Flood the Zone with Courage invites artists, activists, students, and citizens to develop new forms of protest—performative, participatory, and radically collective. At its core are a series of maximum 7-minute interventions, each one a brief but charged moment of action: a dance, a dialogue, a rupture, a ritual. Some unfold at the Pavilion against Indifference at POSTCITY, others take to the streets and squares of Linz—transforming everyday spaces into sites of civic imagination.
Urlaub ist keine Ausrede / Darya Bukreyeva - Photo: Darya Bukreyeva
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Performances—Flood the Zone with Courage @Alter Markt
Old Town
Fri 5. Sep 2025
16:00
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17:00
Sat 6. Sep 2025
16:00
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17:00
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Die Veranstaltung am Freitag, den 5. September, muss leider aufgrund des Regenwetters entfallen. // Unfortunately, the event scheduled for Friday, September 5, has to be cancelled due to rainy weather.
breathe
Jian Wei Hoe (SG)
What might a future look like—one in which humans are just a part of the whole? This auditory meditation experience aims to decentralize the future as a solely human experience.
Flood the Zone with Courage—An Anthem
Nancy Bates (AU)
Nancy Bates, renowned Barkindji song writer, will present an anthem for the Ars Electronica Festival 2025 and the Flood the Zone with Courage project—a direct response to the “Flood the Zone with Shit” politics we must currently deal with.
Humans
Isabella Lee Arturo (CO), Mahla Mosah (IR), Martin Müller (DE)
This collaborative performance uses the methodology of “Embodying and Humanizing” data to understand the human cost of asymmetrical armed conflicts.
Restlessness
Alfredo Miralles Benito (ES), Jaime Redondo (ES), Pedro Fraguela (AR), Sayaka Fujio (CL/JP)
This performance transforms discomfort into a sonic protest, where the body becomes a tool for resistance and a call for collective civic engagement.
The Data Devourers
Alina Lugovskaya (RU/UA), Belinda Rohringer (AT), Carla Manger (DE), Chen Ruixin (CN), Chen Xinyan (CN), Chen Xiaolin (CN), Denise Landini (IT), Gaia Macaluso (IT), Jiang LeRong (CN), Julia Moser (AT), Li Yadi (CN), Lim Da Young (KR), Lyu Zitong (CN), Paul Kraml (AT), Tatjana Walter (AT), Wang Zixuan (CN), Zhang Borong (CN), Zhang Lijing (CN), Zhou Linger (CN), Zhuang Jiayi (CN), A!KO Tanz Fest (KR/AT)
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.
Urlaub ist keine Ausrede
Darya Bukreyeva (UA)
How can resistance become visible in what seems to be apolitical? Public space is temporarily transformed into a beach landscape—familiar, yet charged with political messages.