The Art & Science exhibition at the JKU MED Campus is designed to make complex scientific concepts both accessible and engaging. Through interactive displays, workshops and performances, the festival fosters a vibrant dialogue between disciplines, encouraging attendees to explore how art and science can together challenge existing paradigms, drive innovation and expand our understanding of the world, allowing visitors to witness the rich convergence of artistic imagination and scientific discovery and experience firsthand how these fields collaborate to push the frontiers of knowledge.
PiNA’s Spaceship from Hope invites visitors into a dynamic inflatable installation that envisions a future of interspecies cooperation aimed at planetary conservation. In a different realm, the arc/sec Lab’s Whispering Gardens uses AI-generated spatial audio to immerse visitors in a fantastical soundscape, blending historical garden aesthetics with futuristic themes. Yuri Tanaka’s Transient—Cloud Chamber offers a mesmerizing interaction with cosmic particles, turning cosmic muons into real-time trails of light and sound, revealing the ephemeral beauty of the cosmos. Fiona Smith’s The BOX, presented by Fraunhofer MEVIS, provides an interactive exploration of the practical and ethical dimensions of integrating AI into healthcare.
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Climate Organ
Chris Bruckmayr (AT), Klaus Dieterstorfer (AT), Stefan Mittlböck-Jungwirth-Fohringer (AT), Rupert Huber (AT)
Climate is not only a meteorological component, but there is also a social climate. This climate is a bit affected at the moment, maybe even “bad”— there is a hidden stench of suppressed emotions and worries, which we are going to clean at least locally with a climate organ.
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Share-ploring Spatial Audio
Mauricio Valdés San Emeterio (MX)
Share-ploring is a dive-in practice to desegregate the tools and techniques for Spatial Audio.
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Spaceship from hope
PiNA—Association for Culture and Education
The Spaceship explores the future of human and non-human coexistence, emphasizing interspecies cooperation for planetary conservation and transformation. Featuring five different projects, it merges art and science to propose sustainable solutions. Housed in a dynamic, inflatable space, it embodies hope and innovation.
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The BOX 2.0
Fiona Smith (GB)
The potential benefits of utilising AI technology in healthcare are vast but there are important practical, technological, ethical, and legal implications that need to be addressed in order to safeguard patients. The BOX 2.0 exhibition invites the audience to experience the patient journey through an alternative hand surgery clinic where The BOX 2.0 makes the…
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Transient – Cloud Chamber Vol. 1
Yuri Tanaka (JP), Akitaka Ariga (JP), Chris Bruckmayr (AT), Pavle Dinulović (RS), Umut Kose (TR), Rohan Sachdeva (IN)
A cloud chamber is a particle detector that allows us to directly observe radiation with the naked eye, including cosmic muons, enabling the design of an art installation meant to transform each detected muon into a visual trail and a corresponding sound, in real-time. In this everlasting, cosmic ambivalence, there is beauty to be found…
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Whispering Gardens
Uwe Rieger (DE), Yinan Liu (NZ), Hua Yang (CN)
Whispering Gardens is a sound installation that immerses visitors in fantastical landscapes using AI-generated spatial audio. A robotic arm with an ultrasonic speaker targets individuals, creating a personalized experience within a 15m x 15m field. As visitors explore, whispering voices guide them through scenarios blending historic garden architecture with themes of industrial destruction and extrapolated…