„Curating of and collaborations in the Traveling Plant project“ panel, 3 November 2024, French Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
„Curation of Chronicles from in-between 495-570nm“ panel on the process and concept of Kasia Molga’s new body of work, 3 November 2024, French Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
„Pavilion of the Universe – Space Art at the Biennale di Venezia“ jointly with Claudia Kessler and Claudia Schnugg, at IAC Milan, 16 October 2024, Milan, Italy, find the preview lightning talk here.
Panel discussion „Navigating art+science collaboration“ at the art+science festival organized by the Center for Promotion of Science, 8 October 2024, Belgrade.
„Perspectives on ArtScience Collaboration: Ecology“ invited talk at the Faculty of Fine Arts Belgrade, art+science festival, 7 October 2024, Belgrade.
„ArtScience Collaboration“ Keynote, Art*Science Collaboration seminar, organized by DALab, 17 June 2024, at Goethe Institut Sofia, Bulgaria.
„Universe Pavilion – a project for the Biennale 2025 Space Café live from ILA „33 minutes with Claudia Kessler and Dr. Claudia Schnugg“, live from ILA Berlin, spacewatch.global, 7 June 2024, Berlin, find the recording here.
„Art – Science – Space. Next level innovation?!, Space Café „33 minutes with Dr. Claudia Schnugg“, live from ILA Berlin, spacewatch.global, 7 June 2024, Berlin, find the recording here.
„On NaturArchy and the impact of ArtScience Collaborations at the JRC“, opening panel for the NaturArchy exhibition opening, 24 May 2024, Brussels.
„On NaturArchy Moving Towards A Natural Contract“, discussant at the LASER talk at JRC Ispra, online, 23 February 2024, find the recording here, more details here.
„On the relevance of the process on the way from idea to artscience outcome“ talk at NanoARTS Revolution Symposium, Timisoara, Romania, 6 December 2023.
„The Role of Curation for ArtScience Collaboration and its Reseach“ invited contribution to the workshop „ArtScience Collaborations: Establishing a Research Agenda“ by Schering Foundation x ZKM in Karlsruhe, 6 October 2023.
„DIGI-Sense: How the body understands, feels, and goes through processes of sensemaking with digital tools“, together with Daniela Brill, talk at NOVA Festival, Bucharest, Romania, 23 September 2023.
„Perspectives on ArtScience Collaboration“, talk for Funken Akademie, online, 3 August 2023.
Introduction to Kunst der Verschränkung Residency programme and panel discussion for the opening of Marco Barotti’s CORALS, TU Berlin, BIFOLD and Science Gallery Berlin, 9 June 2023.
„Experiencing realities: From fine-grained data to cosmic events“, Color Light Motion Episode 20, UCLA Art|Sci Center + Lab, online, 3 June 2023, find the episode here.
Towards Sensemaking in the Meshwork of Technology, Ecology and Society: Symbiosis of Aesthetics, Performance, and Digitalization, ISEA, Paris, 17 May 2023, watch here.
„Cosmological Elements Insights Part III: the Floating Civilizations“, online curators‘ tour and panel discussion with artists, hosted by UCLA Art|Sci Center + Lab, 5 May 2023. Find the episode here, or watch on vimeo.
„Cosmological Elements Insights Part II: the Space Ecologies“, online curators‘ tour and panel discussion with artists, hosted by UCLA Art|Sci Center + Lab, 28 April 2023. Find the episode here, or watch on vimeo.
„Cosmological Elements Insights Part I: the Hidden Dimension“, online curators‘ tour and panel discussion with artists, hosted by UCLA Art|Sci Center + Lab, 21 April 2023. Find the episode here,or watch on vimeo.
„Planetology from the Perspective of Fallen Stars“, Opening Panel of the exhibition „Cosmological Elements“, Shanghai, China, 17 December 2022.
„DIGI-Sense: Insights research phase 1 and strategy phase 2 work with performance artists“, Research Talk, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, 1st December 2022. (Link to the event)
„The Entanglement of Space and Art“ at the Symposium „Cosmos Archaeology – encounters art & science“, EPFL Pavilions, Lausanne, Switzerland, 25th November, 2022. (Link to the event)
„Digital Sensemaking: The Body and Digital Transformation“, LIT Lecture, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, hybrid event, 16th November 2022. (Link to the event)
„Introduction to ArtScience Collaboration“ at the first ArtScience Spotlight lecture „ArtScience Spotlight: Anna Dumitriu“, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, 10th November 2022.
