AI Lab by D#AVANTGARDE at Schmiede25

A FAUSTian dive into the future of creativity

Welcome to the AI Lab by D#AVANTGARDE at Schmiede25 – an experimental playground where art and storytelling meet algorithms.

With a carefully curated set of prompts and provocations, we invite you to join a contemporary reimagining of storytelling and what it means for the future when algorithms construct our reality.

The AI Lab 2025 engages critically and creatively with emergent paradigms:

From AI Twins and post-human identity, to AI-generated Art and Film, to the geo-political and ethical consequences of automation—including its role in information warfare and social destabilization; Our core ethos remains grounded in collaborative praxis—an invitation to work with rather than on technology.

AI Film Hackathon – FAUST

A central node of this year’s lab is the AI Film Hackathon, where we will explore LTX Studio—a generative filmmaking tool that challenges our traditional notions of narrative and cinematic language.

Lab Leads: Stephanie Meisl, David Fisslthaler, Alexandra Braschel, Hideo Snes, Gaston Gordon, and Artur Hadzicki

Together, we explore not what AI is, but what it enables—and perhaps, what it demands of us.

in Cooperation with LTX Studio

Registration
Facts: non Smiths: 50€ – Smiths: free – online: free

Our current, public, program:

Su SEP21.
AI Twin Workshop day
with David & Steph

Mo SEP22. & 23.
AI Film Hackathon
in cooperation with LTXstudio

Tu SEP23. 21:00
AI Film Hackathon screening
in cooperation with LTXstudio

We SEP24. 20:00
“The Mechanical FAUST – Conflict and Warfare in the 21st Century”
David Fisslthaler