AMRO on air

Die Sendereihe zu ART Meets Radical Openness - das Festival findet 2026 von 13.05 - 16.05 statt.

„Art Meets Radical Openness“ (AMRO) is a biennial festival for art, hackti-
vism and open cultures, organised since 2008 by the net culture initiative
servus.at – Art & Culture on the Net, in collaboration with the Linz Universi-
ty of the Arts, Departments of Time-Based Media and Visual Communicati-
on.

#AMRO26: „Becoming Unreadable“

Under the title „Becoming Unreadable“, the 2026 edition of the AMRO Festi-
val 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 main-
stream digital cultures and serves as a tool for pervasive surveillance and
the exploitative appropriation of works and data by Big Tech, which deman-
ds 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.

The festival format

AMRO26 combines a discursive and artistic programme with keynotes,
panel discussions, lectures, workshops, showcases, exhibitions and
performances. Events take place at multiple venues across Linz, including
the afo – architecture forum upper austria as the main venue, as well as
further partner locations.
AMRO26 is conceived as a four-day, decentralized festival and includes:

>Keynotes, panels and lectures
>Workshops and showcases
>Exhibitions and installations
>Performances
>Nightline
>Open and experimental formats

For more information about the festival and the program visit: https://radical-openness.org/en