Core Series of Discursive Events “Agora of Values”. Immersive Art Symposium and Exhibition “Extended Realities”

The New Media Culture Centre RIX-C, in partnership with the Immersive Art Space (IASpace) at Zurich University of the Arts, presents an ambitious extended reality (XR) art programme. Audiences are invited to explore how immersive technologies reshape art into a fully spatial experience – spanning virtual reality, artificial intelligence and the spatial visualisation of scientific data – where reality is not just represented but directly encountered.

The programme will operate as an “Open Lab”, bringing artists, scientists and technology innovators into active dialogue with the public. Together, they will address environmental and climate realities, AI technologies and cosmic perspectives, encouraging audiences to sense, reflect and reconsider their relationship with the world.

The conceptual foundation of the programme grows out of RIX-C’s long-term practice – from the landmark Acoustic Space Lab symposium at the Irbene radio telescope 25 years ago to the recent immersive artwork Deep Sensing, where environmental data interacts with cosmic signals to expand our understanding of reality. At its core are the experimental, interactive approaches developed by the Swiss Immersive Art Space, in which visitors become active participants, testing the limits of perception through their senses and physical presence.

Organised by Association New Media Culture Centre RIX-C