Often I wonder and then I read why Smiths take time and all to come and return to Schmiede. Thank you <3 for this annual moment. I cannot not share it. In my fav recorded interview about 12 years ago I said: we touch people. I guess that sums it up, but too simple at […]
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Mycelium Lab @ Schmiede26
Deutsch drunter Drawing on the understanding of mycelium as process rather than a thing, thinking on speculation and more-than-human entanglement, the framing of fungi as artistic and methodological collaborators and the call to stay with the trouble rather than resolve it, the performers and artists A. Isa Araújo and Ina Thomann ask what happens when […]
As if lab @ Schmiede26
As-If Science Jam: When Science Becomes Play — and Suddenly Makes Sense
partyLAB™ @ Schmiede26
partyLAB™ encourages safes und gutes feiern. The Lab Leaders Effa, Johannes and Stephan support you in making the wildest smith nights come true. The Lab invites all smiths to produce peace, love, unity and respect. The workshop introduces a safety kit, to avoid the worst hangovers the next days. enough said. keep on dancing. avoid […]
accomplices 33⅓ Lab @ Schmiede26
English below lab leaders: Bernd Gutmannsbauer, Julia Eckstein, Karl Stocker Bernd Gutmannsbauer, Schallplattenunterhalter und Künstlerischer Leiter von accomplices – Verein zur Erkundung multimedialer Ausdrucksformen, legt bei der Schmiede 2026 den Fokus auf die Kunst des Djing. Wir nähern uns dem Thema in theoretischer, praktischer und anekdotischer Weise an. 1. Im philosophischen Lesekreis erörtern […]
TeleAgriCulture Living Lab @ Schmiede 26
This year TeleAgriCulture returns to Schmiede to host a living lab that intersects fermenting ideas, cultures (and locally sourced food) with digital sensing and machine learning. We are back bigger and better, ready to hack and disrupt infrastructures of control over environmental data, sensing and networking architectures, and personal food practices, to co-create better ways […]
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 […]
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 […]