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newsOpen Call: AIL Ping-Pong #3 For alumni of the University of Applied Arts Vienna

DEADLINE: 13 Jan 2026

videoTo watch: AI & Creativity Diversity and freedom of cultural expression in post-digital societies. Talk in English from Oct 2025

topicArtificial Present How are digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshaping not only art, but the way we see, feel, and think?

discussion04 Dec 2025, 18:00Languages of AI M. Beatrice Fazi and Anna Longo in Conversation, Soundperformance by Dario Sanfilippo

Organized by Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures (part of M. Beatrice Fazi's fellowship and the Weibel Lectures series) in cooperation with the AIL

talk11 Dec 2025, 18:00What if? A Speculative Prototyping Session with Laura Cugusi and S()fia Braga. A collaboration between Civa x transmediale festival Berlin, hosted by AIL and the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures

This event is curated and facilitated by Eva Fischer and Anna-Lena Panter

videoTo watch: AI & Creativity Diversity and freedom of cultural expression in post-digital societies. Talk in English from Oct 2025

videoThe Dark Sides of Digital Humanism Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Claus Pias and McKenzie Wark – in conversation with Clemens Apprich (from Apr 2024, in English)

Presented by the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures

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

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.

videoRewatch: In Terms of Media… On Data Materialism, Techno Poetics, Atmospheres of Conflict, and Planetary Interfaces. Presented by The Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures

Symposium in English from Nov 2024

talk05 May 2025, 17:00Model Collapse: The Cascading Failures of Algorithms, Ecosystems, and Economies Keynote by Kate Crawford. Followed by a discussion with Clemens Apprich and Wendy Chun, moderated by Nadim Samman

videoThe Wetness of Hacking Transhacking Feminist Perspectives from Wetlab Barcelona

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

videoSonia Bernac: The Influencing Machine: Latent Moods, Emergent Bias and Distributed Ontologies Talk in English from April 2025, with Monika Halkort

Part of the lecture series ‘Aesthetics of Transformation’, curated by the School for Transformation

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

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’

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

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

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?

newsAIL Ping-Pong #2 Intervention at Counter 13 with Hubert Blanz, Margareta Klose, Marlene Lahmer, Rafael Lippuner, Mona Rith, Laura Stoll and Martin Veigl

16 Oct 2025 – 30 Jan 2026

topicFrom Counter to Encounter Collection of installations and interventions at the cashier hall of Otto Wagner Postsparkasse

research presentation02 Nov 2025, 11:00POKING SYSTEMS – Celebrating Synfluence Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the artistic project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

Series of Scenographic Studies / Part VII, Nov 2025 – Feb 2026

alumni in residence15 Oct 2025, 13:00AIL Ping-Pong #2: Sample Intervention at Counter 13 with Hubert Blanz, Margareta Klose, Marlene Lahmer, Rafael Lippuner, Mona Rith, Laura Stoll and Martin Veigl

Showcase of artistic projects by Angewandte alumni. Running: 15 Oct 2025 – 30 Jan 2026

newsAngewandte Publications at AIL Arts and science books by the University of Applied Arts Vienna now on display at the Kassenhalle of Otto Wagner Postsparkasse

newsSchöne Grüße – (dis)honest images AIL Postcard Edition Nr. 2. A cooperation with the department Applied Photography & Time-Based Media

imageOn View: Supersachen Impressions from the first ANGEWANDTE ALUMNI WERKSHOP / Part of Vienna Design Week 2023

A cooperation with ARTist – Alumni Association of the University of Applied Arts Vienna

imageExhibition View: Showing Echoes From counter to encounter / Part of Angewandte Festival 2024

Elisabeth Falkensteiner and Nora Mayr in cooperation with departments from the Postsparkasse building

imageInstallation View: Cycloïd-E Sound installation by COD.ACT, part of Wien Modern 2024

Find the second part COD.ACT: πTON/2 at MAK Forum

imagePosthuman Social Club at AIL Performance and film screening from April 2024

An event presented by andother stage

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

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

newsOther Matter 4.0 Exploring Spatial and Curatorial Strategies with Augmented Reality

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

newsAlumni in Residence: Jona Wolf Jona Wolf is alumni of the institute of architecture and will work at AIL from 24 Sep till 20 Oct 2025.

