THE wild STATE is the title of this year’s Kunst­uni­versität Campus activities at Hauptplatz Linz during Ars Electronica Festival 2020 from 9. – 13. September 2020. Existing since 2002, the intention of the Campus format is to invite outstanding international uni­ versities working in the academic fields of media arts and design.
This year with the “The Wild State: networked” exhibition with contri­ butions by various partner universities, as well as the departments Interface Cultures, Visual Communication, Fashion&Technology, Art Education, and Design: Tech.Tex. The Media Theory department hosts the symposium “Unheimliche Freunde”, including three evening keynotes, and special events comprise façade projection “Interfacing Hauptplatz”, the Internet flea market “Yami-ichi”, dis­ cursive format “Agora Digitalis” and the top notch nightline “Sound Campus”.