Boris Roland Manner

Das von G. E. Lessing im Jahr 1766 veröffentlichte Werk Laokoon oder über die Grenzen der Malerei und Poesie gilt immer noch als einer der wichtigsten Texte zur Ästhetik und der Kunsttheorie. Lessing entwickelt aus einer Beschreibung einer antiken Skulpturengruppe eine Vorstellung von den Möglichkeiten und Wirkungen von Malerei und Dichtung. Während die Literatur eine Geschichte erzählen könne würde die… 2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Eva Maria Stadler

Im Kuratorischen Kolloquium sehen wir jeweils aktuelle Ausstellungen in Museen und Galerien genauso, wie in Offspaces, oder besuchen Künstlerinnen und Künstler in ihren Ateliers. Zur Diskussion stehen die vorgestellten künstlerischen Arbeiten und die kulturpolitischen und institutionellen Bedingungen unter denen die Kunstwerke produziert und präsentiert werden. Darüberhinaus werden die Strategien der Kommunikation und Vermittlung als Bestandteil der kulturellen Produktion in den… 2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Gerald Fuchs

The course covers the essential legal matters that are relevant to architects and provides with practical tools and guidance to mitigate and avoid legal problems. The main focus of the course are the applicable laws on administrative procedures and services that (also) apply to architects, tort law, the respective liability issues - especially by Austrian Law. 2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Boris Roland Manner

Kultur von rechts In seinem 1979 erschienenen Buch Cultura di destra nähert sich Furio Jesi in mehreren Essays dem Verhältnis von Mythologie und Politik. Seine zentrale These ist dass rechte aber auch linke Ideologien in ihrer Sprache und Symbolik auf zeitlosen Ideen ohne Worte basieren. Die daraus resultierende politische Sprache der Ideen ohne Worte gibt vor "wahrhaftig sprechend zu sein,… 2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Paul Feigelfeld

The seminar explores the paradigms, politics, prophecies, prognoses, permutations, predictions, productions, paranoias, patterns, performances, and punks of Machine Learning and its emo child, Artificial Intelligence. The aim of the seminar is to develop a thorough understanding of the technological constellations of the field of Machine Learning, its historical developments, and political, social, ecological, and cultural implications. During the opening session,… 2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Anna Nagele

Accessing Situated Knowledge through Autoethnographic Research This seminar investigates the importance of situated, local knowledge and the turn to first-person research in design. The production of idiosyncratic accounts raises empathy and understanding for how one’s own life is entangled with others and the material world. After establishing theoretical grounding through readings and an active attendance of the symposium ‘On the… 2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Ufaq Inaam

This course investigates the transformative potential of design's world-making capacity through the lens of pluriversality and re-imagination. Grounded in Arturo Escobar’s theoretical framework, students will engage with concepts of decolonization, radical interdependence, and autonomy around design and practice. The course aims to challenge conventional design paradigms by embracing diverse cultural perspectives and fostering sustainable, inclusive and equitable design practices. Students… 2024W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Kevin Abosch

Weaponized Art: Algorithmic Tactics This course explores how contemporary art can engage with AI and machine learning as both medium and method for deploying tactics within systems of control. We’ll examine how artists have used algorithmic tools to subvert, manipulate, and weaponize imagery, language, and influence. Emphasis will be placed on the tactical potential of synthetic media, automated processes, and… 2024W/2025S, artistic Seminar, 1.0 ECTS

Christoph Wize

Einführung in die Kommunikationstheorie: Diese Vorlesung bietet eine Einführung in die Kommunikationstheorie. Sie ist in zwei Hauptteile gegliedert und zielt darauf ab, euch nicht nur theoretische Konzepte zu vermitteln, sondern auch praktische Fähigkeiten und neue Perspektiven auf Kommunikation zu entwickeln. Teil 1: Überblick und Einführung in die Kommunikationstheorie Wir starten mit einem historischen Überblick über zentrale Kommunikationstheoretiker und ihre Konzepte,… 2024W, Vorlesungen, 2.0 ECTS

Julian Hessenthaler

Welcome to LOSIIA - the Lab for Open Source Intelligence and Investigative Arts! In this seminar, students will explore LOSIIA, our Research Lab which focuses on the use of cutting-edge research software to analyze social media and internet data. The lab provides hands-on experience with OSINT & AI tools and methodologies, enabling students to gain a deeper understanding of how… 2024W, artistic Seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Martina Fröschl

