© Letta Shtohryn
Civa – Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art - 2026 - postacceleration
Civa 2026, titled postacceleration, explores the dynamics of speed and simultaneity. The term postacceleration refers to a condition in which acceleration has become the default setting - an essential premise of contemporary existence.
The pace of contemporary life has steadily intensified: (technological) acceleration is no longer experienced as a sequence of events, but as a turbulent, recurring state that shapes how we perceive, attend, and engage. Against this backdrop, the exhibition brings together five international perspectives that evade optimization-driven logics. Rather than reproducing extractive or even accelerationist strategies, their diverse artistic approaches challenge dominant temporalities, proposing instead alternative narratives, relational counter-propositions, and practices of resonance.
Accompanying the exhibition at Belvedere, Civa invites you to a manifold programme including artist talks, discourse formats, screenings, and live AV performances - realized together with parters like AIL - Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab, Vienna.
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