Das Programm zur Expanded – Conference on Animation and Interactive Art 2026 in Linz ist nun online. Es gibt auch die Möglichkeit, sich online zuzuschalten. Alle weiteren Infos finden sich untenstehend:
The Expanded – Conference on Animation and Interactive Art is just around the corner! We are delighted to invite you to join us for this exciting event, which brings together artists, researchers, and practitioners to explore the intersections of animation and interactive media.
Admission is free – and all conference presentations will also be available via livestream!
Expanded – Conference on Animation and Interactive Art
This year’s three-day conference features a great selection of panels, discussing such themes as authorship, embodiment, artist perspectives and many more.
September 9th–11th, 2026
Ars Electronica Center, Skyloft
Ars-Electronica-Straße 1, 4040 Linz
Expanded Play Exhibition – Atelierhaus Salzamt
In its third year, the Expanded Play Exhibition features thirteen interactive works that invite participants to engage directly with the evolving relationships between humans and machines.
Opening: September 8th, starting at 20:15, as part of the Ars Electronica Pre-Opening Walk
September 9th–13th, 2026
Atelierhaus Salzamt
Obere Donaulände 15, 4020 Linz
Are you interested in participating? Have a look at this year’s trailer:
Expanded 2026 Trailer
Trailer visuals & sound by John Lim.
Are you interested, but not certain you can physically make it to the event? All of the presentations will also be streamed online:
Expanded Conference Live
For more detailed information, check out the conference website (and archive): Expanded 2026
Participants/Speakers:
Shahma Abdulla (BH/SG), David Altweger (AT), Veneta Androva (BG/DE), Albert Barqué-Duran (ES), Niklas Beuter (DE), Reinhold Bidner (AT), Lino Brunmayr (AT), Jenna Caravello (US), Baoyang Chen (CN), Chen Weibo (CN), Simon Christen (CH), Adam Cole (UK), Juice Cui (CN/UK), Marco De Mutiis (IT), Jeremiah Diephuis (US/AT), Eva Maria Dreisiebner (AT), Daniela Duca De Tey (RO/DE), Weibin Duan (CN), Christian Feichtinger (AT), Christian Geiger (DE), Lisa Gierlinger (AT), Oliver Gingrich (UK), Emily Godden (GB), Juergen Hagler (AT), Magda Hamilton (US), Philipp Haslbauer (CH), Michael Heindl (AT), Andrew Herzog (US), Simon Hochleitner (AT), Ghazal Hosseini (IR/AT), Shih-Wen Huang (TW), Hisko Hulsing (NL), Katherine Isbister (US), Yuichiro Katsumoto (JP), Magdaléna Kejstová (CZ), Margarita Köhl (AT), Nozomu Kubota (JP), Leon-Etienne Kühr (DE), Anita Lam (HK), Michael Lankes (AT), Claudia Larcher (AT), Tomás Laurenzo (UY/US), Keon Ju Maverick Lee (KR/CA), Ting-Chun Liu (TW/DE), Yuhanxiao Ma (CN/US), Tom Milnes (UK), Ilja Mirsky (DE), Erika Mondria (AT), Takafumi Morita (JP), Peijing Mou (US), Pascal Nowarra (DE), Elina Oikonomaki (GR), Ayuko Onoue (JP/DE), Maria Pagès (ES), Sifan Pan (CN/AT), Markus Passecker (AT), Philippe Pasquier (CA), Alexandra Pfammatter (CH), Ella Raidel (AT/SG), Alain Renaud (CH), Everardo Reyes (MX/FR), Clarissa Ribeiro (BR), Mario von Rickenbach (CH), Marcus Round (UK), James She (CN), Andy Stokes (HK), Sputniko! (JP/UK), Victoria Szabo (US), Vinaya Tawde (CZ), Takayuki Todo (JP), Erandy Vergara-Vargas (MX/CA), Caroline Vogel (DE/AT), Chung Yi Wang (TW/AU), Daichen Wang (CN/AU), Alexander Wilhelm (AT), Elias Wolschlager (AT), Xinran Wu (US), Tzu-Mu Yang (TW), Danqi Yao (HK), Ryat Yezbick (US), Xinyi Zhang (CN), Katja Zibrek (SI/FR).