MicroMacroVideo is an interdisciplinary course that explores the convergence of science, art, and technology through visualization in video productions. The course invites students to examine the world at both microscopic and macroscopic levels, using tools such as smartphone clip-on microscopes, thermal imaging cameras, and video editing software. Participants will learn to document, analyze, and artistically interpret the hidden aspects of… 2024W, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Maria Bremer

This lecture provides an introduction to modern art (1800–1950), focusing on European developments within a global context. It discerns the aesthetic transformations of this period, examining their theoretical and institutional foundations while intertwining them with social, historical, and political circumstances ranging from imperialism and colonialism to scientific advancements, urbanization, gender relations, and the repercussions of war, migration, and exile. Each… 2024W, Vorlesungen, 2.0 ECTS

Teresa Mitterlehner-Marchesani

Running a Museum - Management and Governance for a public museum institution blocked course Location: Postgasse 2, seminar room 2. floor Since their spin-off from the federal administration, Austria's Federal Museums are independently managed economic units owned by the Federal Government. As scientific institutions under public law, they house Austria's important collections and are dedicated to their research, care and… 2025S, scientific seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Anika Meier

Feminism, Web 3.0 and AI Agents Additional sessions may also take place via Zoom – details will be provided after the first class meeting. 2024W/2025S, artistic Seminar, 1.0 ECTS

Martin Kusch

In this practical seminar, we will critically explore the theme of "New Media and Social Sustainability" in the context of artistic research through experimental interactions with AI language models and image-generation tools. Participants will engage with key theoretical texts addressing digital identity, surveillance, algorithmic bias, ecological impacts, and ethical challenges in new media technologies. By creatively translating theoretical excerpts into… 2024W/2025S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Julian Hessenthaler

Welcome to New Media and Social Sustainability 2 – a space for disruption, deconstruction, and radical reflection. New media are not just communication channels; they shape and deform the very foundations of our reality. Fake news, deep fakes – these are not random disturbances. But are they not also artistic acts? Do they not create a kind of "hyperreality" where… 2024W, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Simon Huber

This conservatory invites us to rethink the origins of human civilisation and to reflect critically on common assumptions. At its centre is the seminal work The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow, which looks at the emergence of social structures in a completely new light. It questions fundamental ideas about the development of the state, hierarchy and… 2025S, Konversatorium, 2.0 ECTS

Marion Elias

Die Vorbesprechung findet am Donnerstag, den 20. März, um 14.30 Uhr im Seminarraum des GAL, Salzgries 14, 2. Stock statt. Die Lehrveranstaltung findet dann dort generell donnerstags, von 14.30 bis 16.00 Uhr statt. „Niemandsland; zwischen Kunst und Wissenschaft” Schön ist, was schön ist...? "Renaissance 2.0 / Rinascità, versione 2.0" Il progetto Leonardo Die Frage, ob (bildende) Kunst Wissenschaft wäre, präziser… 2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Eva Maria Stadler

Der amerikanische Künstler John Baldessari sollte 1971 am Novia Scotia College for Art and Design in Halifax eine künstlerische Arbeit installieren. Da es nicht genug Geld für seine Reise nach Kanada gab, schlug er vor, dass Studierende freiwilligerweise den Satz ‚I will not make any more boring art‘ an die Wand der Galerie schreiben. Zu seiner Überraschung bedeckten die Student*innen… 2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Isabel Kranz

Das Seminar widmet sich dem deutschen Kritiker, Philosophen und Vertreter der sogenannten ‚ersten Kulturwissenschaft‘ Walter Benjamin (1892–1940). Wir lesen zentrale Texte seines umfassenden Werks, u.a. die Aufsätze „Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit“, „Kleine Geschichte der Photographie“ sowie ausgewählte Arbeiten zur Literatur und aus dem Werkkomplex der Passagenarbeit. 2025S, Konversatorium, 2.0 ECTS

Christian Liclair

While active participation in organized religions is steadily dwindling, observers of the Global North can easily notice an increased interest and partaking in occult practices. And while the engagement with esotericism or alternative mysticisms manifests throughout the political spectrum, many in the queer community seem especially inclined to (at least superficially) engage with the occult: From astrology and tarot card… 2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Karin Michalski