„Machined Music“ panel at Berlin Science Week, Science Gallery Berlin, UdK, Hybrid Plattform, Berlin, Germany 4th November 2022. (Link to the Event)
Opening panel moderation „Faces of Water“ exhibition, STARTS4Water, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium, 20th October 2022.
„Introduction to ArtScience Collaboration and Curation“ Colloquium at BIFOLD, TU Berlin, organized by Science Gallery Berlin, Kunst der Verschränkung Residency Program, Berlin, Germany, 17th October 2022. (Link to the event)
„Design<->Science“ Panel by Istitute of Science and Technology Austria at Vienna Design Week, Vienna, 17th September 2022.
„Projects and Processes at the Intersection of Art, Science and Social Impact tackling Biodiversity Crisis“, at the „Plantless Planet“ panel at Ars Electronica, Linz, 11th September 2022.
„Artistic residencies at ESA/ESTEC“, presentation at the More-than-Planet Symposium, official side event of ESOF, Leiden, 11th July 2022.
„Friction Gains and the Consistency and Inconsistency of Systems“, curatorial opening statement at the EC JRC SciArt Summer School, Ispra, 20th June 2022.
Roots & Seeds XXI Dissemination Event, Presentation of the outcome of the research on artscience practices aiming at social impact in biodiversity and global challenges, Treviso, 28 May 2022.
„Art-science collaborations“ subnetTALK, Salzburg, 16 March 2022 (details to be found here).
„Introduction to Art-Science Collaboration and selected projects relating to „Psyche“: DIGI-Sense, Art the IES and Sparks“, lecture for the Xperimenter programme at Science Gallery Bengaluru, online, 28 February 2022.
„STEAM“ COLOR, LIGHT, MOTION: episode 8m The Art of Engineering, special guest on the online panel, UCLA, California, online, 26 February 2022 (details to be found here).
„Digital Sensemaking: Constructive Capacity Building for Co-Creative Transformative Change“ Resesarch Talk, Introduction to the DIGI-Sense Project, together with Daniela Brill Estrada and Christian Stary, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, online, 17 February 2022 (details to be found here).
„Art & Science Collaborations“ Epigene2sys 2021, Institut Curie, France, and Helmholtz München, Germany, online, 14 December 2021.
„Opportunities in art-tech collaboration: mapping news in the JECT-SENSE project“ Genova S+T+ARTS Talks, Genova, Italy, online, 29 October 2021 (watch here, find all videos of the conference here).
„Reibungsgewinne in Kunst, Wissenschaft und Technologie“ FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft, Veranstaltung „Meine Mission Zukunft“, Vienna, Austria, 19 October 2021. (INNOVATORINNEN Alumne, Veranstaltung zum Nachsehen)
„Exploring Art&Science Collaboration“ Talk and panel discussion at Fusion Talks, Qolony, Bucharest, Romania, online, 11 October 2021.
„The Discoveries of Traveling Plant in Évora“ Roundtable discussion on new ways of curating, Centro de Arte e Cultura Évora, Portugal, 21 July 2021.
„Multidisciplinary Garden Cartography“ roundtable and short introduction to artscience collaboration, Barcelona, Spain, 15&16 July 2021.
(EN)COMPASS panel on the imporance and impact of residencies; hosted by Science Gallery Internationa, online, 7 July 2021. (Link, watch on Youtube)
„The Mutability of Memories and Fates: Artistic exploration of Epigenetics and Stem Cells“ Introduction to the topic, moderation, co-curation, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 29 June 2021. (Link to event page; Link to watch on Youtube)
„The process and the outcome: social scientific methods to understand artscience projects“ at the „Exploring the Unconventional“ conference, Mosow, online, May 2021. (Link, MIR open database, watch)
„Interdisciplinarity for tackling Global Challenges: Approaches to the value-added of art-science collaboration“ IPSD Public Lectures, Die Angewandte, Wien & online, May 2021.
„ArtScience Projects in Critical Data“ Kunstuniversität Linz, Interface Cultures Lecture Series, March 2021.
