13. May 2025
The
mixed media installation Soft Image, Brittle Grounds by the graduate of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Design
Investigations (Prof. Anab Jain), is the official Austrian contribution to the 24th Triennale Milano International Exhibition
Inequalities.
Felix Lenz takes viewers on a visual and auditory journey through the complex
intertwining of technology, ecology, power, and inequality. Commissioned by the MAK and funded by the Federal Ministry for
Arts, Culture, Public Service, and Sport (BMKÖS), the contribution takes a critical look at the invisible infrastructures
of digital technologies and their ecological and social impacts.
"Felix Lenz was my student at Design Investigations,
graduating in 2024 with his diploma project
Brute Force, a thought-provoking essay film. His work masterfully
captures how our world's complexity collides with the simplified rationalities of our digital age, bringing planetary-scale
thinking alongside deep rigour to both his research methodology and filmic outcomes." Anab Jain
Departing from
his 30-minute essay film
Brute Force [Exhibition Cut] (2025) Felix Lenz investigates the material and political implications
of technology and knowledge extractivism, capturing—through a queer lens—how our world’s complexity collides with the simplified
rationalities of the digital age.
The newly developed 3-channel video installation
Valley of the Heart’s Delight
(2025) expands on these themes, referencing the indigenous past of Silicon Valley, now buried far beneath corporate headquarters,
whose sleek façades conceal innate power imbalances.
In a
video
interview in the courtyard of the University of Applied Arts, Felix Lenz talks about his installation and the influence
of his studies on his artistic practice.
