topicHaunted – Persistence of the Past AIL Topic starting Fall 2023
newsRe-enchantment Next chapter and two-part performance of the Topic Haunted – Persistence of the Past, starting April 2024

Performances by Magdalena Forster and Milena Georgieva, Lisen Pousette and Olivia Rivière

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performance17 Apr 2024, 20:00Re-enchantment: Spiritus by Lisen Pousette and Olivia Rivière
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imagePerformance View: Re-enchantment Porphyra by Magdalena Forster and Milena Georgieva

Part of the Topic Haunted – Persistence of the Past

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textWhat haunts us? A collection of thoughts and ideas revolving around the latest AIL Topic ‘Haunted. Persistence of the Past’: On hauntings of the future, virtualitites of the past, the seething presence of the seemingly non-existent, and predictions and prophecies.

Text from Elisabeth Falkensteiner

sound performance16 Jan 2024, 19:00Sonic Specters with Richard Skelton, Jung An Tagen and Firmament Between Nostalgia and Anticipation
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newsSonic Specters. Between Nostalgia and Anticipation New Series of Sound Performances, starting October 2023

A cooperation with Struma+Iodine, curated by Shilla Strelka and Elisabeth Falkensteiner

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imagePerformance View: Sonic Specters Live Performance with KMRU and Inou Ki Endo & Misonica (DJ-Set), October 2023

Eerie atmospheres and flickering sound traces created by past audio sources and the coming times

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imagePerformance View: Phantom Voltage with Peter Kutin, Florian Kindlinger, Christina Kubisch / Part of Wien Modern, November 2023

Multimedia composition for electromagnetic fields, various kinetic sound and light objects and cello (2023 WP) ~60´.

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sound performance15 Dec 2023, 19:00Sonic Specters with Katatonic Silentio and dieb13 Between Nostalgia and Anticipation
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sound performance08 Nov 2023, 19:00Sonic Specters with Perila and Afrodeo Between Nostalgia and Anticipation
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newsSonic Specters. Between Nostalgia and Anticipation New Series of Sound Performances, starting October 2023

A cooperation with Struma+Iodine, curated by Shilla Strelka and Elisabeth Falkensteiner

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newsHow to apply Future AIL Program Outlook 2023/24

Text by Elisabeth Falkensteiner and Alexandra Graupner (Heads of AIL)

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newsZukunft anwenden AIL Programm Ausblick 2023/24

Text von Elisabeth Falkensteiner und Alexandra Graupner (Leitung AIL)

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newsIT'S ALL ABOUT THE WHOLE! / ES GEHT UMS GANZE! Workshop and first insights into the artistic research project Sensing Living Systems with Alexandra Graupner, Jeanette Müller and Paul Divjak

As part of European Researchers Night at Vordere Zollamtstr. 7

imageExhibition View: evidence raum Large-scale series of installations showcasing the surmountable provocations of our times by Shaheen Merali and Ramesch Daha from Jun/Jul 2023

An enquiry about practices, strategies, and forums for an audience to move beyond the realm of public authority and corporate investment

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newsOPEN CALL Vienna Design Week Works wanted for SUPERSACHEN – ANGEWANDTE ALUMNI WERKSHOP 28–30 Sep 2023

A project by ARTist and AIL. Deadline: 21 Aug 2023

videoDiscussion: Sonic Sensibility Sound as an Instrument of Research

Panel discussion (in German) with Ricarda Denzer, Peter Kutin, Pia Palme, Karl Salzmann. Angewandte Festival 2022

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

newsWeb-Crawler Report An algorithmic real-time media installation at Café Exchange

Installation by Martin Kusch (Department of Digital Art, University of Applied Arts Vienna)

topicAngewandte Festival 27 –30 June, 11:00–21:00
exhibition27 Jun 2023, 11:00evidence raum Large-scale series of installations showcasing the surmountable provocations of our times by Shaheen Merali and Ramesch Daha
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exhibition25 Jun 2023, 18:00Cabriobeet Public intervention by Christoph Schwarz & neighbors in the 9th District of Vienna as part of Angewandte Festival 2023.
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live performance28 Jun 2023, 19:00Salon de Passage #5 Gathering, Hunting, Cultivating: Green

Passenger Diaries – Performative Research on Emergent Subjectivities in Trans-Urban Space

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live performance29 Jun 2023, 18:30Der weiße Hintergrund Lecture Performance by Kervin Saint Pere
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exhibition13 Jun 2023, 18:00Threads of Life Textiles in Medicine and the Arts
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imageExhibition View: Threads of Life Textiles in Medicine and the Arts

Some insights from our current exhibition still on till 14 Jul 2023

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topicAIL Platform: Support Art and Research What does it mean to conduct artistic research today?

