Telematic art – Echtzeitkunstwelt – extended realities for the arts

We would like to invite you to a meeting and a presentation of the Echtzeitkunstwelt project. Dominik Grünbühel and Norbert Unfug aka Martin Chiettini, supported by Renate Kreil and Patryk Lichota will present the technology they have developed and introduce the audience to the arcana of working on telematic performances. Beside the presentation Digital Art – a love story between technology and the arts the publicity will have an opportunity to take part at the VR- VR-(Virtual Reality) based project “Stationen theater”.

The audience uses VR-goggles to wander from one virtual world to another. In “zwischenwelten”, visitors come into contact with physical objects that also exist in the virtual world. Haptic and visual perceptions are activated and sensually experienced. “Down the Rabbit hole” was realized in cooperation with the Schubert Theater (puppet theatre) in Vienna. Visitors find themselves in the magical world of a puppet theater and dance with the white rabbit from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The white rabbit owes the liveliness of its movements to the dancer Dominik Grünbühel. These and other installations can be experienced in the presence of the artists.

Echtzeitkunstwelt is a platform that allows artists from all over the world to realize telematic theatrical performances in virtual reality. Through the interaction of different art forms (puppet theatre, music, dance, visual arts, etc.), the project explores the possibilities of performance and interaction between audience and performer in digital space - which is always adapted to the location.

The event takes place in cooperation with the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, the art & science lab | PSNC, ACOnet | net:art coordination center

The Echtzeitkunstwelt project is implemented by the Austrian research centre ACOnet, which is part of the Austrian National Research and Education Network (NREN) for science, research, education, art and culture.

Dominik Grünbühel works as a performer, choreographer and media artist. Hisplayful media-independent approach expands the theatrical contract inside worksranging between VR, puppet-theatre, visual concerts and performative filmscreenings. Cooperations include Wiener Festwochen, Tanzquartier, Brut Wien, WUK,ImpulsTanz, Mercè Festival Barcelona, aconet, konic thtr, mdw. “Ohne Nix”, createdwith Luke Baio, was chosen for Aerowaves 2017. "Living Documents” created with Charlotta Ruth has also been presented in academic research contexts e.g. Alliancesand Commonalities, Uniarts Stockholm 2018. Grünbühel is the bass player and MC ofNifty’s, an award-winning nu-klezmer band. Since 2021 Lecturer for movementtechnique at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. 2018 Postgraduatecourse in applied dramaturgy at MDW. 2016 Diploma in digital art at the University ofApplied Arts Vienna. 2011 START scholarship BMUKK, 2011 Production award with L.Baio. BMUKK. 

Sebastian Pirch is a 3D artist and programmer working at the intersection of digitalmedia technology and science. He studied digital arts at the University of Applied ArtsVienna. His work revolves around the design and development of augmented realityapplications and virtual reality analytics platforms in a biomedical context.

Norbert Unfug aka Martin Chiettini is a Vienna based artist who studied digital mediaat the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, with a focus on creating augmented andvirtual realities spanning from experimental interfaces to level design, interactivemusic, performance art and sculptures.

Renate Kreil has worked as a consultant for ACOnet, Austria’s high-performance data network for science, research, education and culture since 2011. As a curator and producer she has realised the performance series net:art | near in the distance 1‒3 (interactive and simultaneous multi-site performances in real-time). In 2018 she took over the project management of the net:art coordination centre, an international coordination centre for performing arts over advanced networks according to the needs and requirements of net-based art producers on a national and international level. Renate Kreil is a member of the programme committee of the Network Performing Arts Production Workshop and is regularly invited to give lectures.

04.04.2025 (Fri.)
18:00 (6:00 pm)
Presentation Digital Art – a love story between technology and the arts
Renate Kreil (ACOnet/net:art coordination center, Vienna) + Patryk Lichota (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) 
In English
18:40 – 21:00 (6:40-9:00 pm)
Introduction: ECHTZEITKUNSTWELT (Dominik Grünbühel/Norbert Unfug) + VR-Installations 
In English

05.04.2025 (Sat.)
14:00 - 16:00 (2:00 – 4:00 pm)
ECHTZEITKUNSTWELT - Lecture and hands-on for art producers (dancers, choreographers, visual artists etc.) VR (Virtual Reality) and the interplay of different art forms (puppet theater, music, dance, visual arts...) and the possibilities of performance and liveness in digital space.
In English
18:00 – 21:00 (6:00 – 9:00 pm)
VR-Stationentheater for everybody 
In English, Polish, German

Austrian Cultural Forum Warsaw
Ul. Próżna 7/9
00-107 Warsaw
Free entrence