CIVA

On 18 December, two discursive screenings will take place at Civa / Belvedere Blickle Cinema .
The programme begins at 6 pm with the short film Ein Quantensprung in der Zeitmessung by the Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds FWF .
The clip introduces a breakthrough achieved at the Atominstitut of the Vienna University of Technology: In 2023, Thorsten Schumm and his team succeeded in exciting an atomic nucleus with laser light for the first time – a milestone in basic research and time measurement. In dialogue with this, artist Miriam Hamann  presents a selection of her artworks that also explore notions of time and challenge scientific narratives. Together with Civa director Eva Fischer (), the two will discuss constructions of temporality, (post)humanist perspectives, and arts & science practices.
The talk will be given in German.
The programme continues with the screening of Brute Force at 7:15pm. The artists Felix Lenz , Ganaël Dumreicher , and Dunia Sahir , in conversation with Ivana Pilić from D–Arts , provide insights into the methods behind their essay film Brute Force (2025). The open discussion navigates through fragments of the film, where quantum theory and geology serve as lenses to expose the omissions, distortions, and ecological consequences of data extraction and image production.  

Please register for free. 
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Presented by Österreichischen Wissenschaftsfonds FWF

It’s been a month since the Civa Festival ended, but the exhibition |indeterminate⟩⟨apparatus| is still on view until February 1, 2026✨ 
Discover the work of Libby Heaney Q IS FOR CLIMATE (?)
By superposing images, the work offers a way out of a destructive path and asks if quantum thinking can align technology with planetary care.
Special thanks go to for providing the tree trunks used in Libby Heaney’s installation. This year Österreichische Bundesforste celebrate their 100 year anniversary to mark this milestone they are launching a series of activities, insights and campaigns including the project RealiTree, an application using augmented reality and artificial intelligence. 
More info on their website: bundesforste.at

Civa moments 💜
Snippets and recap of CIVA day 2, filled with film, dialogue, performance lecture and a closing AV performance! We enjoyed an interplay of mediums, conversations and perspectives shared!

On October 2nd and October 3rd, along with discussions and lectures, film screenings will be taking place that are accompanied by dialogues and live performances.
On the opening day of the festival, October 2nd, both curators Ana Prendes and Eva Fischer will be screening a short film loop over two hours that combines international perspectives and will be continuously repeated until midnight. The works range from speculative fiction, experimental documentary, non-narrative abstraction, and video essay, exploring socio-technical concepts of quantum phenomenon and quantum technology.

On Friday the 3rd, Chino Moya premieres his latest film Four Fluctuations (2023–2025), followed by a conversation between the artist and curator Ana Prendes .
The conversation will explore the convergence of science fiction and critical theory, the role of generative AI in filmmaking and visual culture, and our place in a future shared with machinic and nonhuman cognitive forms.

1/ Third Impact - S()fia Braga
2/ HUM - Tania Candiani
3/ Mirage: Eigenstate - Riar Rizaldi
4/ Quantum: Sensing Infrastructures. Deep Underground Architectures for Spectral Matter - Blanca Pujals .pujals
5/ Four Fluctuations - Chino Moya
6/ Diferencia Absoluta - Luis Enrique Zela-Koort
7/ Building for Quantum - Marina Otero Verzier & Manuel Correa
8/ Quantum Culture - Günseli Yalcinkaya
9/ Time Synthesizer - Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfand
10/ Allures - Jordan Belson