Projects

touching thoughts / kicking cancer

Sabina Köfler (AT), Jan Maximilian Janssen (AT), Błażej Kotowski (PL), Eva Maria Dreisiebner (AT), Francesco Luzzana (IT), jiawen uffline (CN), Simone C Niquille / technoflesh Studio (CH), Chaeyoung Kim & Francesco Luzzana, Sofia Talanti (IT)

By digitally reconstructing tissue samples and rendering spatial data as 3D objects, we offer visitors a unique glimpse into the microscopic world of human anatomy and pathology. Stimulating interdisciplinary dialogue, the exhibition encourages the public to engage with scientific research in new and meaningful ways, highlighting the potential of art and technology to enhance medical…
Revolution Refridge

Rojava Center for Democratic Technology & Dani Ploeger (AANES /SY)

Revolution Refridge is a cooling technology for socialist anarchist futures, developed in the context of the Rojava Revolution in North-East Syria. The device integrates historical refrigeration methods with contemporary solar power, drawing from the aesthetics of sci-fi and regional folklore.
Sand Gardens

Mohamed Sleiman Labat (EH)

Sand Gardens is an art installation that presents a story of how the Saharawi people are creating a new kind of farming practice using the most common element around them: sand! The installation consists of five chapters from the film DESERT PHOSfate playing on loop in monitors planted in the sand. Sand as a material…
Archive for Ohnmacht

Forum Stadtpark, DH5

12 interviews with artists and activists dealing with Ohnmacht The Archive for Ohnmacht brings together voices of activists and artists from a wide range of contexts and places. We ask them: Are you familiar with the sense of “Ohnmacht“? Have you experienced moments in which you felt overwhelmed by it? How did you deal with…
School of Ignorance

Linsey McGoey (CA), Miriam Stoney (GB), Sonja Riegler (AT), Matthias Groß (DE)

A three-day symposium dealing with ignorance Everything that defines us as human beings was achieved through the systematic acquisition of knowledge – that is the credo of the Western belief in progress.Whether in logical calculations, the philosophy of science or the general structure of our school system: the fact that information and clear decision-making are…
Scientific Dreaming

Suzanne Treister (GB)

Through creative writing workshops, Suzanne Treister sought to unlock the unconscious imagination of CERN physicists and engineers. Imagining hypothetical scientific breakthroughs, they envisaged positive futures and explored the potential impacts of these advances on this world and beyond. Science fiction stories about dark matter, limitless clean energy, and a theory of everything in physics emerged,…
Fuckhead

Didi Bruckmayr (AT), Siegmar Aigner (AT), Didi Kern (AT), Michael Strohmann (AT)

Concert & Mass The Upper Austrian formation whose provocative-actionistic approach often polarizes and divides opinions, has long been recognized beyond Austrian borders as a pioneer of the extreme performance art and has always managed to reinvent itself over the years. No matter in which creative state, they have always gone their own way. Carrying pure…
Church of Ignorance Pole Sitting

DH5

Declare your ignorance in public Above Herrenstraße, with the Upper Austrian seat of government in view, the brothers and sisters of the choi order (also known as dodel) sit and publicly acknowledge their ignorance and powerlessness.Confess your powerlessness too, tell the world that you have no idea, you don’t know what to do next, so…
Toasted Furniture

Nina Mršnik (SI)

In search of the perfect production process Toasted Furniture is a research project about a self-made production operation. We built DIY machines that “toast” plastic waste into panels from which we make objects. Each step of the process is a constant work in progress that we question all the time, starting from the plastic waste…
Radiotrophic Sanctuary

Saša Spačal (SI)

The Radiotrophic Sanctuary is an embodied infrastructure for interspecific cooperation in which a unique ecosystem is being established with the purpose of connecting and supporting at least two biological species, i.e. fungi and humans. We have opted for radiotrophic fungi, which have the ability to protect the visitors from radiation, as well as species of…
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.
Marine Vessel

Marko Vivoda (SI)

The audience sees a prototype featuring four aquariums with electrolysis, samples of varied materials and a system for potentially collecting oxygen and hydrogen. The prototype showcases self-growing building material, raising awareness of interspecies co-existence, renewable energy and self-sustainability.