The Demo Area invites visitors to discover for themselves the latest work in the fields of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and immersive media. Whether playful, experimental, or artistic—here, digital worlds can be experienced, explored, and helped to shape.

SONA – Diving in the Dark

An audio-VR diving game for smartphones: Using headphones and motion tracking, players dive through a flooded city, bring figures from the past to life, and help stop an apocalyptic wave.

MIREVI – Physis Machina, Speculative Future, Ray of Hope Mirror & Oneironautica V: Catalyst

Four interactive AI installations invite visitors to help shape digital worlds, explore deepfakes as ironic projections of the future, and experience the interplay between humans, machines, and collective behavior.

Charlotte Triebus – We, Brute Force

A 7-minute, 180° VR dance piece about AI, algorithms, and warfare. *We, Brute Force* examines guilt, responsibility, and human agency in the age of artificial intelligence.

Jan Thierhoff – Prototype Untitled Interactive, cinematic VR prototype

An interactive VR experience about dementia, grief, and the fleeting nature of memories. Drawing from six hours of 360° footage, the viewer’s individual perspective creates a roughly 20-minute, personal journey through fragmentary worlds of memory

Fri, Sept. 18, and Sat, Sept. 19:

Open one hour before the start of each performance. read less