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03/06/2026

TRACY REDHEAD | Wednesday, JUNE 17TH | 6 PM
@ HCI – Division for Human-Computer Interaction,
Techno-Z Salzburg Bauteil V, Jakob-Haringer-Straße 8, 5020 Salzburg

TALK:
"Songwriting as a System: The Semantic Machine, a Song That Changes with the World Around You"
Tracy Redhead presents The Semantic Machine, a mobile-app artwork and transmutable song that changes according to the listener’s location, time of day, and weather. Developed in collaboration with Florian Thalmann, the work explores how a recorded song can remain authored and recognisable while shifting through data-responsive musical, lyrical, and visual variations. Framed as a speculative artwork about personal data and algorithmic personalisation, the talk considers songwriting as a system: a way of composing songs that are responsive, plural, and shaped by changing contexts.

SPEAKER:
Tracy Redhead is a musician, composer, songwriter, and researcher working across recorded music, interactive technologies, and creative practice. Her work explores how recorded music can become dynamic, adaptive, and context-aware, informed by her practice as a recording artist and her research into songwriting, data, interaction, and transmutable music.

More information about Tracy Redhead:
http://www.tracyredhead.com
https://thesemanticmachine.com/

Tracy Redhead

Language: EN
picture credit: Tracy Redhead

20/05/2026

MiniSchmiede Hallein (11. – 12.September 2026) – ab sofort anmelden! 🤩
Ihr seid zwischen 8 und 11 Jahre alt und wolltet immer schon mal euren eigenen Tanz- oder Kampfroboter bauen?
Kommt zur MiniSchmiede Hallein 2026!

Bitte das AnmeldungsPDF unter https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XjiOHDKv_robWTWOxx__wi8Ac5weZ_eK/view?usp=sharing

ausdrucken und ausgefüllt als Postkarte an

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Ulrike-Gschwandtner-Str. 5
A-5020 Salzburg

schicken bzw. eingescannt per E-Mail an [email protected] retournieren.

Die Anmeldung ist möglich, solange Platz vorhanden ist.
Alle News auch unter https://schmiedehallein.com/minischmiede

Worum geht’s?
In einem zweitägigen Prozess bauen wir einfache Roboter.
Wir beginnen mit Werkzeugkunde. Im nächsten Schritt werden Drucker und andere Elektrogeräte auf der Suche nach Motoren und Bauteilen zerlegt.
Wir verwenden bewusst keine Standardbauelemente um die Kreativität zu fördern, gerade Wege und die Vergleichbarkeit zu erschweren. Die entstehenden Roboter werden getestet und verbessert. Zusammenhänge und realistische Möglichkeiten werden selbstbestimmt und in der individuellen Geschwindigkeit erforscht.
Dieser Prozess wird von jungen Mentoren und den Veranstaltern unterstützt.

Die teilnehmenden Kinder (8- 11 Jahre) werden Samstag & Sonntag von 13 bis 17 Uhr betreut. Für kleine Snacks und Getränke wird gesorgt.
Jause bitte mitbringen!

Zum Abschluss bringen wir die Roboter zum Tanzen (Danceocon) oder Kämpfen (Hebocon) (Sonntag: 17 Uhr).

Ziel:
Das Ziel der MiniSchmiede ist es, technische Berührungsängste abzubauen. Beziehungen werden haptisch erforscht. Selbstständigkeit, Kreativität und soziale Kompetenz werden gefördert.

Die Umsetzungspartner der MiniSchmiede sind:
Do!Lab, Schmiede, subnet und Division for Human-Computer Interaction

Die Förderer der MiniSchmiede:
Stadt Hallein, Land Salzburg

MiniSchmiede war MINT Siegerprojekt 2021.

18/05/2026

CHRISTA SOMMERER | Wednesday, MAY 27ND | 6 PM
@ HCI – Division for Human-Computer Interaction,
Techno-Z Salzburg Bauteil V, Jakob-Haringer-Straße 8, 5020 Salzburg

TALK:
"The Artwork as a Living System – from Artificial Life to Interactive Art: Creating Human-Computer Interaction Systems"
Since 33 years Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau collaborate to create interactive art installations which combine natural and artificial environments. Their works often use innovative interface designs and human-computer interactions.
In 2022 they presented their big retrospective exhibition called "The Artwork as a Living System", which brings together artworks that display artificial growth, evolution, generative design and A-Life.
In this lecture Christa Sommerer will present selected artworks from the past years as well as most recent projects.

