On Friday, 6 June 2025, a prolog to FMR 26 will take place around Linz Schlossberg. Starting at 2 p.m., the event will present initial ideas and concepts developed by FM[Ai]R-26 residency artists and students from the University of Arts Linz, offering a first glimpse into the upcoming regular edition of LINZ FMR, scheduled for June 2026. The program will also include lectures, sound art and concerts.
Program:
↳ 2 – 3 pm: Opening & Welcome (Schlossmuseum Entrance West)
↳ 3 – 8 pm: Presentations & Lectures (around Schlosspark)
↳ 8 – 12 pm: Sound Art & Concerts (Schlosspark Castle Wall Northwest)


Opening & Welcome
FMR 26 Prolog


Clair Bötschi (DE)
Algorithmic Authority – Public Critique by AI


Selma Kjesen (SE)
The Crisis of Belonging


Lila Rui Lan (CN)
LOL – Laugh Out Loud


†een▲ge g☺d (US/FR)
C☺☺L ▲F†ERLIFE


YuFu (CN)
Ancient Meme Protocols


University of Arts Linz, Department of Sculptural Conceptions / Ceramics (AT)
Various works


University of Arts Linz, Department of space&-design-STRATEGIES (AT)
Attuning Strategies


University of Arts Linz, Tangible Music Lab – Sound and Space Class (AT)
A Forest in a Tree


Anna Kraher (AT)
What a Wonderful World: Big Tech and the Politics of Isolation


Valerie Messini (IT)
Against the Flat Net: Affective Interfaces and Dimensional Archives


Luka Prinčič (SI)
trans.fail/combodagen


REINCANTA-MENTO (IT/DE)
A Road to Nowhere: Stories of Techno-Escapism


QOA & Primeiro (AR)
Live-Set


Voiler (AT)
Live-Set


I-ID (IR)
DJ-Set