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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Let's not allow ourselves to be convinced any longer that our future is determined by an algorithm and that there's nothing we can do about it!

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We refuse to accept the drying up of our landscapes as a given! True progress comes through listening, democratic participation, and collective skepticism toward the supposedly inevitable.

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We, on the other hand, are taking to the streets! We’re calling for a gathering in Linz on September 11! We demand an end to the destruction of our livelihoods!

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In light of the rapid expansion of digital infrastructure, we must ask these questions now. The massive sealing of fertile soil—as is currently happening in Kronstorf, Upper Austria, where Google is building one of Europe’s largest data centers—is just the beginning.

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Amid the extreme heat, one question becomes pressing: What will shape our future? Will it be defined by the insatiable appetite for electricity of global private companies? Or will it include a right to shade and to cool, clear water—a right to the health of people and ecosystems?

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#linz #tomorrow #demonstration #kronstorf #google #upper austria DEMONSTRATION: Learning from Kronstorf! fighting for a transparent and climate-respectful digitalization When? 11th September 2026, 3pm - 5pm Where? Landhaus, 4020 Linz, Landhausbrücke → Altstadtviertel → Innere Stadt

Demonstration poster: citizens' Initiative kronstorf data center

DEMONSTRATION

Fighting for a transparent and climate-respectful digitalization

11.09.2026 3pm-5pm
Landhaus 4020 Linz

Poster drawing is one angry globe with feets and hands, holding shields "learning from kronstorf" and "hyperscaler? No thanks!"

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

“Decay and Desire”, bb15 Immersive installations on sustainability, participation & techno-ecologies. > Opening: 14. May “Becoming Unreadable”, Splace Showcase exhibition on invisibility, AI ideologies & digital autonomy. > Opening: 12. May

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Exhibitions programme #AMRO26 - #BecomingUnreadable “From the Ashes of the Burnout Machines”, Galerie MAERZ On digital infrastructures, ecological crisis & extractive economies, pointing toward resistance & regeneration. > Opening: 13. May

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

13 - 16 May: Full programme of talks, workshops, concerts & exhibitions (10:00–00+) 16. May – #Nightline, STWST (21:00–02:00) Live & DJ sets with: @adelfaure.bsky.social & @ralt144mi.bsky.social , arnica montana, Jens Vetter, Lil Data, ma(p)h, mitsitron, MSHR, orangetronic, pastagang

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Programme Overview 12 May: Pre-opening SPLACE / Kunstuniversität Linz / Hauptplatz 6 (18:30) 13 May: Opening > Exhibition @ MAERZ / Eisenbahngasse 20 (18:00) > Keynotes: afo - architekturforum oberösterreich / Herbert-Bayer-Platz 1 (19:00)

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

"Becoming Unreadable" examines the digital conditions shaping how we live and work. It challenges norms of constant online presence and critiques the role of mainstream digital cultures in surveillance and data exploitation, while exploring ethical, sustainable, community-driven alternatives.

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

AMRO has been organized since 2008 by servus.at in cooperation with the Linz University of Art, Department of Time-Based Media. The four-day event includes: a discursive program with keynotes, panels and lectures, workshops and showcases, exhibitions and a nightline.

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The event examines contemporary techno-social politics and digital networked cultures through critical media art practices, self-developed digital tools, and participatory formats. The program features workshops, performances, artworks, talks, lectures. radical-openness.org

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Art Meets Radical Openness (AMRO) is a biennial community festival for art, hacktivism and open cultures. The festival offers a context for discussing the challenges of digital cultures, software and network infrastructures, art and everyday life, education, politics and activism.

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

#AMRO26 Becoming Unreadable 13th-16th May 2026, Linz (AT) Pre-opening: 12th May Festival program: radical-openness.org

AMRO26. Art Meets Radical Openness. Becoming Unreadable
Festival Dedicated to Art, Hacktivism and Open Culture
13-16 May 2026
Linz, AT
website: https://radical-openness.org/

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

This week in #linz join stadtwerkstatt 84x11 fog manifesto. Our contributions: core.servus.at/en/content/n... #arminmedosch #networkcommons #fog #manifesto #water #networks #chatcontrolle #mediaart #arselectronica With @annakraher.bsky.social @sarahghp.bsky.social and many others

A quick thread for this week in #linz

joins us #servusat / #AMRO at the program of our sister initiative Stadtwerkstatt #STWST a new seven day format STWST84 // Fog Manifesto https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/
#stwst84

We have contributions from the 2025 Art Meets Radical Openness Research Labs

1) ::Politics of Isolation Lab / Anna Kraher, Road to Futures Past::
https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/road_to_futures_past
*> More context in the current @versorgerin https://versorgerin.stwst.at/artikel/08-2025/a-meta-level-up-into-isolation

2) ::Watery Networks Talks: Digital Waters / A Fluidic Cookbook / Coding Drops::
radio show on water and computation with RL artists Ioana Vreme Moser & Diane Pricop and servus member Christina Gruber. It will be aired on sunday on #radiofro
> Here a previous conversation on Fluidics with Ioana and Diane https://cba.media/720402
> Another talk from the Archive “From Cloudy Ecologies to Thirsty Datacenters: AMRO RL 2019 Review” with Christina Gruber and Antonio Zingaro https://cba.fro.at/489462/

3) ::Sat, 6th  Sept from 17:30::
CONVERSATION ::On Network Commons and Touring the Network::

    • 17:30-19:00: Book presentation and discussion on “The Rise of the Network Commons” by Armin Medosch https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/the_rise_of_the_network_commons_by_armin_medosch

    • 19:00-20:00: „Putting the Fog in Boxes” unboxing the permanently growing inhouse net (info and infra)structures / and the constant labor and negotiations required within socio-technical networks.
https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/en/putting_the_fog_in_boxes

$╚ Further checks with the servus/AMRO community: ::for "Meet the fog":: https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/en/meet_the_fog -> Tomorrow, Tue, 2nd Sep, 17:00 > Postcards against Chat Control @freebliss @aderieg @egarri -> Thu, 4th Sep, 17:00 NØ School / with Dasha Ilina @dasha & @recyclism ::In the Clouded Exhibition:: > Clarification [Black Lotus XIII] by /g/o/d/ \Pamela Neuwirth \Harald Purrer https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/en/clarification_black_lotus_xiii > Lost in the Sauce (Illusions in the Fog) by @sarahghp https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/en/lost_in_the_sauce_illusions_in_the_fog$ + special things ++

::A DYI thread of Media Arts::
Check the the Red Thread from our neighbors of piksel.no @Pikselfest https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/en/diy_thread

::Nebel Kegeln Fri 5th & Sat 6th September::
Not to miss the Fog Bowling/Nebel Kegeln from the stwst! https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/nebelkegeln

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::A DYI thread of Media Arts::
Check the the Red Thread from our neighbors of piksel.no @Pikselfest https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/en/diy_thread

::Nebel Kegeln Fri 5th & Sat 6th September::
Not to miss the Fog Bowling/Nebel Kegeln from the stwst! https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/nebelkegeln

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servus.at – kunst und kultur im netz @servusat.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

ahoi – here checking this bsky thing out. servus.at is a network initiative in Linz, Austria. We host open-source, cultural internet infrastructure and produce media and net art. core.servus.at our main account is on mastodon at social.servus.at/@servus

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