Head:
Univ.-Prof. MMag. Dr. Clemens Apprich
Office: Silvia Stocker, B.A.
The Weibel Institute for
Digital Cultures is a space for intervention, investigation, and experimentation within the expansive disciplines of arts,
science, and technologies. Based at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the institute critically engages digital and algorithmic
cultures. Building on the rich heritage of Viennese investigations into cybernetics, net cultures, media art, and tactical
media, the institute serves as a vital node within a global network of research institutions on digital cultures.
The Weibel Institute strives to challenge the underlying logics of digital cultures, unraveling the intricacies of cybernetic
control systems and machine learning processes, the dynamics of online communities, the vast landscape of media-technological
infrastructures, and their continued entanglements. This endeavor is guided by a commitment to remaking research itself, taking
into account reflexive methodologies and seeking collective expressions. Taking on social and ecological responsibility in
the face of emerging data systems, the institute questions the extractivist origins of digital landscapes and explores potential
technological approaches beyond today’s data positivism.
The Weibel Institute invites researchers, students, artists,
and activists to join a space for reflection, discussion, and collaboration. Offering access to resources such as the Peter
Weibel Archive and an extensive library, the institute fosters theoretical and artistic explorations that probe deeper into
the cultures that make up our digital spaces. This public program includes lectures, symposia, exhibitions, workshops, and
other activities.
For further information, see:
Weibel
Institute for Digital Cultures 
