Since the beginnings of media arts, artists have been integrating technology into performative settings, but also theater makers have always been keen on experimenting with new technologies. Over the years, museums, theaters, performance venues, and cultural institutions showing these types of performances have gathered expertise in how to enable and facilitate these works, which is often challenging on a technical and practical level. With a focus on Theater and Digital Media, Ars Electronica puts this topic at the center of this year’s program. This Town Hall Meeting invites culture professionals, technologists, and technology providers to share knowledge, exchange experiences, and build new connections.
Photo: Ars Electronica / Martin Hieslmair
Networking Event
Town Hall Meeting: Theater & Digital Media
Vanessa Hannesschläger (EU), ACuTe Consortium (EU)
POSTCITY, First Floor, Town Hall, co-hosted by CIFRA
Fri 5. Sep 2025
15:30
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17:00
Registration required!
Language //
EN
Ticket //
FREE / No Ticket
Max. Participants //
30
Info //
Registration is recommended.
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Photo: Vanessa Hannesschläger
Vanessa Hannesschläger
Vanessa Hannesschläger is head of European Collaboration at Ars Electronica. She holds a PhD in literature from the University of Vienna and teaches digital humanities in Austria and Sweden. Before joining Ars Electronica, Vanessa worked on developing European digital research infrastructures and numerous projects involving physical and digital archives for cultural heritage and art. In the European policy context, Vanessa advocates for digital infrastructures for the arts and humanities, data and legal literacy, the Commons, and Open approaches.
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ACuTe – Culture Testbeds for Interactivity, Performance and Technology
ACuTe is a trend-setting large-scale innovation project that seeks to revolutionize how theater and the performing arts are produced and performed by harnessing emerging technologies, while also fostering new forms of cultural collaboration and advancing competence development.