In (post-)colonial conditions, the production of research and knowledge is often characterized by social and material hierarchies. The French philosopher Édouard Glissant therefore calls for a right to opacity, the right not to be understood, and opposes the claim to all-encompassing transparency. Opacity can thus also be understood as a form of refusal and resistance. „If we look at the… 2025S, scientific seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Bernhard Faiss

The seminar gives students the opportunity to elaborate / present artistic work. Contents: • Basics of visual communication: How does the transmission of messages through images work?• Storytelling and narrative structures: How do you tell a story with images?• Design principles: How to achieve an aesthetically pleasing presentation? Additional aspects: • Practical relevance: exercises, screenings and feedback for projects• Individual… 2024W/2025S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Gerhard Brandstötter

Keine Umsetzung privater Projekte möglich.   Termin ab 01.03.2024... laufent möglich nach besprechung vor Ort in base Anmelden 2024W/2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Helmuth Fahrner

Realization of semester- or diplomworks with the machinery equipment of the department. 2024W, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Benno Groer

  Umsetzung einer Semester oder Diplomarbeit 2024W/2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Karl Holzer

Umsetzung einer Semester oder Diplomarbeit mit den Maschinen und Einrichtungen der Abteilung 2024W/2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Reinhold Krobath

Anhand einer konkreten Aufgabenstellung aus den jeweiligen Klassen/Studienrichtungen, wird eine Projektarbeit gemeinsam mit einem Lehrbeauftragten im Einzelunterricht umgesetzt. 2024W/2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva

Project Work - Ceramics 2 It´s necessary to participate in a basic course before to start with a project! Individual supervision of a project and its implementation, or the concept of a possible implementation.   After the required online registration, please send an email to: sandra.gigerl@uni-ak.ac.at for an appointment.   2024W/2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Gerald Pfaffl

2024W/2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Alexander Eselböck

Project Work - Ceramic Technologies 2024W/2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Julia Geissler

  VORAUSSETZUNG FÜR EINE PROJEKTARBEIT IST DIE ABSOLVIERUNG EINES GRUNDLAGENKURSES! Individuelle Betreuung einer Arbeit und deren Umsetzung, bzw. das Konzept einer möglichen Umsetzung.   Direkte Kontaktaufnahme mit  Julia Geissler via Mail oder Besprechung während ihrer Anwesenheitszeiten (Mi, Do, Fr) im Keramikstudio.u 2024W/2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Roman Hegenbart

Einführung in die Metalltechnologie, Metallkunde und Basiswissen, Maschinen Grundkenntnisse 2024W/2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Roman Spieß

Project Work - Model and Mould Making 2024W/2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Jonas Bohatsch

Students who want to realise a project in the field of software art, generative art, generative design, physical computing, machine learning, etc. are encouraged to contact the Coding Lab. Projects are then implemented collaboratively over one semester in individual sessions.Successful completion of a basic course (e.g. on coding, physical computing, machine learning) or existing basic knowledge of the desired field… 2024W/2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Silke Vollenhofer

Grundlagen: Projektmanagement und Projektentwicklung  (Projekte initieren, prüfen , planen, durchführen, steuern, abschließen),     2025S, Vorlesungen, 2.0 ECTS

Martin Kusch

Writing workshopAs part of the course, we will take a  workshop-like approach to how an application for a project submission should be implemented in order to increase the chances of success with submissions: i.e. the creation of texts (project description), translation of the artistic idea into a convincing portfolio, production and schedule, cost estimate 2024W/2025S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Eva Maria Stadler

2025S, Exkursionen, 1.0 ECTS

Sophie-Marie Geretsegger

Are artists the cleaners of society? Do they promote alternative models of society? Were they the researchers who influenced art and politics in both technical experimentation and individualistic lifestyles and promoted modern man? Or are these sentimental ideas of a bourgeois society rooted in the cult of genius of Romanticism? These questions will be explored in presentations (followed by a… 2024W, Proseminar, 3.0 ECTS

Julian Hessenthaler

Welcome to LOSIIA – the Lab for Open Source Intelligence and Investigative Arts! In this seminar, students will explore LOSIIA, our research laboratory that specializes in the use of cutting-edge research software for analyzing social media and internet data. The lab provides hands-on experience with OSINT and AI tools, as well as methods to develop a deeper understanding of how… 2025S, artistic Seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Nina Hoechtl