Research Presentations at AIL

research presentation22 May 2023, 19:00In 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

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research presentation04 May 2017, 20:00Publishing in the Context of Artistic Research An annual public colloquium that takes place in the context of the PhD course Artistic Research (PhD in Art) and where candidates can present their current research
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research presentation25 Oct 2023, 15:00MorphoPoly Building, research and learning games on the question of the city model
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book presentation31 May 2023, 18:00Playing 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?
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research presentation20 Mar 2019, 17:00Lighthouse Light as the building block of the future museum by architect Andrea Graser in cooperation with artist Friedrich Biedermann
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research presentation20 May 2015, 17:00Angewandte Praxis with Roman Horak Jüdische Sportfunktionäre im Wien der Zwischenkriegszeit / Roman Horak will present his research project concerning jewish sports in Vienna during the interwar period

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research presentation26 Apr 2016, 17:00EMDL – European Mobile Dome Lab for Artistic Research Angewandte Praxis with Martin Kusch and Ruth Schnell
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videoShowcase: Anna Vasof on her project Non Stop Stop Motion ZFF – Zentrum Fokus Forschung (University of Applied Arts Vienna)

Each month we present a selected project realised at ZFF, Angewandte’s department for postgraduate research projects between art and science.

research presentation18 Jan 2017, 17:00Path Out Angewandte Praxis with Georg Hobmeier in cooperation with the research cluster Passagen des Spiels, Game Lab Vienna
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conference22 Sep 2016, 12:00InSEA Regional Conference on Art education This conference discusses the role of art and design education in the current social climate
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research presentation29 Mar 2017, 19:00Art Education and Coloniality Angewandte Praxis with Carmen Mörsch and Nora Landkammer
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research presentation17 Jan 2017, 18:00Stitching Worlds Angewandte Praxis with Ebru Kurbak and Irene Posch
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research presentation15 Jun 2016, 17:00A Matter of Historicity Angewandte Praxis with Kristina Pia Hofer and Astrid Poyer
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research presentation08 Jan 2015, 17:30Growing as Building Angewandte Praxis with Barbara Imhof
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workshop26 Mar 2015, 15:00Apertus AXIOM The first open source professional cinema camera
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videoDialogues 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

newsThis is not a Park Lab Who owns the city? Public Space = Parking Space?

Vienna offers space for 726.100 cars, but not for one AIL Park Lab

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imagePerformance 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

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imageExhibition 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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videoOperator: On Generative Choreography Talk in English from April 2023

Hosted by the Coding Lab of the University of Applied Arts Vienna

videoRamon Amaro: The Trouble with Visibility Lecture in English from 2022

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

imageInstallation 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?

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videoDialogues 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?

videoDialogues 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

videoKatharina 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.

newsBUSSI 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

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videoAI 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

videoDialogues 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

newsPop 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

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imageExhibition 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

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newsWeb 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

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videoWendy 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

imageExhibition 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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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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imagePerformance 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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textIn 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’

topicDecolonizing 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)

textIn 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’

imageExhibition 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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videoWendy 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

videoRamon Amaro: The Trouble with Visibility Lecture in English from 2022

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

discussion04 May 2023, 17:00Loose 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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performance04 May 2023, 20:00Loose Threads – Towards a Technodiversity Performances Beyond My Skin, Dr. Obaro Ejimiwe (Ghostpoet), isocialbutterflyy (DJ-set)
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talk03 Nov 2022, 19:00The 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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topicDialogues for Tomorrow Discussion Series

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

videoDialogues 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

videoDialogues for Tomorrow: The Global South and the Future of World Order Philipp Blom in Conversation with political scientist Oliver Stuenkel
videoDialogues 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

videoDialogues 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

videoDialogues 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

videoDialogues 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

videoDialogues 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?

videoDialogues 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

discussion23 Nov 2022, 19:00Dialogues for Tomorrow: The Future of Design Will Technology Fundamentally Change the Societal Role and Occupational Image of Designers?
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newsEuropean Forum Alpbach 2022 We are taking part at this year’s conference with a special program of heated discussions over cooled drinks
newsSchönste 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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imageExhibition 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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imageShaping Sustainable Societies Together Introducing Key ASF Hub Projects

Research Presentation from 2022

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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

imageLange 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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imagePerformance 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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imagePerformance 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, June 2022

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videoDialogues 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

videoDialogues 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

topicSonic 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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imageExhibition 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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discussion29 Jun 2022, 16:00Sonic Sensibility Within the Angewandte Festival 2022
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exhibition28 Jun 2022, 11:00Sonic Sensibility Critical Engagement in Sound
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sound performance29 Jun 2022, 18:00Akustische Aktion für die Kassenhalle Within the Angewandte Festival 2022
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imagePerformance 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 performance29 Jun 2022, 19:00Sounds of the Living IV Within the Angewandte Festival 2022 - Performance by Paul Ebhart, Pia Palme, Fabian Lanzmaier
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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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sound performance30 Jun 2022, 18:00infinity rug Sound & Lecture Performance by Lou Drago and marum within the Angewandte Festival 2022
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newsRewatch: 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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textIn 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

videoShowcase: Rundumadrum by Wagner Felipe Dos Santos Performance at Café Exchange as part of Wienmodern 2021