Wen-Chieh Chang ist ein interdisziplinärer Künstler, der videografische Kreativität, interaktive Technologien und neue Medienkunst integriert. Seine innovativen Werke wie The Universe of Liu Kuo-Sung, Kuo Hsueh-Hu Home Gazing, Childhood Revisited und Wonder of Life reflektieren tief über traditionelle Kultur und dekonstruieren sie mithilfe von neuer Medienkunst.
Katharina Mayr ist Lehrerin für Kunst und Design sowie für Technisches und Textiles Werken. Ihr künstlerischer Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Gestaltung und Schaffung von Skulpturen, Objekten und Gemälden. Trotz der Vielfalt ihrer Arbeiten, die von Neugier und Interesse an verschiedenen Themen und Techniken motiviert sind, folgen alle ihre Werke drei zentralen Themen: Nachhaltigkeit, Ökologie und…
Vanessa Hannesschläger ist Head of European Collaboration bei Ars Electronica. Sie erhielt ihr Doktorat in Literatur von der Universität Wien und unterrichtet Digital Humanities in Österreich und Schweden.Sie hat neben digitalen Europäischen Forschungsinfrastrukturen zahlreiche Projekte rund um physische und digitale Archive für Kulturerbe und Kunst entwickelt. Im Europäischen Kontext setzt sie sich für digitale Infrastruktur…
Hilary Mason is the co-founder and CEO of Hidden Door. Prior to Hidden Door she was General Manager of the Machine Learning business unit at Cloudera. She previously founded Fast Forward Labs, an Applied Machine Learning research and consulting startup which Cloudera acquired in 2017. Additionally, she was Data Scientist in Residence at Accel Partners,…
Der britische Tenor George Kounoupias begann seine künstlerische Laufbahn auf den Bühnen Großbritanniens. Nach seinem Umzug nach Österreich schloss er sein Studium an der MDW mit Auszeichnung ab. Er gab Solokonzerte auf mehreren Kontinenten und arbeitete mit Markus Hadulla, Roger Vignoles, Sir Simon Rattle, Gerald Finley, Neil Shicoff und Sonya Yoncheva zusammen. Kounoupias lernte außerdem…
As a trained media artist and researcher with a PhD in media anthropology, Georg Russegger works and operates at the crossroads of open innovation and human-computer interaction. Research and development, responsible innovation and knowledge valorization for academia, society and the economy are key. My endeavor is to open artistic and creative methods of design for…
Bernhard Freudenthaler is Chief Sales Officer (CSO) of RISC Software with the goal to bring research results to industry. RISC Software is focused on „Industrial Software Applications“, „Data & Web Applications“, „Medical AI“ & „Industrial AI“. His research interests are Cased-Based Reasoning, Predictive Analytics/Maintenance and Circular Economy. Bernhard studied business informatics and did his PhD…
Kamya Ramachandran is the Founder-Director of BeFantastic, an innovative collaboration platform that pioneered Bangalore’s TechArt Festival series, most recently titled FutureFantastic. Kamya orchestrates pioneering experiments in transdisciplinary pedagogy focusing on digital culture. As a trained architect, researcher and design educator, with a career spanning geographies of UK, USA, India and Singapore, she convenes diverse collaborative…
Stefan Albl is curator for the early modern period at the Alte Galerie in Schloss Eggenberg in Graz, part of the Universalmuseum Joanneum. He previously worked at the Institute for Art History at the University of Vienna, the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.…
Hito Steyerl (b. 1 January 1966) is a German filmmaker and writer who lives in Berlin. Steyerl’s prolific filmmaking and writing occupies a highly discursive position between the fields of art, philosophy and politics, constituting a deep exploration of late capitalism’s social, cultural and financial imaginaries. Her films and lectures have increasingly addressed the presentational context…
Ted Chang has more than 20 years of experience in leading global corporations and has been instrumental in driving corporate technology strategy and global research partnerships. In addition, Dr. Chang is responsible for overseeing the Quanta Research Institute (QRI) for advanced research and BU12, a business unit dedicated to integration of AI, IoT and cloud…
Sandra Sonnleitner is Managing Director of the Kaiserschild Foundation, where she is particularly responsible for the art and research agendas. With its new project Kaiserschild Art Defined, the foundation is breaking new ground in art education as well as in making its art collection accessible. The foundation works together with art institutions and museums on…