FUTURE] TERRITORIES is the 2026 edition of [...]TERRITORIES, Das LOT’s transmedia exhibition dedicated to interactive, performative and digital artistic practices. Following [LUDIC] TERRITORIES (2024) and [ARTIFICIAL] TERRITORIES (2025), this edition does not aim to predict the future, but to question how it is imagined, designed, governed and inhabited now.
//WHAT:
In contrast to our ARTWALK, a transdisciplinary project outside, we curate a transmedia group exhibition inside of Das LOT, featuring exclusively interactive artworks blending art and science. [...] TERRITORIES retains its first editions concept of "ludic art," emphasizing playfulness, interactivity, and audience engagement. In this form, the lines between artist, artwork, and audience blur, encouraging participation and exploration. The last edition focused on Artificial Intelligence.
//WHY:
As Big Tech and established mass media significantly control the aesthetic flow of information, we are increasingly moving away from the true emotional effect of the content we encounter. These “intermediaries”, driven by algorithms, marketing strategies, and commercial interests, often dictate what we see, hear, and experience. [...] TERRITORIES represents the bold attempt to bypass these intermediaries and restore a direct connection between the audience and the medium. In doing so, we encourage visitors to explore, experiment, and marvel - an effective antidote to the passive consumption of information and art characteristic of the digital age. Last but not least [...] TERRITORIES is one of the rare spaces showcasing new media works in Vienna.
//HOW:
Most of the exhibited pieces come to life only through active audience interaction. For the duration of the exhibition Das LOT completely transforms into a dark labyrinth to be explored: reminiscent of a computer's main board, creating as many differing corners, and angles and perspectives for experiencing the artworks.
HARDFACTS
Deadline for Application: 15.03.2026
Applications via Google Form: Link
Public Kick-Off Meeting incl. Q&A:
Exhibition: 07.05. - 10.05.2026
