LIT Exhibition—Events

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LIT—Linz Institute of Technology Exhibition

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LIT Exhibition—Events

This year’s event program within the LIT—Linz Institute of Technology Exhibition invites you to dive into interactive experiences, critical questions, and cutting-edge research that blurs the boundaries between science, technology, and society.

Take the opportunity to meet the minds behind scientific discoveries in Meet the Scientist, experiment with writing and explore Large Language Models in The Artificial Literature Laboratory, or find your digital counterpart in Find Your Perfect Partner. Explore the unseen digital traces we leave behind in the thought-provoking events surrounding the Digital Shadows project. And don’t miss the Science Slam, where researchers take the stage to compete for the loudest applause with sharp insights and a good dose of humor.
In addition to the Art&Science projects, the JKU also plays a key role in prominent initiatives such as the Flood the Zone with Courage art project, initiated by the JKU Circus of Knowledge. Its participatory approach brings artists, activists, students, and citizens together to develop new forms of protest.

  • Kepler Salon Extra Extern

    Gregor Pechmann (AT), Cornelia Lehner (AT), Veronika Liebl (AT), Eugénie Desmedt (AT), Andreas Kaindlstorfer (AT), Joaquin Santuber (CL)

    Do we actually need a little more panic? Experts from Johannes Kepler University and Ars Electronica explore this question at the Kepler Salon, sharing their personal motivations and what we can learn from them. Afterwards, guests are invited to join a guided tour through the JKU area at the POSTCITY.

  • Kepler Awards for Science Communication 2025

    Gregor Pechmann (AT), Patricia Stark (AT)

    Discover how research sparks inspiration! At JKUniverse, the winners of the first Kepler Awards for Science Communication share their outstanding projects and personal motivations, celebrating new ways of bringing science closer to people.

  • Meet the Scientist

    Patricia Stark (AT), Gregor Pechmann (AT), Linda Huber (AT), Claudia Scheba (AT), Denise Atteneder (AT), Kerstin Pell-Langaditis (AT)

    We are all science, and science needs us all. At JKUniverse we reveal who creates knowledge, why this is relevant, and how we can shape the future together. Get to know the minds behind the JKU research and LIT funded projects in inspiring, interactive formats.

  • Monster Writing

    Milena Leybold (DE)

    A writing space for anyone who collaboratively wants to (re)write the future through creative and experimental forms of writing—between irritation, play, and uncertainty.

  • Transforming Medicine through AI and Art

    Patricia Stark (AT)

    Bold visions for the future of medicine: Teams coming from different disciplines such as art, AI, and research present the results of a three-day hackathon tackling real-world medical challenges.

  • Semantic Remixing @ The Artificial Literature Laboratory

    Eugénie Desmedt (AT), Paul Kloker (DE), Marton Zalka (HU), Jonas Martschin (AT), Christine Haupt (DE)

    The Artificial Literature Laboratory explores Large Language Models (LLMs) not as services, assistants, or all-knowing agents, but as instruments for creative writing. In this workshop, we delve into how their statistical approach can inspire poetic practices and approaches to experimental writing.

  • Digital Shadows—Who owns your data?

    Ilona Roth (AT/DE), René Mayrhofer (AT), Cornelia Lehner (AT)

    Digital identities follow us like shadows—often unnoticed, yet always present. Who owns them? Who controls these digital traces? Ilona Roth and René Mayrhofer examine how the interplay between the digital and physical worlds shapes our society, from artistic and scientific viewpoints.

  • The Data Devourers

    Digital Shadows Performing Artists Team (IT/AT/DE/RU/UA/GB)

    Performers with giant heads as data powerholders play hide-and-seek, while you try to win back control by getting data release forms—raising questions about who really owns your personal data.

  • Invisible Inequality

    Stephan Pühringer (AT), Carlotta Terhorst (DE), Carlotta Verita (IT)

    Together with the team from the Socio-Ecological Transformation Lab, we want to think more about inequality in our society, ask questions and take a look behind the scenes of the world of excessive wealth.

  • Activities at the Main Station of “Digital Shadows”

    Institute of Networks and Security, JKU Linz (AT)

    Discover how biometrics work—and how to outsmart it. Build your data cloud, make key choices, and join an interactive experience that challenges the future of data, privacy, and control.

  • My Data Is Bigger Than Yours

    Ilona Roth (AT/DE), Alina Lugovskaya (UA/RU), Selina Nowak (AT), A!KO Tanz Fest (KR/AT), Digital Shadows (AT)

    Curious about who owns your data? Join a thrilling wrestling match and dance battle where rivals fight for control—a playful yet sharp take on the public debate around data ownership.

  • NO PANIC Science Slam

    Gregor Pechmann (AT)

    [EVENT CANCELLED] The motto of this year’s festival questions our social and technological developments. Should we be panicking? JKU scientists and students from different fields give playful insights into the fascination towards their research topics and try to convince the audience that there should be NO PANIC.

  • President of Austria meets Big Data Execs

    Dominika Meindl (AT), René Mayrhofer (AT), Digital Shadows Performing Artists Team (IT/AT/DE/RU/UA/GB)

    Famous Austria’s wannabe president and her royal advisor host Big Data execs for a courtly debate on tech, trojans & trendy apps—feat. René Mayrhofer on science & consequences.

  • Find Your Perfect Partner

    Digital Shadows Artist Cast

    Curious about the perfect partner—or how perfect you are? In Digital Shadows, actors guide you through a personal journey exploring how your data is processed and why it matters, while we design your most elusive digital shadow.