10:30 – 10:40 Welcome, introduction
Antoni Rayzhekov, AIHI, University of Salzburg, Austria
Media-artist and researcher
co-founder of DALab Foundation – Bulgaria
www.rayzhekov.com | www.da-lab.org
10:40 – 11:30 Keynote – “Art&Science collaborations”
Dr. Claudia Schnugg - Austria
independent curator and researcher
Dr. Claudia Schnugg is a curator of art and science collaboration and a scholar
researching the intersections of art and aesthetics with science, technology, and
organizations. https://www.claudiaschnugg.com/
11:30 – 12:10 Sophie-Charlotte Thieroff
Coordinator art, science & business program
Akademie Schloss Solitude - Stuttgart, Germany
https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/themencluster/asb/
12:10 – 12:30 Ralitsa Gerasimova
Curator, ReBonkers art space
Alternative Art Space; ArtScience Residency Varna, Bulgaria
https://rebonkers.com/en/
12:30 – 13:10 Lunch break
13:10 – 13:25 Dr. Marinos Koutsomichalis
Artist & Researcher
MADLab - Cyprus
Media Arts & Design Research Lab
https://madlab.cool/people/marinos-koutsomichalis
13:25 – 13:45 Dr. Ostap Manulyak
TETRAMATYKA – Ukraine
Festival of Audiovisual Art “TETRAMATYKA” – is an event concentrated on
multimedia and interactive art. The Festival was founded in 2013 as a small
chamber art event and grew up to become an international festival with a vast
program. http://tetramatyka.org.ua/home
13:45 – 14:00 Andrei Tudose
MARGINAL - Romania
Curator / cultural platform for Art:Science:Technology // media art collaborations
https://marginal.ro/
14:00 - 14:15 Dr. Galina Dimitrova-Dimova
Curator & co-founder of DALAB - Bulgaria
DALAB Foundation Bulgaria is focusing on implementing a program of regular
activities that support creative initiatives in the digital arts field and cultivate the
audience's interest in them. https://www.da-lab.org/en
14:15 – 14:30 Prof. Dr. Venelin Shurelov
Artist, educator and curator
NHA, DALab, DA-Fest - Bulgaria
DA Fest is an international festival that introduces the Bulgarian audience to new
artistic practices and significant achievements in the field of digital arts. The festival
is organized by the DA LAB Foundation in cooperation with the National Academy
of Arts in Sofia.https://www.da-lab.org/en/about/da-fest/2023
14:30 – 14:45 Coffee break
14:45 – 15:00 The SubnetAiR | Schmiede
A cooperation between
AIHI, University of Salzburg, Subnet & Schmiede festival
Rüdiger Wassibauer - Schmiede Media Art Festival // Academie Hallein
Marius Schebella - Subnet - Salzburg Austria
Antoni Rayzhekov – AIHI at University of Salzburg, Austria
subnetAIR provides international artists an opportunity to spend four to six weeks in
Salzburg to develop an artistic project in the realm of physical computing, hardwarehacking
and tinkering. subnetAIR provides curation, budget, and experience in
media projects as well as an established network in the local artistic community.
Starting with the 2016 residents, we have joined forces with subnetAIR and provide
the artists with a lively environment filled with technology-enthusiasts, critical
thinkers, exotic human-machine interfaces and plenty of gear and space to work on
projects as well as present them to audiences in the Science City.
https://hci.plus/subnetair/
https://subnet.at/subnetair/
https://www.plus.ac.at/aihi/?lang=en
15:00 - 16:30 Artists Presentations (max. 10min per presenter including Q&A)
Aksynia Peicheva(Bulgaria)
Dimiter Solakov(Bulgaria),
Ivelina Ivanova (Bulgaria),
Maria Nalbantova (Bulgaria)
Marinos Koutsomichalis (Cyprus)
Sabina Suru (Romania)
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 – 18:00 Round table “Art&Science network” – chanalleges and opportuneties
building Central and Eastern European Network
Participants: Dr. Claudia Schnugg, Sophie-Charlotte Thieroff (Akademie Schloss
Solitude), Dr. Marinos Koutsomichalis (MADLAB), Andrei Tudose (MARGINAL),
Antoni Rayzhekov (DALab), TBA