Brosch AI – Distorted Dreams, Jolanda Abasolo, Victoria Wolfersberger, Celine Pham,

Juergen Hagler (AT), 6’

Limen, Stefan Krische (AT), 3’

Seedless Fruits, Stefanie Schwarzwimmer (AT/DE), 30'

Where does the rest of the world begin?, Dagmar Schürrer (AT/DE), 11’

Brosch AI – Distorted Dreams / 6’

Jolanda Abasolo, Victoria Wolfersberger, Celine Pham, Juergen Hagler (AT)

Brosch AI – Distorted Dreams demonstrates an attempt to deliberately employ AI animation tools in cultural heritage and art archives. Specifically, it focuses on expanding and animating the artistic oeuvre of  Upper Austrian artist Klemens Brosch. The result of this experiment is multifaceted: a balancing act between clichéd, flawed output, and refreshing inspiration. The artistic collaboration between human and AI shifts between interpretations faithful to the artist and unsuccessful attempts to steer the AI’s output in the intended direction.

Limen / 3’

Stefan Krische (AT)

The violence that is being normalized, the xenophobia that is increasing, the deliberate ignorance in order to maintain a sense of “moral” superiority. It reflects on bloodlust hidden under the packaging of compassion, as well as propaganda disseminated uncritically across news channels. Observing these developments through screens and within society, the addresses the sense of powerlessness that emerges when confronted with a seemingly fatal process with no clear prospect of positive transformation or prevention of repetition.  This mixed media animation combines analog painting and digital 3D modeling in a hybrid technique developed by the artist.

Seedless Fruits / 30’

Stefanie Schwarzwimmer (AT/DE)

Seedless Fruits is about the founding of a new company whose product or service remains unknown. The work moves through an imposing corporate headquarters that gradually deteriorates,  offering a satirical commentary of neoliberal office worlds and alienated labor within a self-perpetuating cycle of value creation without purpose.

Where does the rest of the world begin? / 11’

Dagmar Schürrer (AT/DE)

The digital animation is one part of a multimedia installation that reflects on the deep entanglements of human consciousness, natural environment, and current technology. The artist poetically links the scientific concept of Symbiosis by Lynn Margulis with the theory of Neural Synchrony and applies those to existence in the post-digital. Both theoretical approaches highlight the interconnectivity of all organic and non-organic agents, challenging concepts of individuality, singular consciousness, and subjectivity.

The scientific ideas are transformed into a poetic and meditative Voice Over, which speculates about different scenarios of symbiosis and synchrony found in various combinations between humans, (micro)organisms, and technology. Various manifestations of hybrid avatar creatures are embedded in a series of visual tableaus – computer generated animations of digital world building, that combine fantastical landscapes, abstract patterns, fragmented figures and microbial structures.

Jolanda Abasolo

Jolanda Abasolo (AT) is a digital artist based in Lower Austria, focusing on animation, AI, interactive media and generative arts. Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Digital Arts, she combines these fields to explore the boundaries of contemporary art tools and to create immersive experiences.

 Victoria Wolfersberger

Victoria Wolfersberger (AT) is a freelance filmmaker and digital artist based in Upper Austria. Her skillsets are producing, sound design and motion graphics with focus on audiovisual synergies to create immersive experiences. She is also lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Campus Hagenberg and a board member of the ANIMA PLUS association. Victoria graduated from the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and has a bachelor’s degree in Media Technology and Design and a master’s degree in Digital Arts. Together with three other students, she created the 3d animated short Fish for Life (2019), which was screened worldwide at various film and animation festivals and won four awards.

 Celine Pham

Celine Pham is an interdisciplinary artist and master's student in Digital Arts based in Upper Austria. Her work navigates the intersections of analog and digital art, blending mixed media, artificial intelligence, and experimental storytelling. Inspired by the evolving relationship between humans and technology, she explores themes of identity, belonging, and transformation. With an open and exploratory approach, she continuously seeks new creative territories, merging traditional techniques with emerging technologies. Through her interdisciplinary practice, she redefines the possibilities of artistic expression, exploring new frontiers across different media.

Juergen Hagler

Juergen Hagler is an academic researcher, media artist and curator at the interface of animation, game, and media art. He studied art education, experimental visual design, media culture and art theories at the University for Art and Design Linz, Austria. Currently, he serves as a Professor of Animation and Media Studies and as the head of the bachelor’s and master’s programs in Digital Arts at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg Campus. In 2021, he played a key role in initiating the bachelor’s program in Digital Arts. Since 2014, he has been the co-head of the research group Playful Interactive Environments, which investigates new and natural forms of interaction and the use of playful mechanisms in encouraging specific behavioral patterns. He has been involved in the activities of Ars Electronica since 1997 via various roles and functions.  Since 2017, he has been the director of the Ars Electronica Animation Festival, as well as the initiator and General Chair of the “Expanded Animation Symposium” (2013–2023) and the “Expanded – Conference on Animation and Interactive Art” (since 2024). In 2023, he founded ANIMA PLUS, a Linz-based organization with the aim of supporting animation art and culture in Upper Austria and beyond.

Stefan Krische

Stefan Krische (b.1986, St. Veit an der Glan) is a multimedia artist from Austria. He has exhibited his works in Brazil, the USA, Greece, Spain, Germany, and Austria. His work is primarily explores thematic areas of human action and interaction, as well as the threshold between the real and the virtual, and between classical and contemporary artistic spaces. For him, every idea requires its own medium for expression;  accordingly, his artistic processes are constantly in shifting across different techniques and materials.  He studied architecture at Graz University of Technology from 2006 to 2014,  and media art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna from 2015 to 2025, where he graduated with a degree in Digital Art. During his studies he collaborated in international street art and public art festivals and with cultural initiatives in Kosovo, Germany, Spain, USA and Lebanon.

Stefanie Schwarzwimmer

Stefanie Schwarzwimmer (b. 1990, Linz) is a multimedia artist who lives and works in Berlin. From 2012 to 2018, she studied art and digital media at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Constanze Ruhm. Her graduation film Silent Revolution was awarded the Academy Prize. Schwarzwimmer completed the Berlin Programme for Artists in 2017 and was a participant in the Goldrausch Programme in 2022. Her work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions, including at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen (2020), at Deborah Bowmann in Brussels (solo exhibition, 2021), at Kasseler Kunstverein (2022), at Oberösterreichischer Kunstverein (solo exhibition, 2024) and in solo screenings at Kunstverein der Rheinlande und Westfalen Düsseldorf as part of the “Another Eye” series (2024), and at KW Berlin as part of a “Pogo Bar” event (2024). In her works, she builds virtual spaces consisting of memories, media images, and pop culture elements that can be read as satirical and self-critical barometers of social trends. Her video works and installations include topics such as content creation, self-optimization, reality TV, consumer culture, and questions about the apparent evidential power of the image.

 Dagmar Schürrer

Lei Lei (Artist)

Lei Lei (b. 1985, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China) is an artist and film director. His practice is based research, collection, and reorganization of found images and archival materials. Combining digital filmmaking and parody, he weaves together abandoned images, oral histories, fragmented online videos, official documentaries, commercial product catalogs, myths, and legends, transforming these materials into works of visual poetry and prose.