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Festivals
Vienna Digital Cultures 2025
5 – 18 May 2025
Autotelic Foundation was the key partner of Vienna Digital Cultures, jointly organized by FOTO ARSENAL WIEN and Kunsthalle Wien. From 5 to 18 May 2025, the festival explored how new technologies impact upon culture, offering audiences cutting-edge perspectives bridging art and media.
The theme of this edition was 'model collapse'. In machine learning, ‘model collapse’ is a key term that refers to problems that can arise during the training of large language models, including a loss of diversity and originality in generated outputs, excessive repetition, and amplified bias. But ‘model collapse’ is also an apt metaphor for the state of current affairs. From politics to ecology, many established systems are in disarray, and as the term ‘post-truth’ suggests, intellectual governance is no exception. Digital change is a key driver of this upheaval. With artificial intelligence rolling out across society, its impact upon these crises grows ever more significant. In 2025, Vienna Digital Cultures explored ‘model collapse’ in all its senses, inviting artists and thinkers to reflect on the disorientation and instability that characterize this moment in history.
Participants: Anthea (Partisan), Arvida Byström, Belma Bešlić-Gál, S()fia Braga, Caroline Busta, Silvia Dal Dosso, DJ Terror, Kate Crawford, Phase Fatale, Paul Feigelfeld, Mathias Gramoso, Joey Holder, Lil Internet, Vladan Joler, Andrea Khôra, Kiara Kristler, Etapp Kyle, Inès Sieulle, Most Dismal Swamp, Klimentina Li, Jonas Lund, Malounadou, Eva & Franco Mattes, Misonica, Amanda Mussi, Matteo Pasquinelli, Marcin Ratajczyk, Rent, ROTOR / Michael Fischer, Ala Roushan, Ruth Schnell, Elke Schwarz, Catharine Spet, Klaus Speidel, Charles Stankievech, Felix Stalder, Troika, Emmanuel van der Auwera, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Markus Wintersberger, Antonia XM, and more.
Vienna Digital Cultures took place at Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, and various locations throughout the city including: Angewandte Innovation Lab, Reaktor Theater, ORF Funkhaus, PRST club and others tbc.
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