Last October, the Curatorial Board of FMR 23 selected four applicants from the open call for the Artists-in-Residence program. The first two of them, Christina Köhler and Swaeny Nina Kersaan, have now arrived in Linz. They are staying at the Atelierhaus Salzamt, exploring the festival grounds in the coming days and preparing their site-specific works for FMR 23, which will take place in Linz’s southern harbor district from June 6 to 11, 2023.

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The planning for FMR 23 is progressing. Conceptual considerations about the festival in general alternate with talks with potential sponsors, the curatorial selection of artists or the identification of hot spots on the festival site.

Speaking of the festival site. This time FMR 23 will take place from June 6 to 11, 2023, at the southern harbor district of Linz.

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We are pleased to announce the open call for Artist-in-Residence-Entries for the upcoming 3rd edition of FMR – Festival for art in digital contexts and public spaces which will take place in Linz, Austria, from June 6 to 11, 2023.

Please note: The deadline for submissions for LINZ FM[Ai]R 23 has expired on September 30, 2022.

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FMR 21 is history and has been put away into the Archives. In the meantime preparations are already underway for the third edition of the festival for art in digital contexts and public spaces. It will take place in June 2023 in Linz. Details will follow on this website.

Only a few days left and FMR 21 is landing in Linz!

The exhibition opening will take place on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 7:15 p.m. at Grünmarkt next to Mühlkreisbahnhof.

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Only four weeks left until the start of FMR 21!

21 works by artists from 13 different countries will be on display, primarily from the fields of visual art, media art, Internet art and performance. There will also be a top-class symposium, artist talks, guided tours and concerts.

Mark your calendar: the opening will take place on Tuesday, 1 June 2021, 7:15 p.m.

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The biennial festival once again presents artistic positions that reflect the ephemeral nature of our digital and connected present. It focuses on the shifts, distortions and rifts that come with the ever-increasing digitalization of everyday life and presents contemporary artists from the fields of visual art, media art, Internet art and performance who are dedicated to this phenomenon.

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We are delighted to welcome six artists-in-residence as part of the second edition of FMR: Edurne Herrán, Jaakko Myyri, Kyraki Goni, Simon Weckert, Yarli Lam, and Zara Worth!

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FMR 21 is organized and curated by the independent artist collective qujOchÖ, the net culture initiative servus.at, the Atelierhaus Salzamt, the University of Art and Design Linz and the Sturm und Drang Galerie.

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“Art? I care only about what is happening online.
Only in the Internet you can find ‘Art’, the rest is just spectácle.”

(Guy Debord, 1994)

After a successful first edition of FMR in 2019, we proudly announce FMR 21 – Art in Digital Contexts and Public Spaces, taking place 1-6 June 2021 in the area surrounding the Mühlkreisbahnhof, a small secondary railway station in Linz-Urfahr.

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