Group exhibition by students of the course “Technologies/Practices | Digital Communication and Media Worlds”
with DOMINIK EINFALT, LIDIA FILATOVA, RYTA KULYK, TARA LUGER, JOHANNA PAULER, RUBEN ZELLWEGER, MARTA KAROLĪNE ZIŅĢĪTE
WHEN:
Sat, 24.1.2026, 11:00 Vernissage and Presentations
12:00 Body Initiation
12:30 Data measurement by the experts (collective ‘Bahnhofstraße 7’)\
Sat, 24.1.2026 – Fri, 30.1.2026 Exhibition
Fri, 30.1.2026, 19:00 Closing
Opening hours:
So / Sun, 25.01.2026, 13:00-16:00
Mo / Mon, 26.01.2026, 13:00-16:00 / 17:30-19:30
further opening hours on request: orga@mzbaltazarslaboratory.org
WHERE:
Mz. Baltazar’s Lab, Jägerstraße 52-54, 1200 Vienna, Austria
Algorithms, deepfakes and the constant flow of AI-slop challenge provoke us. We laugh briefly. We are disgusted, we rejoice. In small grassroots steps, we move through art, that wants to reclaim its tools. Humorous and stumbling, we act in the knowledge, that the building blocks and tools of the post-industrial cloud are not in our hands. Sovereignty over democratic means of production and their platforms has long since been post-nationally capitalised and militarised. Discourses of control have become obsolete where truths are re-negotiated. The interconnections of life are cramped by instructions for action. Basically, it’s less about seeking attention but more about the existential search for a common scope of action within this post-digital framework.
Dominik, Lidia, Ryta, Tara, Johanna, Ruben and Marta are setting up an exhibition at Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory. It displays a great deal of humour, sometimes also their powerlessness, creates analogue spaces for thoughts, and invites visitors to reclaim old hardware. It creates small truths and allows even smaller fakes to grow. It builds art that becomes aware of its building blocks and materials again. The immeasurable abundance of reclaiming sovereignty over the common scope for action in the post-digital world.
DOMINIK EINFALT
ac(Cu)mulated Bodies
Through the accumulation of conductive material (copper/Cu), bodies emerge, that are neither designed nor alive. Electronic components serve as substrates for their growth. Their function collapses into mass. Time condenses into their bodies.
LIDIA FILATOVA
PLEASE DON’T USE AI- ZINE.
RYTA KULYK
MY TOOL MY CHOICE
The poster design is based on the image of an electronic circuit board covered with flowers. This image represents a techno-humanistic approach in the context of making art.
TARA LUGER
EXPERT NO. 6: OPERATING ON TRANSLATIVE GAUGE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF INVASIVE-COMMUNICATIVE MÜCRO-PARTICLES
Data Collection
What is wrong with the weather? Extreme heat, cold, drought and flooding take turns at high speed – an inexplicable phenomenon. Six experts set out with their highly specialized machines to collect data in public spaces and find the answer.
Expert no. 6 operates on the Translative Gauge for identification of invasive-communicative Mücro-particles. These are distributed in the air due to excessive emissions of CO2, 3, and 4, tire abrasion and mansplaining. The translative gauge picks up the particles high frequency vibration and translates it into audible frequencies and a date of expiry. The louder and denser these frequencies and the nearer the date, the more fatal the pollution.
JOHANNA PAULER
MY DIGITAL LOVE AFFAIR
Venturing through the digital lands, you feel lost – slightly out of sync. All these hours staring at the screen, leave you feeling lonely.
Looking for your soulmate, you wander from interface to interface following their promise of instant connection. Soon you are drawn into a game of enticing bots and easy answers.
But if you want to distinguish simulation from something real,
you’ll have to look past the interface
and dig a little deeper beneath the surface.
Press enter to start …
RUBEN ZELLWEGER
CRAVING INCONVENIENCE
(WHY DO IT SIMPLE IF YOU CAN MAKE IT COMPLICATED)
In our times, we’ve lost tolerance for inconvenience. Everything is at our fingertips: connection, goods, entertainment, information. We can listen to all the music we want at any time with virtually no restrictions.
Listening to music has lost its physicality and with it the perceived value we ascribe to it. Having to go through inconveniences to get something, makes us appreciate it more. Having access to less, makes us focus on what is there.
On a path to a more present existence, I like to take a closer look at the things we take for granted. Be it washing the dishes, taking down laundry, getting dressed, writing, listening to music.
Inconvenience makes me slow down and notice the beauty in the mundane.
I want to bring this inconvenience back into my life and I know I’m not the only one
MARTA KAROLĪNE ZIŅĢĪTE
MAKE A POSTER..
We all know days spending in bed without energy, lacking any motivation to move. This led me to begin my digital detox journey, where at first the absence of usual apps, feels like emptiness and missing out on the world. Over time, the senses awaken, revealing long forgotten colors, sounds and tastes. This piece reflects my interpretation of the fragile process of change and the quiet strength it takes, to reclaim presence and balance.