A workshop, performance, film screenings and open studio day will accompany this residency.

videoHeather Davies: Plastic Aesthetics Talk in English from June 2025, with Monika Halkort

Part of the lecture series ‘Aesthetics of Transformation’, curated by the School for Transformation

videoSvitlana Matviyenko, Ramón Reichert: Synthetic Images | Dynamic Maps Talk in English from May 2025

Part of the lecture series ‘Aesthetics of Transformation’, curated by the School for Transformation

videoSonia Bernac: The Influencing Machine: Latent Moods, Emergent Bias and Distributed Ontologies Talk in English from April 2025, with Monika Halkort

Part of the lecture series ‘Aesthetics of Transformation’, curated by the School for Transformation

videoMcKenzie Wark, Ariadne Randall, Nanna Heidenreich: Performing Transformation Talk in English from April 2025

Part of the lecture series ‘Aesthetics of Transformation’, curated by the School for Transformation

newsSchöne Grüße – (dis)honest images AIL Postcard Edition Nr. 2. A cooperation with the department Applied Photography & Time-Based Media

imageExhibition View: Monkeys, Machines, and Multiperspectivities Transmissions from Within the Ludic Mind. Exhibition from May–July 2025

By the PSYCHOLUDIC / ROBOPSY research group, PI Margarete Jahrmann (Experimental Game Cultures, University of Applied Arts Vienna)

topicAngewandte Festival 2025 25–28 Jun 2025

exhibition06 May 2025, 18:00The Unexpected Enquiries on Human-AI Interaction

Artists: Pamela Breda, Patrícia J. Reis, Ruth Schnell

exhibition06 May 2025, 18:00Monkeys, Machines, and Multi-perspectivities Transmissions from Within the Ludic Mind

performance26 Jun 2025, 19:00PLRG LabMeeting Performance by Psycho-Ludic Research Group (PLRG)

Part of Angewandte Festival 2025

workshop26 Jun 2025, 15:00Public Lab Meeting Exhibition program: Monkeys, Machines, and Multiperspectivities. Transmissions from within the Ludic Mind

Brainwave Broadcast with Margarete Jahrmann and Stefan Glasauer

research presentation01 Sep 2025, 11:00SΫS DANCE: Sound and scent installation Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the artistic project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

Series of Scenographic Studies / Part VI, Jun – Oct 2025

newsSchöne Grüße – (dis)honest images AIL Postcard Edition Nr. 2. A cooperation with the department Applied Photography & Time-Based Media

alumni in residence20 Mar 2025, 13:00AIL Ping-Pong #1: Liquidity Intervention at Counter 13 with Manuel Cyrill Bachinger, Bartosz Dolhun, Annika Eschmann, Karina Fernandez, Miloš Vučićević

imagePerformance View: PLRG Lab Meeting Performance by Psycho-Ludic Research Group (PLRG). Part of the opening of Monkeys, Machines, and Multiperspectivities Transmissions from Within the Ludic Mind

newsOpen Call: AIL Ping-Pong #2 for Alumni of the University of Applied Arts Vienna

DEADLINE EXTENDED: 21 Jul 2025!

topicAesthetics of Transformation Discussion Series Spring / Summer 2025

Curated by School for Transformation

discussion11 Apr 2025, 18:00Performing Transformation McKenzie Wark and Ariadne Randall with Nanna Heidenreich

Part of the lecture series ‘Aesthetics of Transformation’, curated by the School for Transformation

discussion29 Apr 2025, 18:00The Influencing Machine: Latent Moods, Emergent Bias and Distributed Ontologies Sonia Bernac with Monika Halkort

Part of the lecture series ‘Aesthetics of Transformation’, curated by the School for Transformation

discussion27 May 2025, 18:00Synthetic Images | Dynamic Maps Svitlana Matviyenko with Ramón Reichert

