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VISIONS OF MEDIA ART: AN DER TAFEL In the exhibition series Visions of Media Art contemporary artists are invited to react, reflect and be inspired by visionary ideas and attitudes of programmatic artists. In 2022, Oswald Wiener is the key figure for this project. The writer/cyberneticist/language theorist/gastronomer comprehended his work as a synthesis of cognitive science and artistic-philosophical literature. Departing from fragments of linguistic and cybernetic thought experiments, Wiener developed a model of a humankind whose consciousness is altered by cybernetics. For the exhibition “An der Tafel”, artists Ann Cotten / Tada Kanako, Nikolaus Gansterer, Martina Menegon and Jörg Piringer enter into a dialogue with his works. The eCurated by alien productions and Gerda Lampalzer. On 11.11. 2022 at 19:00 opening of the show with a performance by Ann Cotten and Tada Kanako. On 25. 11. 2022 at 19:00 lecture by Lampalzer/Opperman. The exhibition is part of Vienna Art Week 2022 and takes place at Medienwerkstatt Wien, Neubaugasse 40a, 1070 Viennan, open Mon / Fri / Sat 14:00-18:00.