The fourth edition of LINZ FMR, the festival for art in digital contexts and public spaces, will take place next spring. Following FMR 19 along the banks of the Danube River, FMR 21 around the Mühlkreisbahnhof station, and FMR 23 in the southern harbour area, in June 2026 the Linz Schlossberg will be transformed into an open and freely accessible art space by numerous artists from media art, digital art, and internet art.

As a preview of the upcoming festival, a prolog will take place on Friday, 6 June 2025, starting at 2 PM, featuring sneak peeks of artistic works, talks on the festival’s themes, and an open-air concert night at the Linz Schlossberg.

Programme:

• 2 – 3 PM
  Opening & Welcome (West entrance of Schlossmuseum)
• 3 – 8 PM
  Presentations & Lectures (around Schlosspark)
• 8 PM – 12 AM
  Sound Art & Concerts (Schlosspark, northwest castle wall)

Participating artists, researchers, and musicians:

• FM[Ai]R-26-Residency-Artists: Clair Bötschi (DE), Selma Kjesen (SE), Lila Rui Lan (CN), †een▲ge g☺d (US/FR), and YuFu (CN).
• University of Arts Linz, Department of Sculptural Conceptions / Ceramics: Jacob Bartmann, Magdalena Berger, Leonie Brunner, Ivy Deacon, Sonnhild Essl, Jieun Kim, Elena Lengauer, Caroline Lerbro, Lisa Maier, Katharina Mitter, Maria Nalbantova, Mani Ramhormozihoseinizadeh, Louisa Roubik, Helena Sekot, Yao Wang, and Melanie Winter.
• University of Arts Linz, Department of space&designSTRATEGIES (led by Andrea Curtoni, Giulia Mazzorin, and Felix Vierlinger): Moritz Gregor Böttjer, Cecilia Bojanic, Leonardo Cattaneo, Viktoria Hauser, Xiling Huang, Kaya Lackner, Tobias Spinka, Rebecca Strasser-Kirchweger, Charlotte Vetter, and Chuming Yu.
• University of Arts Linz, Tangible Music Lab – Sound and Space Class (led by Florian Goeschke): Ksenia Bakhtina, Sam Bereliani, Saumil Bhandari, Gerold Brunner, Mobina Doost, Gundega Graudina, Andreas Gruenauer, Jonas Hammerer, Hanna Kitter, Maria Pae, Lilith-Isa Samer, Boris Shershenkov, and OMZOL.
• Lectures by Anna Kraher (AT), Valerie Messini (IT), Luka Prinčič (SI), and REINCANTAMENTO (IT/DE).
• Live and DJ sets by QOA & Primeiro (AR), Voiler (AT), and I-ID (IR).

More information at linzfmr.at