Public Colloquium 2026: Opening of the Artistic Research PhD in Art programme
A Science of Singularity in the Age of Light
With the 2026 public colloquium A Science
of Singularity in the Age of Light, the Doctoral Programme in Artistic Research (PhD in Art) brings artistic researchers and
a broad audience together for shared exchange from 26–29 May 2026.
The 2026 colloquium will take place as a four-day open seminar at THE HALL and marks the launch of a new collaboration
between the PhD programme in Artistic Research at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and PART International Art
Residency Austria.
The colloquium will be opened by Angewandte Rector Ulrike Kuch and will include presentations
by 15 doctoral candidates in the PhD in Art programme, each offering insights into their ongoing artistic research projects.
Following their presentations, there will be public conversations, feedback sessions, and critical reflections with four invited
guest critics.
Across these four days, THE HALL becomes a site of dialogue, where practices are tested, ideas are
challenged, and new perspectives emerge. The event invites audiences to engage directly with current artistic research and
to take part in its unfolding. All the programmes will be documented by reportage drawing and photography.
Participants: - Žarko Aleksić
- Sanja Anđelković
- carrick
bell
- Joanna Bruckner
- Katarina Damiani
- Óscar Gardea
- Maria Luigia Gioffre
- Helena
Nikonole
- Jo O’Brien
- Marie Reichel
- Imani Rameses
- Konstanze Stoiber
- Lilla
Szász
- Ksenia Yurkova
- Conny Zenk
Guest Critics:- Prof. Gerhild Steinbuch, Universtiy of Applied
Arts Vienna
- Prof. Isabel Kranz, University of Applied Arts Vienna
- Prof.
Gertrud Sandqvist, Malmö Art Academy, Lund University
- Prof. Füsun Türetken, University of Arts
Bremen
Live drawing performance:
Live drawing with drawing
artist Xiaopeng Zhou.About PARTFurther
information on the Public Colloquium 2026 