SPEAKER:
Christa Sommerer is an internationally renowned, award winning media artist, researcher and pioneer of interactive art. Together with Laurent Mignonneau she founded the Interface Cultures Department at the University of Art Linz, where she was a professor. Her works were shown in around 400 exhibitions world-wide.

More information about Christa Sommerer:
https://interface.ufg.ac.at/christa-laurent



Language: EN
picture credit: Flaneur ©2026, Laurent Mignonneau & Christa Sommerer
Production Videoformes 2026

15/05/2026

subnetAIR – LYRA ROBINSON | Meet the artist: Wednesday, May 20th | 5 PM

@ HCI – Division for Human-Computer Interaction,
Techno-Z Salzburg Bauteil V, Jakob-Haringer-Straße 8, 5020 Salzburg

It’s our pleasure to welcome our Mays subnetAIR, Lyra Robinson! Wednesday, April 20th, she will present her project and talk about her work.

ABOUT
Lyra Robinson is aiming to develop a new body of work exploring the OpenWorm simulation – an open-source computational model of Caenorhabditis elegans, a 1mm nematode worm with exactly 302 neurons.
This microscopic organism has been fundamental to biological research for over 50 years; every synapse mapped, every cell division documented. It is perhaps the most thoroughly known organism on Earth.
Working with OpenWorm’s neural simulation (c302) and physics engine (Sibernetic), she will create speculative modifications to the worm’s body plan and neural architecture – generating impossible worms, alien morphologies, tentacled variations that push against biological constraints.
What happens when we give C. elegans the body plan of hypothetical organisms on Jupiter’s ice moons? What does a worm look like when its neural topology is rewired for environments that don’t exist?

Lyra Robinson (b. 2002) is a transmedia artist whose work spans performance, installation, and video.
Her practice is concerned with the mechanisms through which bodies are read, understood, and made legible in her interactions with surveillance technologies and data gathering. She explores the possibilities for disrupting established knowledge systems to imagine new forms of embodied agency.

More about Lyra Robinson:
https://lyrarobinson.art/

Picturecredit: Lyra Robinson

17/04/2026

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: subnetAIR 2027

want to become an subnet Artist in Residence in 2027?
here is all you need to know

Application Deadline: June 15th, 2026

Art meets Human-Computer Interaction

subnet, a media art initiative based in Salzburg, invites applications for three artist-in-residence / micro-grant positions in 2026, in collaboration with the Division for Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Salzburg.

About the residency:
- develop projects in dialogue with HCI researchers Residents
- access to technical infrastructure, tools, expertise, and a growing network
- intersection of art, technology, and research
- a focused yet relaxed environment
- supports experimentation, exchange, and process-oriented work.

What we offer:
- Access to the HCI labs and workshops
- A Workspace at the Division for HCI
- Support from the subnet team
- Connection to a local and international media art network
- A self-directed, flexible working process

Facts subnetAIR Residency (3 slots)
- Duration: 3 to 6 weeks each
- Timeframes:
March 15 – June 30, 2027
October 1 – November 30, 2027
- Includes: €1000 grant (no accommodation)

Requirements:
- Short project proposal
- CV
- Portfolio / references
- Preferred timeframes (for subnetAIR)
Applications should not exceed 3 pages total.

During the residency:
- give an introductory artist talk “meet the artist”
- invited to name a supportive speaker for a subnetTALK

Beyond this, the residency is self-directed

How to apply
=> Send your application (PDF) to: [email protected]

more about us: subnet.at
more about the residency: https://subnet.at/subnetair/call-for-applications-subnetair-2027/

16/04/2026

subnetTALK: TINA KULT, T(n)C | Wednesday, APR 22ND | 6 PM
@ HCI – Division for Human-Computer Interaction,
Techno-Z Salzburg Bauteil V, Jakob-Haringer-Straße 8, 5020 Salzburg

TALK:
"Post-archeological strategies in the practice of T(n)C"
The artist duo T(n)C is on a mission to dissolve the boundaries between the digital and physical worlds. In their talk Tina Kult will describe their practice of recycling, imaginative construction, and storytelling as they treat roadside remnants and discarded fragments like precious traces of potential.
From these materials, they assemble abstract models and translate them into digital objects, forming intricate landscapes of crumbling cities and sunburned paradises. Through a sci-fi lens they examine how crises shape spaces and bodies.