„Approaches to the value-added of artscience projects“ WeSTART Keynote: Focus Session „In Conversation with Claudia Schnugg“, online, February 2021. (Link, watch on youtube)
„Where are we headed? Is creativity a panacea?“ Concluding Panel at TRANSMEET Intersections between Science and Art, Tel Aviv, November 2020. (Link, watch on youtube)
„The Women in Media Art Conference: Telematic Performance“ Introduction to the topic, moderation, co-curation, Ars Electronica Festival Linz + online, September 2020. (Link)
„The Tides Within Us“ Online Tour Moderation, Ars Electronica Festival September 2020.
Panel I on Art, AI and Industry, Introduction and Moderation, Empathic AI conference, STARTS, Berlin, July 2020. (Link)
„Culture as a Recipe – Art and Culture in Health and Wellbeing: practice and research perspectives.“ Talk and Panel Participant, Culture Cares Amateo Conference, Zoom, May 2020.
„Bridging art and science – understanding collaboration“, Talk, Panel Participant and Panel Moderation at the Symposium on Art-Science Residencies: Methodologies and Experience Feedbacks. IRCAM Centre Pompidou, STARTS, Paris, France, March 2020. (Watch Panel, Watch Interview)
Expert conversation on artscience collaboration processes, PolARTS Networking Event, Zürich, Switzerland, December 2019.
„Creating Fertile Ground for Art+Sci+Tech Collaboration – by looking at the Process“, Keynote at Relogia Trialogues, Sofia, Bulgaria, November 2019. (Watch Video)
„Art Science Technology: Creating Future Realities“, Keynote at the ARTificial Intelligence Conference by COS Collective, Linz, Austria, November 2019.
„Kollaborationen von Kunst, Wissenschaft und Technologie“, invited Talk in the framework of the course Digitale Perspektiven at Universität Salzburg, Austria, November 2019.
„(Why) do we need art to innovate? (Why) is the interplay of art, science and technology the future of innovation?“, European Forum Alpbach, Technology Symposium, Alpbach, Austria, August 2019.
„Enacting ArtScience Collaboration – Theory and Practice“, keynote at the Body of Knowledge Conference 2019, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, June 2019. (Watch Video)
„The ethical aspect of homo imperfectus“, panel discussion at Darwin’s Circle Health, MedUni Vienna, May 2019.
„A Science of the Possible – ArtScience Collaboration and the Science of Opportunities, a reflection on the current discourse“, invited lecture and workshop at the Management Department of Ca‘ Foscari, Venice, April 2019.
„Begegnungen von Wissenschaft und Kunst“, invited lecture at FH Joanneum, Graz, April 2019.
Introduction to Media Art & Media Archeology in a Societal Context as opening to „Communication Games in the Connected Age“, Workshop Series CONNECTED, Venice, February 2019.
Opening „CONNECTED“ pre-season Science Gallery Venice, Ca’ Foscari Zattere, January 2019.
„Labor für Kunst“ exhibition opening speech, artP Gallery Perchtoldsdorf, May 2018
„Innovation, Inspiration, and Future Technologies: The Use of Artistic Film Projects“, Master Class & Public Lecture, Febiofest Bratislava, March 2018
TEDx Linz: Why whould artists and scientists collaborate?, February 2018
„Strategies and Effects of Art|Science Collaboration“ November 2017, invited lecture at Art & Tech Conference, Košice, Slovakia.
„Bodies Incorporated: Blockchain and the Media Arts“ September 2017, invited talk at Screening Economies Representation and Money Matters Conference, St.Gallen & Bregenz.
Invited guest speaker at the FEAT Panel Discussion at the Ars Electronica Festival, September 2017, Linz. Read a short blog entry on the panel by Annick Bureaud or watch the discussion on youtube (Part 1, Part 2).
“Creating Fertile Ground for and by Art|Sci Collaboration“ May 2017, talk at Leonardo Art and Science Evening Rendevous, the LASER Talk Series at UCLA, Los Angeles.
“Creating Fertile Ground – ArtSci Collaboration“ May 2017, open lecture at UCLA, invited by the Art|Sci Center, Los Angeles.
“Why ArtSci Collaboration Matters“ May 2017, invited lecture at UCLA, honors class Art|Sci, Los Angeles.
“Die Kunst in der Wissenschaft“ January 2017, invited lecture at Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Graz.
