Escape Fake Wins the European Digital Skills Award in the Education Category. The award-winning app from Salzburg-based studio Polycular uses augmented reality to strengthen young people’s digital skills. The European Commission has named Escape Fake the winner of the 2025 European Digital Skills Award in the Education category. More than 250 entries from across Europe […]
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Thelonious’ start next till Oct 17th
Thelonious‘ project Mengele Zoo on Start Next They are 50% there and got 4 days to go. Mengele Zoo will be showing at ArgeKULTUR December 3rd – 5th Tanzkabuff.de Tanzkabuff pics
Matthias in Hallein
Matthias Leboucher will perform with the Steaming Satellites in Hallein on Oct 10th at Zone 11 Tickets
Hegemony eroding: a hands-on GenAI workshop on how to excavate diversity from latent space
Sunday, 21.09.2025 16:00-20:00 (AI Lab) Generative AI models ingest huge datasets gathered all over the web. Hence, they reflect decades of western cultural dominance. Yet, there are cracks through which diversity seeps through. I invite you to explore those cracks and to reflect on the blurred line between prejudice and representation. Please bring your own laptopWorkshop duration: […]
Why do you want to participate at Schmiede25?
Sometimes I forget why, so here is a reminder. Thank you for all your whys. unfiltered from the application 2025. I am so exited to meet you all soon. ruediger a few years ago I had a fantastic time joining the Schmiede crew for the first time, getting to know all of you crazy […]
When in Venice or Hallein
Out of Nowhere premieres at the Venice Immersive section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. Virtual Reality Film: Out of Nowhere Worldwide the weather is getting angrier and angrier Out of Nowhere gently explores how preserving alluvial forests, marshes and wetlands can help us face the challenges of an ever angrier, unpredictable climate. Told through […]
Christiane Peschek: Jahresstipendium Medienkunst 2025
Wir gratulieren Christiane Peschek Die in Salzburg geborene Künstlerin Christiane Peschek erhält das Jahresstipendium Medienkunst 2025 des Landes Salzburg. Sie versteht ihre Arbeit als Wahrnehmung und Reflexion des digitalen Zeitgeists und seiner Auswirkungen auf den Menschen. Schnöll: „Freiraum für Kunst-Talente.“ Mit dem Stipendium will das Land den Künstlerinnen und Künstlern Freiraum zur künstlerischen Weiterentwicklung geben. […]
Housing List Schmiede25
Lilli updated our housing list and double checked the public transport times. Thank you. Map of Hallein with Smith relevant points like Transport, Train, Parking etc.. Housing list: We advice you to book / organise early! We assume there are more options, especially the private options – please take a look at the different […]
Out Now: 1987 by Bernhard Hollinger
Bernhard Hollinger just released 1987. take a listen on yt or sf. reviews: Bernhard Hollinger’s ‘1987’ Is a Boundless, Visionary Triumph That Redefines Composition and Orchestrates Emotion (Cageriot) and more: with a less catchy headline but a good first sentence. Berlin-based musician Bernhard Hollinger is an artist who’s completely thrown out the rule book; a restless […]
Wien – SchmiedeInfosession – MAY10
Es ist wieder so weit! // ENG below Die Schmiede lädt alle Smiths, Future-Smiths und Interessierten zur jährlichen Infosession in Wien ein. (Smiths – das sind die Teilnehmer:innen der Schmiede.) Dank der Einladung der Semmelweisklinik findet das Ganze diesmal in einem etwas anderen Rahmen statt: Eine Mini-Werkschau gibt Einblick in vergangene Projekte der Schmiede – […]