Ludic Method Soirée. An artivist research lectures series in playful formats.hosted by Prof. Margarete Jahrmann, artistic PhD program, Zentrum Fokus Forschung, University of Applied Arts Vienna
The
theory and practice of artistic research are concerned with specific ways to approach art, society, cultures and epistemic
things – in short Ludic objects! Their objectives are presented in playful formats and/or discuss such approaches of making
things public.
In the course of the Ludic Soiree, the two CIVA curators Eva
Fischer and Martina Menegon present artistic research questioning whether and how current technologies enable us to remain
virtually connected to each other in times of physical distancing, or whether it is possible to build new international networks
and communities with these technologies. The works presented will be focusing on contemporary ways of exhibiting and performing
in the virtual, taking up elements of their actual multicultural approach in a participatory festival format in times of regulations
of public spaces… but also in the potential of a social bonding as new and positive experience!
Register
as “player” under the address:
zff@uni-ak.ac.at and we will send you the Zoom
link to participate.
Eva Fischer is an independent curator, cultural manager
and lecturer in the field of audiovisual and immersive art, experimental media and XR. She is currently directing the
CIVA Festival – Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art. In 2020 she founded the “Area for Virtual Art” a platform for immersive
experiences and get-togethers (A collaboration of sound:frame and Pausanio).
Eva studied art history and cultural
management in Graz, Utrecht (NL) and Vienna. In 2007 she initiated sound:frame, that started as the Viennese festival for
audiovisual art and since 2016 has been a strong platform for immersive art. From 2016 - 2019 she directed the production
of the Diagonale in Graz. 2018 - 2020 she was active as co-organizer of the XR Vienna meetups.
www.evafischer.org
Martina
Menegon is an artist working with Interactive and Extended Reality Art. In her works, Martina creates intimate
and complex assemblages of physical and virtual elements that explore the contemporary self and its synthetic corporeality.
She experiments with the uncanny and the grotesque, the self and the body and the dialogue between the physical and the virtual
realities, to create disorienting experiences that become perceivable despite their virtual nature. She is currently Head
of Extended Reality and Curator at the “Area for Virtual Art” a platform for immersive experiences and get-togethers founded
by sound:frame and Pausanio.
www.martinamenegon.com
In
their current project CIVA Festival, Vienna’s new media art festival (hosted by the platform sound:frame) they aim to show
the potential of artistic approaches in interaction with science, technology and sociopolitical issues. At the core of the
festival is the desire to build a strong network, to be a well-functioning platform for a growing international community,
and to create joyful, low-threshold access for visitors of all backgrounds.
![Photo: Matthias K. Heschl (STUDIO 1f.) [Instagram
@studio_1f]](/jart/prj3/angewandte-2016/images/cache/69cf263d22d9949407a3a79be66752c2/0x010D978FFB3A4B6F2678DFCE053BAA30.jpeg "Photo: Matthias K. Heschl (STUDIO 1f.) [Instagram @studio_1f]")
