TransArts

BA semester presentations winter‘25/26 - first year bachelor‘s

We congratulate our first year bachelor‘s for finishing their first semester and producing these great works!

slide 1,2 Maximilian Steinacker, Beten oder Frittieren?, 2025 ()

slide 3,4 Branko Bekavac, Anselm Wieland, untitled, 2026 ()

slide 5,6 Anastasiia Fashchevska, Refraction Field, 2025 ()

Tuesday lectures recap, first half of summer ‘26

Starting off the summer semester ‘26, the artist duo Kennedy & Swan visited the class for a lecture and a workshop, following on their practice and working with the topic of AI in arts.
For thirteen years, the duo has been transforming reality into digital spheres. What initially emerges as hand-built sculptures, figures, spaces and landscapes finds its way into animated 3D scans: the basis for their VR experiences, films and apps.
„kennedy+swan“ (founded in 2013) comprises the works of artists Bianca Kennedy and Swan Collective. In their collaboration, they explore the future of non-human intelligence and its impact on plants, animals, machines and humans.
(photo: exhibition view The Red Queen effect, Schering Stiftung 2015)

Drawing on 25 Years of collaborative practice, Matthias Bildstein redefines social sculpture as a practice of administrative intervention. By „remixing“ institutional frameworks from DIY culture to institutional systems, he demonstrates how statutes, community-building and organizational „care“ function as raw sculpture materials.
Additional to the lecture, Matthias Bildstein will also develop a part of the class‘ contribution to this years edition of Angewandte Festival together with a group of students.bildstein (photo: Darko Todorovic)

Finishing off the first half of the semester, Aaron Samar Bhamra and Monika Georgieva, founders of LAURENZ visited the class to share their project and their knowledge on off-spaces. The projects they realize under LAURENZ are often concerned with expanding the traditional understanding of exhibition-making and drawing inspiration from different disciplines. By focusing on a more discursive approach, LAURENZ seeks to create new and nurture existing relationships within the cultural field.space (photo: Aaron Amar Bhamra)

Curation and organization: Rowsitha Schuller () with the support of Roman Pfeffer (), Stephan Hilge, Barbis Ruder () and Anja Werkl