Das transdisziplinär arbeitende Kollektiv entwickelt eine unkonventionelle Kühlung, die klimapositives Denken in die Tat umsetzt. Rund 14° kaltes Wasser aus der Grundwasserzisterne unter dem Kunsthaus wird nach oben gepumpt und läuft durch einen Kühlkörper aus dünnen Kupferrohren.

Researchers in the field of Brain Inspired Computing are using the human brain as a model in an attempt to make AI more energy-efficient.

At Graz University of Technology they have developed a way to use the flavouring substance vanillin, which we all know from baking, for sustainable energy storage.

The ‘Urban Camping’ of the identity-building Rostfest festival and the Alpin Resort are proof of the strategy’s success, as is the Nordic Education Center (NAZ) and the ‘Forschungszentrum am Berg’ research site.

Building rubble and fragments of sculpture cover the floor in Martin Roth’s sound and space installation. A posthuman landscape of ruin – yet solitary pioneer plants are reclaiming the signs of humankind’s exploitation and destructive power.

Elke Auer combines sculptural and performative elements with language, drawing and painting. Her work addresses the constructed nature of gender identities and seeks to break down hierarchising, normative attributions.

The experimental architectural study The Living Arch combines biology, technology and design in the quest for healthy and comfort-able spaces.

In Weltverschiebung, the desire for public space is juxtaposed with the growing economisation of what once seemed like endless outer space.