aktuelle kunst in graz is a network of art and cultural institutions in Graz. Here you can find details about the venues and the programme on display.

esc media art laboratory

Bürgergasse 5 Palais Trauttmansdorff

8010 Graz

Production space
Exhibition space
Art Association
Cultural Center

Opening hours

Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 14:00-19:00

and on request

Opening hours during the Gallery Days 16-18.5.2025

Fri: All exhibition venues are open until 10pm.
Sat: All exhibition venues are open from 11am - 7pm.
Sun: All exhibition venues are open from 11am - 5pm.
Exceptions

Contact and Social Media

office@esc.mur.at

+43 316/836 000

http://esc.mur.at

further link

Accessibility

accessible toilets
assistance available if needed
everything is accessible

Zerstören, Foto: Alexandra Gschiel, © ESC medien kunst labor, 2016

Kairus Suspicious Behavior1, Foto: Martin Gross © ESC medien kunst labor, 2020

Radio Cyborg Transmitter, Foto: Martin Gross © ESC medien kunst labor. 2020

swarm curious tautophone and dr dopplers machine, Foto: Martin Gross © ESC medien kunst labor, 2019

In Search Of Lost Paradises2, Foto: Maryam Mohamadi © ESC medien kunst labor, 2017

Speculative capital28, Foto: Elevate © ESC medien kunst labor, 2017

3D Printing 6963, Foto: Martin Gross © ESC medien kunst labor, 2020

esc media art laboratory

The central task of esc medien kunst labor is the production of art.

The main focus is on the precise observation and seismographic recording of artistic processes that analyse and focus on socio-political developments (information and biotechnologies, socio-economic systems) and new technologies (hardware and software). The artistic activities are determined by the fact that art is understood as a subsystem of societal and social reality; the media-specific aspect is derived from the designation of this reality by "new" cultural technologies ["new media"].

The esc mkl is programmatically oriented towards the interests of artists as well as current research projects of scientists and theorists. The idea of networking finds expression in the continuous exchange with international artist collectives and the participation in international joint projects.

Exhibition

5/16/2025 - 8/29/2025

AUSSER KONTROLLE

AUSSER KONTROLLE Aufbau, Svitlana Zhytnia, Foto: esc

AUSSER KONTROLLE Aufbau, Stefan Doepner, Foto: esc

AUSSER KONTROLLE Aufbau, Svitlana Zhytnia, Foto: esc

AUSSER KONTROLLE Aufbau, David Bowen, Foto: esc

"One day we may have to worry about an all-powerful machine intelligence. But first we have to worry about putting machines in charge of decisions they lack the intelligence to make." [Jon Kleinberg]

Crises everywhere - wars, refugee flows, pandemics, weather disasters, polluted seas and soil, contaminated drinking water and, last but not least, empty state coffers: Experts are talking about a polycrisis - everything out of control?

It is possible to respond to the seemingly out-of-control and uncomfortable polycrisis of our time with a certain degree of ambivalence tolerance: i.e. with the resilient ability to seismographically perceive diffuse uncertainties and perceived threats, but also the uncertainties and ambiguities of a time, to absorb them analytically, to react to them responsibly, to become active and, last but not least, to transform them creatively - also in order to remain emotionally capable of action and productive in the end. This is what characterizes contemporary artists in particular, who approach the latest technologies such as artificial intelligence with open curiosity, critical reflection and creative experimentation.

Artists:
David Bowen (USA), Stefan Doepner (SLO/DEU), Borut Savski (SLO), Christine Schörkhuber (AUT), Zhi Zhi Visuals (UKR)

-> Opening FRI 5/16/2025 8:00 PM