Part of the lecture series ‘Aesthetics of Transformation’, curated by the School for Transformation

discussion10 Jun 2025, 18:00The Paradoxes of Positionality Diaspora Aesthetics and Transdisciplinary Research. With Noit Banai and Amanda Holmes

Part of the lecture series ‘Aesthetics of Transformation’, curated by the School for Transformation

discussion17 Jun 2025, 18:00Plastic Aesthetics Heather Davies with Monika Halkort

Part of the lecture series ‘Aesthetics of Transformation’, curated by the School for Transformation

videoRewatch: In Terms of Media… On Data Materialism, Techno Poetics, Atmospheres of Conflict, and Planetary Interfaces. Presented by The Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures

Symposium in English from Nov 2024

imageNature After Nature: DRAWING TREES WITH SCENT Olfactory Performance by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

Research presentation together with Lucie Strecker, Music: b.fleischmann

newsAlumni in Residence: Verena Tscherner Verena Tscherner is alumni of the department of Digital Arts and will work at AIL from 10 Jan till 7 Feb 2025.

Please note the current open call for two more Residency slots. Deadline 25 Jan 2025

newsAlumni in Residence: Ramiro Wong Ramiro Wong is alumni of the department of TransArts and will work at AIL from 28 Mar till 25 Apr 2025.

Open Studio: 24 Apr, 16:00–22:00

newsAlumni in Residence: Suchart Wannaset Suchart Wannaset is alumni of the department of Transmedia Art and will work at AIL from 24 Feb till 24 Mar 2025

newsAIL Residency Program – Open Call for Angewandte Alumni Use the Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab for individual projects and share your work routine and processes

Deadline: 25 Jan 2025

topicAIL Residency Program Activities and insights into past and present projects

performance09 Oct 2025, 20:00Becoming Laziza An evening where you’ll discover how this drag queen was born and continues to be reborn with every show.

alumni in residence18 Oct 2025, 11:00Open Studio: Jona Wolf Insights and conversations with alumni Jona Wolf

gathering30 Sep 2025, 20:00Mishaps in Spacetime / Queendom Film Screening hosted by Jona Wolf

workshop07 Oct 2025, 16:00Rewriting Gender Workshop with Alumni in Residence Jona Wolf

Please note: all spots for the workshop are taken. Join the Screening afterwards, starting 20:00

gathering07 Oct 2025, 20:00Gender Troublemakers / Face/Off / Trans Hero Film Screening hosted by Jona Wolf

newsAlumni in Residence: Jona Wolf Jona Wolf is alumni of the institute of architecture and will work at AIL from 24 Sep till 20 Oct 2025.

A workshop, performance, film screenings and open studio day will accompany this residency.

newsAlumni in Residence: Ramiro Wong Ramiro Wong is alumni of the department of TransArts and will work at AIL from 28 Mar till 25 Apr 2025.

Open Studio: 24 Apr, 16:00–22:00

newsAlumni in Residence: Suchart Wannaset Suchart Wannaset is alumni of the department of Transmedia Art and will work at AIL from 24 Feb till 24 Mar 2025

newsAlumni in Residence: Verena Tscherner Verena Tscherner is alumni of the department of Digital Arts and will work at AIL from 10 Jan till 7 Feb 2025.

Please note the current open call for two more Residency slots. Deadline 25 Jan 2025

alumni in residence20 Mar 2025, 13:00AIL Ping-Pong #1: Liquidity Intervention at Counter 13 with Manuel Cyrill Bachinger, Bartosz Dolhun, Annika Eschmann, Karina Fernandez, Miloš Vučićević

alumni in residence07 Feb 2018, 12:00AD LIB. experimental music settings Interdisciplinary experimental setting in the basement for art, music and research by Christoph Hudl

alumni in residence06 Jul 2016, 12:00Choreo-graphic Figures Summer Lab with artist Nikolaus Gansterer, choreographer Mariella Greil and writer Emma Cocker

