discussion

Accompanying the exhibition a_social media from 2018 (in English)

hosted by Klasse für Ideen

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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

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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.

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David Morley: Home Territories – Virtual and Material Geographies

Talk in English from 2018

The relationship between virtual and material spheres

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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?

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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?
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Exhibition View: Stitching Worlds

Research Presentation from 2018

Exploring Textiles and Electronics

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