When: 13th–16th May 2026 >>>Pre-opening: 12th May<<<
Where: afo – architekturforum oberösterreich, Stadtwerkstatt, Kunstuniversität Linz, MAERZ, bb15 and more…
We are happy to share first insights into AMRO26 – Art Meets Radical Openness: The programme is now online: https://radical-openness.org/
Since 2008, AMRO brings together artists, activists, developers, and researchers working with open cultures and collective practices. The 2026 edition continues this exchange across a four-day programme of talks, workshops, performances, and exhibitions.
#AMRO26: „Becoming Unreadable“
Under the title "Becoming Unreadable", the 2026 edition of the AMRO Festival examines and critiques the digital conditions under which we live and work. It questions the notion that constant online omnipresence is normal and desirable, and traces these uncritical assumptions back into the realm of open-source software. This interconnectedness forms the basis of mainstream digital cultures and serves as a tool for pervasive surveillance and the exploitative appropriation of works and data by Big Tech, which demands critical resistance.
Alternative approaches to digital technologies such as non-commercial, ethical, more sustainable and community-building, will be presented and evaluated within the festival programme.
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Programme overview:
> 12th May – Pre-opening
18:30 / SPLACE / Kunstuniversität Linz / Hauptplatz 6
> 13. May – Opening & Keynotes
18:00 / Exhibition: From the Ashes of the Burnout Machines / Galerie MAERZ / Eisenbahngasse 20 19:00 / Festival Opening: afo – architekturforum oberösterreich / Herbert-Bayer-Platz 1
> 13th–16th May, from 10:00–00+
Lectures, concerts, workshops, exhibitions.
> 16. May – Nightline
21:00–02:00 / STWST / Kirchengasse 4
with Adel Faure & Rémi Georges, Arnica Montana, Jens Vetter, Lil Data, map(h), Mitsitron, MSHR, Orangetronic, Pasta Gang.
> 17. May – Beyond-festival
"Grieving a landscape" – Field Trip to a Google data center construction site with Christina Gruber.
Full programme on: radical-openness.org
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*AMRO26 events are free of charge, but you can support the festival by purchasing a supporter ticket here: https://kupfticket.com/en/events/amro26-supporter-ticket
** Funded by Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport, Kulturland Oberösterreich, & Linz Kultur, as well as the Sonderförderprogramm Land OÖ – EXTRA25
Main sponsors: LINZ AG & Arte Hotel Linz
Partners & supporters: afo – architekturforum oberösterreich, Kunstuniversität Linz (Time-Based Media & Visual Communication), MAERZ Künstler- und Künstlerinnenvereinigung, STWST, bb15 – space for contemporary art, /dev/lol, DH5, Raumschiff, Willy*fred, Theater Phönix, Radio FRO, dorfTV, Ljudmila – Digital Media Lab, XPUB/Piet Zwart Institute, Obsolete Studio and many more!