Durch die komprimierte Struktur haben die Teilnehmenden die Möglichkeit, sich in der Blocklehrveranstaltung intensiv mit Indianismus/„Indianertümelei“ im deutschsprachigen Raum auseinanderzusetzen. Die konzentrierte Zeitspanne ermöglicht es, komplexe Inhalte zu Stereotypen, kultureller Aneignung und Rassismus tiefer zu erfassen. Die Gäste bietet eine Grundlage, um Raum für Diskussionen unter den Teilnehmenden zu schaffen und gemeinsam einen kritischen Blick auf die Tradition von Indianismus/„Indianertümelei“… 2024W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Anita Hosseini

Deeply rooted in the history of colonisation and imperial power, as well as in geopolitical and territorial hegemonies, plants become carriers of information, living archives of human history that combines oppression, migration and appropriation. At the same time, however, they also function as images that are symbolically charged and, like allegories, become symbols of virtues, emotions, communities, beliefs and movements.… 2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Isabel Kranz

Sammeln, Ordnen und Benennen sind sowohl allgemein verbreitete als auch höchst spezialisierte Kulturtechniken. Als solche überschreiten sie das Individuelle und mobilisieren soziale, moralische und ästhetische Ordnungen. Im Seminar befassen wir uns mit diesen drei Techniken anhand von konkreten historischen, literarischen und künstlerischen Beiträgen (u.a. von Carl von Linné, Uriel Orlow u. Judith Schalansky) und theoretischen Grundlagentexten (u.a. von Michel Foucault… 2024W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Taylor Le Melle

You're not an individual, and also, no one is coming to get us. Semiotics of a precarious artist in winter is a seminar that will make both a theoretical and practical examination of the vulnerability of a body under neoliberal, patriarchical, and racialised capitalism. In this seminar we will do a close reading of the relationship between our social environment… 2024W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Michael Huber

- Questions of semiotics in the context of artistic production- The text / image complex is particularly highlighted- Particular attention is paid to issues relating to the Institute of Design (graphics / advertising) - Questions of semiotics- Icon - Index - Symbol- Stochastics- Markov and LLMs- Style analysis: chance / determinism / noise / automaton - Foucault- “iconic turn”- Structuralism-… 2024W, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Flora Zimmeter

Conveying the basics of screen printing as an independent artistic medium on paper and cardboard. Addressing the special possibilities and strengths of this technique (colour application, colour intensity, combination with other visual media). Working with water-soluble inks, experiments on flat print media. Lecture and ExercisesPlace: Vordere Zollamtsstrasse 7, screen printing workshop (room 105)Limited number of participants 2024W/2025S, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Larissa Leverenz

Please Note!The prerequisite for the Screen Printing II course is basic knowledge of screen printing or successful completion of the Screen Printing I course (basic course). The aim is to gain a deeper understanding of the technique in order to be able to successfully implement complex ideas. Cross-technological, experimental work on various printing media and an examination of the peculiarities… 2024W/2025S, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Eva Maria Stadler

Der Begriff ‚Situationsaffärendekodierung‘ ist eine Verballhornung des englischen Wortes ‚Situationship‘. In dem Seminar beschäftigen wir uns mit Liebesbeziehungen und fragen nach ihren aktuellen Kodierungen. Nach der Lektüre von Texten, Musik, Filmen und Kunstwerken, die sich mit der Darstellung, und mehr noch mit Konzepten von Liebe beschäftigen geht es darum, eine Rauminstallation für das Kinder- und Jugendtheater Dschungel Wien zu konzipieren… 2024W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Nicolaj Kirisits

This course is based on the course in the winter term 2024/2025, but new students are still welcome. This semester, sonic fictions for urban spaces will be designed. The mobile sound lab of the University of Applied Arts (https://aesr-lab.uni-ak.ac.at/labs/) will be used for this aim. Sonic Fiction is an intermedial improvisation course based on the research area ‘sonic fiction’. Sonic… 2024W/2025S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Oliver Elser

Exploring concepts of museum education (on-site visits to Viennese museums) relating to a construction kit hands-on exhibitionGo to the museum and just start playing, building, trying out, making something there that wouldn't be possible at home: is that possible? Or do you first have to register and book appropriate educational courses?The concept of ‘playing in a museum’ will be explored… 2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS