Young people face great uncertainty. In our state of permanent crisis, people discuss, argue, and some resign themselves to the situation. In the twilight of democracy, however, the debate about change is conspicuously silent. Yet this is what must take place now. Do we need change? Is change possible? And if so, how?
Organized and moderated by the winners of the Prix Ars Electronica’s u19–create your world category, who are also producing the podcast series ‘Frischer Wind’ (‘Fresh Air’), the conference will opened by interviews with experts in which the status quo is critiqued and examined. On this basis, the audience will then discuss with other experts, artists, intellectuals, politicians and young people the possibility of changing the world. Ideally, the conference will end with new perspectives on alternatives and possible paths towards changing and reshaping the world.
Guests:
Jan Aigner, Fridays For Future activist
Martin Hollinetz, Entrepreneur and author
Veith Selk, Sociologist and political theorist
The event will be translated in real-time to English.
Language: DE, EN
Bios
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Photo: Kaia KutzenbergerEmma Gruber
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Emma Gruber lives in Vienna. She attended BORG1 Hegelgasse12 with a focus on film and photography. Last fall, together with Linda Michelitsch and Konstantin Redl, she was awarded a prize at the Prix Ars Electronica in the category u19-create your world for the film Meditações.
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Photo: Konstantin RedlKonstantin Redl
Konstantin Redl is a prospective civilian servant who lives in Vienna. In his free time, he is interested in film, literature and philosophy. Together with Emma Gruber and Linda Michelitsch, he received an award at the Prix Ars Electronica in 2023 for the experimental short film Meditacoes in the u19-create your world category.
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Linda Michelitsch
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Linda Michelitsch is 18 years old. This fall, she will begin her studies at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Last year, Konstantin Redl, Emma Gruber and Linda Michelitsch received an award at the Prix ARS Electronica for their film Meditações. Determined to continue pursuing her passion for filmmaking and art, she looks forward to developing her creative skills and realizing new projects.
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Photo: Lea HaslmaierMary Mayrhofer
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Mary Mayrhofer was born in Traberg in 2002, but has lived and worked in Linz for many years. Mayrhofer’s approach to art stems from a more therapeutic approach and even today increasingly functions as an outlet for processing her own psychological problems and traumas. She is constantly venturing into new media, themes and materials, whereby expression is always of particular importance to her. Mayrhofer herself describes her works as bold, striking and loud.
Credits
Presented in the context of the Critical ChangeLab project. Critical ChangeLab is funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101094217 – HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-04.
