Lange Nacht der Forschung
The University of Applied Arts' Angewandte
Interdisciplinary Lab
Artistic work is the foundation for knowledge production
and the productive engagement with existing forms of knowledge, similar to those previously developed in other established
research areas. By building a suitable institutional framework, the University of Applied Arts’ goal is to generate innovative
knowledge output in the arts and artistic research field and to promote these results in a national and international science
context. Meanwhile, the definition of scientific research is based on the understanding of an unbiased and open knowledge
production process – anything is possible.
Lange Nacht der Forschung (The Long Night of Sciences)
gives us the chance to present current projects and invite you to be part of the science! Arts and sciences help us replace
the old with the new, thereby creating alternative perspectives and transformations – we approach, position and reflect in
a joint process. Things come out differently on the other side. Meanings change, positions change, change transforms, signification
changes.
The meeting of art and science – whether in the form of artistic works or artistic and scientific research –
always holds the potential of creating something unforeseen. Speculating, challenging and facing those challenges; we're all
in! We hope this night will change the way we think. There will only be one question: 'Have all dice already been cast?'
PROGRAM:
CIRCLE OF POSSIBILITES
Discussions from 5.30 pm to 9.15
pm
Everyone can join the conversation! A big round table (circle) for discussions about artistic and scientific research,
which allows academics and artists to talk about their work and about the urgent need to meet the current challenges. Please
feel free to join us!
5.30 – 6.15 pm
Circle of interdisciplinarity
What does it mean to be open to communicative
as well as to topical and methodical in-between spaces?
Guests (no reply yet): Ruth Anderwald + Leonhard Grond, Gerhild
Steinbruch, Virgil Widrich, Alexandra Fruhstorfer, Karin Raith
Moderated by: Alexander Damianisch and Alexandra Graupner
6:30 - 7:15 pm
Circle of platforms
What does it mean to deal with versatile in-between spaces, to
work with topical and methodical in-between spaces?
Guests (no reply yet): Alexander Damianisch, Anja Jonkhans,
Brigitte Felderer, Gerfried Stocker
Moderated by: Alexandra Graupner, Elisabeth Falkensteiner
7:30 -
8:15 pm
Circle of perspectives
What does it mean to work at the intersection of knowledge areas in an open and unbiased
way, to deal with topical and methodical in-between spaces?
Discussion in cooperation with ÖAW - Austrian Academy of
Sciences.
Moderated by: Alexander Damianisch
EXPERIENCING POSITIONS
Everyone can be
part of this experience! Special settings will provide insight into artistic research projects in order to address the urgent
need to meet the current challenges. Come along and bring a friend!
Experiencing materials
Greenwashed
Concrete
Eckhard + Weber
Artistic research projects involving, about and in opposition to the fossil-based
building material concrete in the context of contradictory sustainability concepts. How can the substantial influence of the
most common anthropogenous material be understood and reduced?
Experiencing individuals
Steady on (Gemeinsam durch den Taumel)
Anderwald+Grond
This artistic research
project focuses on the phenomenon of an unstable public realm and explores possibilities of collectively navigating unstable
social and physical environments.
Experiencing atmospheres
Contingent Agencies
Nikolaus Gansterer
This artistic research project explores central aspects of the one presence which has so far
gone unnoticed: the agency of the components that constitute a situation.
Exploring the conditions
Toxic Temple - MESS
Kilian Jörg, Anna Lerchbaumer
Colorful assemblages of
things connecting the known cosmos, unsteady ground of a new divinity and strong smells that guide us to the sublime. Landfills
are the new temples. What changes if we religiously worship the power of toxicity?
TIME FOR REFLECTION
Book lounge and retreat – a place to rest!
In dedicated areas, artistic researchers will present excerpts from
their scientific research and artistic practice. The focus will always be on individual positions and approaches that illustrate
how art can change the way we perceive and understand the world!
8.30 - 9.15 pm
Book presentation: Toxic Temple - An Artistic and Philosophical Adventure into the Toxicity of the Now
Edited by: Anna Lerchbaumer and Kilian Jörg
Part of the series: Edition AngewandteBegrüßung: Elisabeth Falkensteiner
Introduction by: Kilian Jörg
In the context of the installational performance Toxic Temple (2020), Kilian Jörg presents
the accompanying publication.
Reminder: The current version, Toxic Temple MESS, is a transdisciplinary durational
performance which will have its premiere during the Long Night of Sciences and will be open to visitors until 23 May,
12 – 6 pm.
