Schauraum Angewandte MuseumsQuartier
Curated by: Ruth Schnell
and Tommy Schneider
What if the design of the spaces we visit or inhabit was the work of algorithms ? In computer and
information science, the definition in a database of categories, properties and relations between elements forms an ontology.
When displayed in immersive experience apparatuses, ontologies expose explorable architectures of information.
Ephemeral Ontologies is a framework for the construction of algorithmically
generated explorable worlds. It facilitates the creation of assets (dataset) and algorithms that interpret the metadata for
the design of explorable architectures in real-time. Wien Chiaroscuro is an immersive VR experience
developed with the Ephemeral Ontologies (EO) authoring tools. The project documents contemporary
Viennese society through interviews with people and visits to the places they inhabit.
Artist,
designer and professor Luc Courchesne creates engaging works in the field of interactive media art, which have been exhibited
and collected around the world. He received Quebec’s Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas (2019) and Canada’s Governor General’s Award
in Media Arts (2021). The graduate of NSCAD (Halifax, CA) and MIT (Cambridge, US) lives in Montreal. He was artist in residence
at the MuseumsQuartier in November 2021.
Opening hours: daily 10:00 – 20:00
