Expert Tour: PANIC: Complex. Absurd. Ominous.

Christl Baur is the Head of the Ars Electronica Festival and an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of art, science, and society. She has curated and co-produced numerous exhibitions and performances, including 40 Years of Humanizing Technology – Art, Technology, and Society in collaboration with CAFA and the Design Society in Shenzhen, China. Her expertise spans video art, new media, computer art, biotechnology, and interactive art, and she teaches at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. Baur’s research and writing, published in outlets such as the Journal of Visual Art Practice, address topics from the preservation of bio art to intersections of media art and the art market. She is a frequent speaker at international conferences including ISEA and Montreal Digital Week, and serves on prestigious juries such as the NTU Global Digital Art Prize, the Global Creative Technology Design Award, and the German Federal Cultural Foundation.