A new immersive space featuring projection-based virtual reality, the X-Reality Lab is being inaugurated on SEP24 2026 at the Mozarteum University — The mobile version of X-Reality Lab plus the developer team will join Schmiede26. In this lab, organized jointly by the University Mozarteum and the Ars Electronica Futurelab, participants will collaboratively design and produce […]
Schmiede Labs
Ai Lab @ Schmiede26
Stephanie Meisl will return and focus on genJAM Whether your background is in film, design, music, games, or brand storytelling, Machine Cinema’s GenJAM offers a structured space to experiment, learn new workflows, and connect with fellow collaborators. Expect a fast-paced, welcoming environment for both beginners and advanced creators. An intensive, collaborative GenJAM, where participants […]
A(i)A(i)A(i)nimation Lab @ Schmiede26
Animation is boring and difficult! Maybe at Schmiede things are different?! NO! We want to explore analogue techniques, and torture ourselves. There might be salt, sand or pain(t) involved, maybe other stuff we find on the way. AI can do a quicker job, but that would be too easy for us suffering artists, and feed […]
X Reality Lab – Mozarteum x Futurelab x Schmiede
We are very happy to announce a fresh cooperation in the making. Smiths will gain access to fresh infrastructure and outstanding peers during Schmiede26. The Mozarteum (Open Arts) and Futurelab are constructing an immersive Space for Research and Arts in Salzburg: X Reality Lab PreOpening in September in Salzburg the developing team will host a […]
Performance Lab @ Schmiede26
Deutsch drunter In the Performance Lab, we collaboratively explore the concept of performance. The lab serves as a meeting point for everyone interested in engaging with performance in a broader sense — from body and movement to performative materials and kinetic objects. Through workshops and guided discussion sessions, we approach the various dimensions of performance, […]
Electric Monk 2.0 @ Schmiede26
In Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, the Electric Monk is a labor-saving device designed to believe things instead of and for you… Welcome to The Electric Monk Lab! – a sonic playground where machines don’t only create sounds; they listen, feel, react, or maybe groove along. In this lab, we’ll craft a series of […]
Experimental Wrestling Performance Lab @ Schmiede26
The Experimental Wrestling Performance Lab is back! Deutsch drunter. This lab is open to people from all disciplines who want to collaborate on creating an experimental wrestling extravaganza. Grand narratives meet absurd anecdotes, high culture meets trash, gore meets slapstick, supervillains, underdogs, deadly boring energy vampires, or exploding ADHD monsters. Futuristic architecture, archaic figures, nudity, […]
Photo Lab @ Schmiede26
After 20 years of Schmiede, the first we all wall and 10 years if imaGEN, say hello to: AiAiAi Photo Lab 26 Hosted by David Fisslthaler and Chris Rogl. Photography used to be evidence. Then it became memory. Then content. Then synthetic. What will it become next? The Photo Lab at Schmiede26 explores photography in a moment where […]
FASHION LAB @ Schmiede26
Fashion lab at Schmiede26
JamIsland GameLab @ Schmiede26
As Schmiede focuses on diversity and cooperation Labs at Schmiede are focus groups and more. Schmiede26: Ai Ai Ai will host a wide array of labs, ranging from personal interests over project development to institutional cooperation. The idea being, what do we know what you want. Schmiede is about you, the Smiths, not the vase. join the […]