“Awarding, presenting, creating and preserving time-based media at Ars Electronica” December 2015, Keynote at the MAPS Symposium at the Ludwig Museum Budapest.
Presentation of the “Artists as Researchers in Residence for CCN In/Visible City”, April 2015, presentation of the Connecting Cities Research Residency projects during the opening of the sound:frame festival, Vienna.
“Ars Electronica Residency Programmes and the additional value of transdisciplinary collaborative projects” December 2014, Keynote talk at the Art & Technology Symposium by CTIA, Cheonan, South Korea.
“Digital Culture Today and Tomorrow”. Introduction to Ars Electronica in this context and panel discussion. December 2014, 2nd International Conference on Research, Action and Public Decision Making in Culture and the Arts, Villeurbanne, France.
“Curating and facilitating residencies for artistic production and research: Colliding art, technology and science in residencies.” August 2014, 7th Art of Management and Organization Conference, Copenhagen.
“Be creative, you tedious Business People!” August 2013, 22nd Nordic Academy of Management Conference, Reykjavik.
“Artistry and the Craft of Management”, May 2013, Research Seminar, Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
“Silence & Geiselnahme. Einstürzende Neubauten and Organization” July 2012, 30th SCOS Conference, Barcelona.
“Projecting the future and remembering the past in Melancholia: Pushing borders of cultural legitimate action.” July 2012, 30th SCOS Conference, Barcelona.
“Silence & Geiselnahme. On Sound and Organization” July 2012, 28th EGOS Colloquium, Helsinki.
„Netzwerken als Strategie zur beruflichen Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern.“ October 2011, Momentum Kongress, Hallstatt.
“Art as Status Behaviour in and of Organizations.” June 2011, Annual EURAM Conference, Tallinn.
“Setting the Stage for Something New.” May 2011, 6th International Conference at The Arts in Society, Berlin. (Details)
“The Potential of Arts-based Initiatives in Business Organizations.” 27th EGOS Colloquium 2011, Gothenburg, PostDoc PreWorkshop.
“The Forbidden Fruit: Exploring the Inversely Paradoxical Relationship of Art and Management.” July 2011, 27th EGOS Colloquium, Gothenburg.
“The Impossible Possibility of Art-Enhanced Management: Examining the Inversely Paradoxical Relationship of Art and Management.” July 2010, 26th EGOS Colloquium, Lisbon.
“Art in Organizations – arts-based interventions and effects“ September 2009, Donau-Universität Krems, Austria. (see invitation, see program)
“How do female entrepreneurs use social networks”, November 2008, Young Business & Professional Women, Kunstraum Goethestraße, Linz, Austria.
Conference & Symposia Organization
Conference Advisory Board of the 10th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology RE:SOURCE 2023, Venice, 13th – 16th September 2023.
„The Mutability of Memories and Fates: Artistic exploration of Epigenetics and Stem Cells“ Introduction to the topic, moderation, co-curation, Helmholtz Zentrum München, June 2021.
„The Women in Media Art Conference: Telematic Performance“ Introduction to the topic, moderation, co-curation, Ars Electronica Festival Linz + online, September 2020. (Link)
12th Annual International Ethnography Symposium, sub-theme convenor: Arts and politics: from radical perspectives to innovative interventions. (with Elen Riot and Elena Raviola), 29th August – 1st September 2017.
Corporate Bodies FilmFest 2016. Co-organizer (with Jacco van Uden, Luc Peters, Anke Strauß), The Hague, 11th-13th February 2016.
Connecting Cities Conference. Moderator and co-organizer (with Veronika Pauser) of the conference during the Ars Electronica Festival 2015, 3rd September 2015.
Ars Electronica Residency Network Panel. Moderator and Convenor of the sub-theme at the Ars Electronica Festival 2014, 5th September 2014.
Courses, Workshops, & Teaching
Scientific researcher mentoring in researching artscience collaboration, cases, processes, methodologies and theoretical background
Curator mentoring in artsci, arttech, new media and collaboration processes
Mentoring of mediators and scientific coordinators in organizations to setup and deliver residency programmes
Artist student mentoring for artsci, arttech, new media projects and collaboration processes
Art, Science, Technology, Industry
Residency Programs
Artistic Research
Arts-based Interventions in Organizations
Organizational Aesthetics
Organizational Behavior
Qualitative Research Methods