SPEAKER:
T(n)C was founded in 2017 by Agnes Varnai and Tina Kult. They live and work in Vienna and experiment with a wide range of media, including virtual reality, 3D, installation, sculpture and film. By combining the different disciplines, they are researching immersive experiences to connect the digital and physical levels of realities. T(n)C´s aim is to expand the practices of collective storytelling.

More information about T(n)C: https://tnctnctnc.com



Language: EN
picture credit: (c)T(n)C | (c)Benedikt Scheitnagl

25/03/2026

subnetAIR - SULME & JAE-NDER FLUID | Meet the artist: Wednesday, APRIL 8th | 5 PM

@ HCI – Division for Human-Computer Interaction,
Techno-Z Salzburg Bauteil V, Jakob-Haringer-Straße 8, 5020 Salzburg

It’s our pleasure to welcome our Aprils subnetAIR duo, Yeosulme Kang and Jaehwa Baek (a.k.a. Sulme & Jae-Nder Fluid)! Wednesday, April 8th, they will present their project and talk about their work.

ABOUT
A key aspect of their artistic practice is examining the intersection of two identities—immigrant and q***r. They especially aim to connect this exploration with the concept of “spatiality.” They examine how q***r-immigrant individuals interact with space, how space influences their bodies, and how certain elements of space resonate with them. They manifest their ideas through visual media, time-based media such as moving images, video, and short films, as well as installation works, thereby constructing a visual world.
Recently, they have begun to incorporate a physics-based perspective into our exploration of space. Time and space are inseparable. Thus, they seek to explore how the fluidity of identity over time combines with spatial experience and what this spacetime interaction means to q***r immigrants.

Yeosulme Kang and Jaehwa Baek are a Korean artist duo based in Bremen and Hamburg, Germany. They have explored the fluid and multi-layered nature of social constructs through their complex identities as q***r immigrants.

More about Yeosulme Kang and Jaehwa Baek: https://www.sulmenfluid.com/

Picture credit: Yeosulme Kang and Jaehwa Baek (a.k.a. Sulme & Jae-Nder Fluid)


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18/03/2026

Artists in Residence 2025 - RECAP

Thank you to our last years artist for taking part in our AIR programme.shirani_studio
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Our residencies are a collaboration with the hci.plus Center of Human Computer Interaction (University Salzburg) .
Thank you to Martin Murer and his team from HCI for offering their time, spaces, tools and support.

Thank you to Matthias Gruber (Fraeulein Flora) for capturing our artists and creating an accurate depiction for you to view.

11/02/2026

subnetAIR – SERVANDO BARREIRO | Meet the artist: Wednesday, MARCH 4th | 5 PM

@ HCI – Division for Human-Computer Interaction,
Techno-Z Salzburg Bauteil V, Jakob-Haringer-Straße 8, 5020 Salzburg

It’s our pleasure to welcome our first subnetAIR for this year, Servando Barreiro! Wednesday, March 4th, he will present his project and talk about his work.

ABOUT
In Barreiros Project the Neurodiverse multiverse he combines interactive video projection, a sculpture made with color LEDs and sound.
The current topic of exploration is to illustrate how neurodiverse individuals perceive and interact with the world in a different way.

His motivation is to give visibility to neurotypical people,
practices and struggles. Using mediums that are already “challenging”. The goal is to make other people see that there is also beauty and depth beyond what it is in our comfort zone.

Servando Barreiro’s background is in Electronics, Sound and Audiovisual communication. He started his artistic career early on and kept self-educating himself about the subjects of art, science and technology. Back then, he started teaching and organizing lectures about media / technology / electronic art.
Servando has since been living all over the world such as Perú, Stockholm, México and California.

More about Servando Barreiro: http://servando.teks.no/

Picture credit: Servando Barreiro: „Wledinstall_1“

20/01/2026

See you tonight. Gold Extra

Reinhold Bidner zeigt 4 ältere und neuere seiner Animations-Arbeiten in neuem [2026er-] Gewand im neuen gold extra Studio in der Paris Lodron Straße.