Exploring the intersections of art, technology, and society through making, reflection, and play.
Schmiede Hallein is an annual media & arts festival where creatives explore the intersection of art, technology, and society through hands-on experimentation and interdisciplinary exchange. The Department Creative Technologies shares this spirit by organizing the annual Crafting Realities Lab, GameJam (JamIsland), Textile and Sound Lab, and Listening Machines at Schmiede.
Here, students, researchers, and lecturers from all academic areas come together for an intensive 10-day experience resulting in interactive installations, performances, musical pieces, artistic material explorations, games, and diverse interdisciplinary projects.
Projects
Wired for Care – Margot Lechner
A feminist approach to kin keeping (the everyday practice of managing and sustaining familial relationships) and how digital technologies shape that care work.
The Paper Sky – Ines Filipp
A material study that combines illustration and simple paper circuits. The project recreates the August night sky by lighting up constellations with LEDs, layered beneath hand-drawn interpretations of the stars.
Gretchen’s Chair – Dodo Sachsenhofer
An interactive installation that reflects on Gretchen’s storyline in Goethe’s Faust.
Sonar – Julius Jungwirth, Gabriel Handschuh, Tobias Kohlhammer
Ultrasound with a little playfulness.
Emotional Fists – Catherina Bauer
Through vibrating plaster fists, this work invites visitors to feel the emotions a fist can evoke.
shaping something – Lennart Grünhagen, Carina Vollenbrüke
Live performance.