Conferences & Lectures

  • GET.Inspired: Digital Innovation Practices

    GET.Inspired: Digital Innovation Practices

    Bernhard Freudenthaler (AT), Sok Kheng Taing (AT), Bernhard Krabina (AT), Tomo Kihara (JP), Daniel Coppen (GB), Johannes Braumann (AT), Sabine Leidlmair (AT), Stefan Czerny (AT), Bradly Klerks (BE), Rainer Stropek (AT)

  • Creative Resilience in Challenging Times

    Creative Resilience in Challenging Times

    Rafiul Alom Rahman (IN), Nina Bulgakova (UA), Kamya Ramachandran (IN), Maryam Sehhat (IR), Christoph Thun-Hohenstein (AT)

    This panel will explore how artists articulate the scope and conditions of our existence through their work. It will address key questions: What should we fight against, and what should we protect in times of war and social conflicts?

  • Metacreation Lab artists meet and greet

    Metacreation Lab artists meet and greet

    Erica Lapadat-Janzen (CA), Arshia Sobhan (IR), Matt Gingold (AU), Thecla Schiphorst (CA), Philippe Pasquier (CA/FR)

    Short introductions of the artworks presented by the Metacreation Lab in the presence of the contributing artists.

  • Not-Knowing in Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice

    Not-Knowing in Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice

    Anna Freudenthaler (AT), Sebastian Baryli (AT), Klaus Doblhammer (AT), Amelie Zadeh (AT), Jasmin Kargin (AT)

    Die Psychoanalyse wurde von Sigmund Freud entwickelt, um einen Faktor des menschlichen Lebens zu untersuchen, dem er in seiner klinischen Erfahrung begegnete. Er nannte diesen Faktor das Unbewusste: etwas, das bekannt ist, ohne dass sich das Subjekt dessen bewusst ist. Der Widerspruch, der in der Definition des Unbewussten liegt, hat dazu geführt, dass die Psychoanalyse…

  • Beyond Human Knowledge

    Beyond Human Knowledge

    David Vivancos (ES)

    As the lines between human evolution and technology blur, the concept of Techno-Anthropology has never been more relevant. Knowledge, in its many forms, has always defined who we are—from cave paintings to large language models.

  • AI in Creativity and Critique — A fireside chat with Hito Steyerl

    AI in Creativity and Critique — A fireside chat with Hito Steyerl

    Hito Steyerl (DE), AC Coppens (FR)

    We will close the day with a fireside chat with Hito Steyerl, a visionary filmmaker, moving-image artist, writer and innovator of the essay documentary. With a keen interest in media and technology and a PhD in philosophy, Steyerl brings a unique and critical view on AI’s role in the art world.

  • Tea Talk: Creative Methods in Education

    Tea Talk: Creative Methods in Education

    Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

    Forscher*innen und Künstler*innen des Ars Electronica Futurelab, die die Futurelab Academy leiten, laden bei diesem Tea Talk zu einem lebhaften Diskurs über kreative Methoden in Bildungskontexten—bei einer wörtlichen und metaphorischen Tasse Tee—ein. Diese informelle, aber aufschlussreiche Veranstaltung dient durch den Austausch von innovativen Ansätzen, kreativen Modellen, anspruchsvollen Ideen und Best Practices als Plattform für Networking,…

  • Preview 3D LIVE Anatomy

    Preview 3D LIVE Anatomy

    Franz Fellner (DE), Niels Hammer (DE)

    Seit 2021 zeigt JKU medSPACE faszinierende Einblicke in den menschlichen Körper. Neue Datensätze aus dem European Synchrotron Radiation Facility werden im JKU medSPACE installiert und in 3D auf einer 14×7 m Projektionsfläche gezeigt. Ein Kooperationsprojekt zwischen der JKU und der Medizinischen Universität Graz ermöglicht Personen in Graz und Linz, die 3D-Präsentation von Franz Fellner in…

  • Rise Up, Data Peasants: Opportunities for International Co-production and Corporate Synergy

    Rise Up, Data Peasants: Opportunities for International Co-production and Corporate Synergy

    Chih-Yung Aaron Chiu (TW), Escher Tsai (TW), Wen Ying Chang (TW), Ted Chang (TW), Helin Luo (TW), Chun-Cheng Hsu (TW), Yi-Bing Lin (TW), Chia-Shan Chang (TW)

    As creators in an era of Technofeudalism, how can we challenge the status quo by introducing innovations in technological applications while maintaining cultural diversity? In Taiwan, the cultural content industry collaborates with technology companies, integrating soft power with hardware to foster creativity. Creators, enterprises and the public sector attempt to come up with a human-centered,…

  • How to Increase the Economic Resilience of Digital Art Organizations?

    How to Increase the Economic Resilience of Digital Art Organizations?

    AC Coppens (FR), Anna Desponds (PL), Marie du Chastel (BE)

    This session provides an exclusive overview of the Digital Inter/Section (DI/S) outcomes, a pan-European project exploring new business models for digital art organizations. Over the past few years, DI/S stakeholders have gathered extensive industry insights, published comprehensive reports, developed sustainability guidelines, and experimented with prototyping business models. The session will preview some innovative tools and…

  • Creative Europe Get-together

    Creative Europe Get-together

    We cordially invite our European partners and the members of our network to join us for the Creative Europe Get-together. The Creative Europe program is a funding scheme of the European Union to support the culture, creative and audiovisual sector. This meeting gives members of cultural institutions the chance to network in a relaxed atmosphere.

  • The Sparks: Igniting AI for Artistic Creation

    The Sparks: Igniting AI for Artistic Creation

    Paul Trillo (US), Sasha Stiles (US), Marta Verde (ES), Maria Arnal (ES)

    Artists who have found a unique voice by placing AI at the core of their creative work talk to us about best practices and stories of failure, new possibilities and current limitations. In a series of presentations spanning digital art, music, film and poetry, we map the potential that AI brings to the art world—from…