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

imageOn View: Supersachen Impressions from the first ANGEWANDTE ALUMNI WERKSHOP / Part of Vienna Design Week 2023

A cooperation with ARTist – Alumni Association of the University of Applied Arts Vienna

imageExhibition 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

exhibition22 Jun 2020, 11:00May I introduce: Alien!

online

Depressed monkeys and sensitive dodos

Whether Bacteria, plants, humans or other animals – aliens welcome!

imageExhibition View: Print Weekend III Self-Publishing Fair from 2018

Hosted and curated by Micro-publishing house Soybot

news10 Years of AIL – Postcard Edition Greetings from the University of Applied Arts Vienna

A collaboration with the department of Creative Writing [Sprachkunst], with student and alumni Valerie Prinz

imagePerformance View: EXTC AV Performance by Joanna Coleman and Martina Moro

Part of the opening of the exhibition Data Doom Desire

imagePerformance View: Ghost in the Cog by Kenneth Constance Loe and Moritz Nahold (Subletvis)

imageExhibition View: Data Doom Desire Presented by The Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures; accompanying the symposium ‘In Terms of Media…’

Nov/Dec 2024

newsOpen Call: AIL Ping-Pong #1 for Alumni of the University of Applied Arts Vienna

Deadline: 13 Jan 2025

imageInstallation View: Cycloïd-E Sound installation by COD.ACT, part of Wien Modern 2024

Find the second part COD.ACT: πTON/2 at MAK Forum

imageExhibition View: Reflecting Oil. Petroculture in Transformation Artistic Research Project Led by Artist Ernst Logar. Oct / Nov 2024

The exhibition intensively explores the substance of oil in connection with various concepts and phenomena of our petromodernity

news10 Jahre AIL Collecting futures since 2014

news10 Years of AIL Collecting futures since 2014

newsOPEN HOUSE 2024

videoZaha Hadid and Peter Noever: Art and Architecture in Conversation Sliver Lecture from 2015 (in English)

Hosted by the Institute of Architecture

imagePerformance View: Unsafe+Sounds Opening night of the festival 2024

Of Many Worlds

textClose Up Research: Multispecies Soundscapes In conversation with reasearchers and artists Klaus Spiess, Ulla Rauter and Emanuel Gollob

newsAngewandte Publications at AIL Arts and science books by the University of Applied Arts Vienna now on display at the Kassenhalle of Otto Wagner Postsparkasse

imageHALLABUDDA Reenactment Series of Scenographic Studies / Part III, Jul–Sep 2024

Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

imageExpanding System Boundaries feat. Tuntun Taratawan Krue-On: ‘The Table’ from ‘What If It Was All A Dream?’ / Series of Scenographic Studies / Part II, Feb–Jun 2024

Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

imageAm I a System? Where Are My Boundaries? Series of Scenographic Studies / Part I, Oct–Dec 2023

Arts-based Research-Installation by MUELLER-DIVJAK in the course of the project SENSING LIVING SYSTEMS

imageExhibition View: Showing Echoes From counter to encounter / Part of Angewandte Festival 2024

Elisabeth Falkensteiner and Nora Mayr in cooperation with departments from the Postsparkasse building

imageSymposium View: Unruly Part of the exhibition Refractive Perspectives. 3*10^8 m/s

This three-part symposium was developed in the class of Tonica Hunter: ‘ars sciendi’

imageSymposium View: Undisciplined Part of the exhibition Refractive Perspectives. 3*10^8 m/s

This three-part symposium was developed in the class of Tonica Hunter: ‘ars sciendi’

imageSymposium View: Unreasonable Part of the exhibition Refractive Perspectives. 3*10^8 m/s

This three-part symposium was developed in the class of Tonica Hunter: ‘ars sciendi’

videoThe Dark Sides of Digital Humanism Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Claus Pias and McKenzie Wark – in conversation with Clemens Apprich (from Apr 2024, in English)

Presented by the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures

newsAustrian Friedrich Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts 2024 at AIL 17 Jun 2024, 18:00