Kunsthalle Wien

17:00–18:15 ANGEWANDTE INTERDISCIPLINARY LAB
Keynote Kate Crawford in dialogue with Clemens Apprich and Wendy Chun
Model Collapse: The Cascading Failures of Algorithms, Ecosystems, and Economies (EN)

19:00–21:00 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Festival and Exhibition Opening
WITH SPEECHES BY

• Veronica Kaup-Hasler, Executive City Councillor for Cultural Affairs and Science
• Michelle Cotton, Artistic Director Kunsthalle Wien
• Felix Hoffmann, Artistic Director FOTO ARSENAL WIEN
• Nadim Samman, Curator Model Collapse

FOLLOWED BY
DJ-Set by Inou Ki Endo (Unsafe+Sounds) at Kunsthalle Karlsplatz

17:00–18:00 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Curator Talk
Nadim Samman (EN)

18:00–20:00 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Artist Talks

• Dane Sutherland: As a Dog Returns to its Vomit: Model Collapse and MUSH in the Most Dismal Swamp (EN)
• Eva & Franco Mattes: We Are All NPCs (EN)

20:00–22:00 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
DJ-Set by Mara Never (Augend&Augend) at Café Kunsthalle am Karlsplatz

12:00–12:45 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Curator’s Tour
Model Collapse with Nadim Samman (EN)

13:00–17:00 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Talks followed by Q&A
moderated by Nadim Samman (EN)

• 13:00 Lecture Paul Feigelfeld: Optimal Brain Damage. Techno-Fascism, AI-thoritarianism and Countercultural Techniques. (EN)
• 14:00 Lecture Elke Schwarz: New Militarism, Tech-Fetishism, and Artificial Idiocy (EN)
• 15:00 Lecture Felix Stalder: The Collapse of the (Western) Model of Reality (EN)
• 16:00 Artist Talk Emmanuel Van der Auwera: AI, Cinema & Post-Truth (EN)

19:00–19:30 REAKTOR
Lecture–Performance
Lil Internet: :::FEEL THE FUTURE::: (EN)

19:30–22:00 REAKTOR
AI Cinema

• Troika, Drill Baby Drill (2025)*
• Silvia Dal Dosso, The Future Is Now Weird AF (The Ultimate AI CoreCore Experience) (2025)*
• Inès Sieulle, The Oasis I Deserve (2024)
• Emmanuel van der Auwera, Saturn (2025)*
• Jonas Lund, The Future of Life (2024)
• Most Dismal Swamp, The Bastard Fields (2025)*

*PREMIERE

23:00–06:00 PRST.CLUB
Digital Music Night

• 23:00–00:00 DJ Terror
• 00:00–02:00 Etapp Kyle
• 02:00–04:00 Phase Fatale
• 04:00–06:00 Antonia XM

12:00–13:00 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Guided Tour Model Collapse followed by AR Tour
with Belma Bešlić-Gál, Catherine Spet, Markus Wintersberger (in collaboration with Kultur 1) (DE)

13:00–16:30 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Talks and Q&A moderated by Nadim Samman (EN)

• 13:00 Silva Dal Dosso: The Future is Finally Weird As Fuck (EN)
• 14:00 Joey Holder: From the Noo to the Woo (EN)
• 15:00 Lil Internet & Caroline Busta: Transmit the Future (EN)
• 16:00 Q&A

19:00–19:30 REAKTOR
Lecture-Performance
Malpractice: Agents as a Medium: Prompting Against the Default

19:30–22:00 REAKTOR
AI Cinema

• Ala Roushan & Charles Stankievech, A Shroud Woven of Solar Threads (2025)
• Emmanuel van der Auwera, Gospel (2024)
• Arthur Chopin*, 512×512 (2024)
• S()fia Braga, The Artificial Conjuring Circle (2023)
• Andrea Khôra, Rapture (2024)
• S()fia Braga, Third Impact (2025)
• Clemens von Wedemeyer, Social Geometry (2025)

* Trigger warning: This video contains disturbing images, including elements of body horror. Viewers are strongly advised to exercise discretion. The content is not suitable for children and may be disturbing for some adults. 

18:00–20:00 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Artist Talk
Ruth Schnell (DE)

15:00–18:00 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Workshop
Paul Feigelfeld & Klimentina Li: Digital Self-Defense: Techno-Authoritarianism and Countercultural Techniques (EN)

18:30–19:30 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Curator’s Tour
Model Collapse with Nadim Samman (EN)

18:00–20:30 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Sound and Performance with Misonica and Rent hosted by ROTOR
curated by Michael Fischer

12:00–13:00 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Curator’s Tour
Model Collapse with Nadim Samman (EN)

13:00–17:00 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Talks

• 13:00 Arvida Byström: In the Clouds: The Intersection of Technology and Desire (EN)
• 14:00 Klaus Speidel: « All the Crap Online »? — Towards A Hauntology Of Generative AI (EN)
• 15:00 Ala Roushan & Charles Stankievech: Solar Threads: Modelling from Mitraism to Machinism (EN)
• 16:00 Matteo Pasquinelli: Empire Model Collapse: Information Entropy and the Toxic Implosion of Technofeudalism (EN)

22:00–22:30 HAUS DER REPUBLIK (WIENER FESTWOCHEN) – FUNKHAUS
Performance by Arvida Byström: A Cybernetic Doll’s House (EN)

22:30–03:30 HAUS DER REPUBLIK (WIENER FESTWOCHEN) – FUNKHAUS
Clubnight

• 22:30–23:30 Malounadou
• 23:30–01:30 Anthea (Partisan)
• 01:30–03:30 Amanda Mussi

12:00–13:00 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Guided Tour Model Collapse followed by AR Tour
with Belma Bešlić-Gál, Catherine Spet, Markus Wintersberger (in cooperation with Kultur 1) (DE)

13:00–17:00 KUNSTHALLE WIEN KARLSPLATZ
Lecture series followed by a Q&A
curated in cooperation with Spike Art Magazine