videoMatteo 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?

imageExhibition 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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videoDementia 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?

topicVienna Biennale Collection of our Vienna Biennale Contributions 2015–2021
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imageExhibition View: Ecologies & Politics of the Living Last insights on the Vienna Biennale exhibition 2021
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talk08 Jun 2021, 17:00Artist 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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videoArtist 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

imageExhibition 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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videoChange Is Our Only Chance – Discussion Talk in German from 2019, part of Vienna Biennale for Change
videoJanina 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?

videoLucie 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

imageExhibition 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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videoHow 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

imageExhibition View: Performing Public Art Vienna Biennale 2015

New forms of public space and Public Art

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videoAlumni 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

videoPerformance 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

imageExhibition View: Data Loam. Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft Research Presentation from 2019

Exploration of past and future knowledge systems

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videoa_social media – Lecture and Discussion Accompanying the exhibition a_social media from 2018 (in English)

hosted by Klasse für Ideen

videoLucie 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

imageExhibition 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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videoDavid Morley: Home Territories – Virtual and Material Geographies Talk in English from 2018

The relationship between virtual and material spheres

imageExhibition 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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videoDemokratie 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?
imageExhibition View: Stitching Worlds Research Presentation from 2018

Exploring Textiles and Electronics

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videoGerhard Haderer: Schule des Ungehorsams Talk in German from 2018

A platform for art, culture, politics and social discourse, located at Tabakfabrik Linz

videoExhibition 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.

videoPerformance 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

videoGünther 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

videoPauline 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?

videoWolf 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

imageExhibition 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

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imageLet’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)

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imageShowcase: 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

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topicOne more Question Insights into processes, background experiences and the structures and challenges behind projects at AIL

Follow up conversations (in German and English)

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textFollow Up: Suchart Wannaset Q&A with former Alumni in Residence

Suchart Wannaset is alumni of the department of Transmedia Art and worked at AIL from February till March 2025

textFollow Up: Ramiro Wong Q&A with former Alumni in Residence

Ramiro Wong is alumni of the department of TransArts and worked at AIL from March till April 2025

textFollow Up: Verena Tscherner Q&A with former Alumni in Residence

Verena Tscherner is alumni of the department of Digital Arts and worked at AIL from January till February 2025

textClose Up Research: Multispecies Soundscapes In conversation with reasearchers and artists Klaus Spiess, Ulla Rauter and Emanuel Gollob
textConceptual Joining: Backstage Report From our Newsletter 2019 (Interview in German)

Daniela Kröhnert and Lukas Allner giving us insights in their research project and experiences

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’

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

textIn Conversation with Kilian Jörg As in almost all European cities, only around a third of people in Vienna own a car. Nevertheless, in most alleys and streets in the city, 70–80% of traffic and parking space is dedicated to cars.

About cars and mobility; to the series Exhaust(ed) Entangelements and the project The Cars We Like

textMay 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

podcastIn Conversation with TOXIC TEMPLE Exhibition / Alumni in Residence from 2020
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videoArtist 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

videoHow 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

news10 Years of AIL Collecting futures since 2014
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videoSounds 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

podcastSounds 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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videoBazon Brock: Künstler als Philosophen Talk in German from 2014

Bazon Brock, professional philosopher and oeuvre-less artist

videoPetra Maitz: Visualisation of Evolution Talk in German from 2016

A model of praxis & theory

videoHow 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

textGerhild 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

textMay 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

textConceptual Joining: Backstage Report From our Newsletter 2019 (Interview in German)

Daniela Kröhnert and Lukas Allner giving us insights in their research project and experiences

imageExhibition 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

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videoJeanne Lambin: The Quest Talk in English from 2017

An experimental exercise that combines improvisation, storytelling, and urban exploitation

videoMaria 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

videoVirgil 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

videoJulia 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?

videoAlumni 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

imageExhibition 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

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imageWorkshop 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!

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imageExhibition View: Silence Matters Alumni in Residence from 2018

International interdisciplinary performance and exhibition project which explores the increasing interest in mindfulness and awareness

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imageExhibition 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

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imageExhibition 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?

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videobastardCROWD [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

videoOpening of Angewandte Innovation Lab in 2014 In October 2014 AIL opened at Franz-Josefs-Kai 3, where it resided until early 2021. [AIL was renamed to Angewandte Interdisicplinary Lab in 2022]

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

videoPeter Mörtenböck: The Capital of the Many Talk in German from 2015

From informal Markets to open-source Creativity

videoUnseen 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

videoAlumni 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

videoLet’s meet: CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine Research Presentations from 2016

AIL reaching out into other institutions and fields of research

videoDigital 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