LINZ FMR

⚡️Update: Camilla Sparks @ FMR Concert Night ⚡️⚡️

Due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, Aja Ireland will unfortunately not be able to join us for the for FMR26. However, we are very happy to announce that Camilla Sparksss has agreed to step in at short notice, and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome her to the lineup.

We’re looking forward to an unforgettable concert night and can’t wait to see you all on Friday 5 June at Schosspark!

Camilla Sparksss (CH/CA)

Camilla Sparksss, born Barbara Lehnhoff, is a Swiss-Canadian electro noise pop musician and visual artist, also known for co-founding the post-punk band Peter Kernel. She was born at -27 degrees in Kenora, Ontario, Canada. And yes, her father flew a floatplane and she had a pet bear as a child. Her music blends high-energy performances with heavy beats pressed on dubplates, thick synths, and cutting vocals.

With over 1000 live shows across Europe, North Africa, Canada, and the US, she’s become a fixture in the international electronic and experimental music scene. In September 2025 she released her fourth full length album ICU RUN, via On The Camper Records: a renegade album about escape and refuge that will make you dance.

FMR 26 brings electronic music to the Schlossberg on two evenings — the opening night on Wednesday, 3 June, and the concert night on Friday, 5 June, both taking place at Schlosspark. The line-up presents artists whose sounds and visuals engage with ephemeral elements and resonate with art in digital contexts.

Concert Night
Friday, 5 June 2026, from 7.30 pm
Outer Schlosspark Meadow / Playground
with Apex Anima & FRZNTE (IS/DE), Camilla Sparksss (UK), and DJ Terror (AT)

Curated by qujOchÖ.

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For the fourth time, the festival for art in digital contexts and public spaces is taking place in Linz. After previous editions at the Danube embankment (2019), around the Mühlkreisbahnhof (2021) and in the southern harbour area (2023), the Schlossberg will serve as the festival venue this time: the historic hill with its Schlosspark, Schlossmuseum, Rosengarten, Keplerwiese, Schlossbergstollen and Martinskirche will be transformed into a freely accessible art space spanning approximately 5 hectares.

P. S. In 799 AD, Martinskirche Linz — considered one of the oldest churches in Austria — was founded. During FMR 26, it will host the work “Tutta Notte Buia” by MAalex feat. Luigi Grande & Marta Perrone. Thank you for hosting us, Diözese Linz, Stefanie Hinterleitner & Martina Resch.

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Plan your visit, check the timetable and take a closer look at the performances, tours and special formats happening throughout the festival.
Most performances are open to drop by, but some require a reservation via [email protected].
This is also the address to book a tour for groups of 7 or more. Or simply join one of our daily guided tours at 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm or 5:00 pm — accompanied by art educators, curators and artists.

Duration: approx. 90 minutes
Meeting point: in the foyer of Schlossmuseum (by the ticket desk)
Meeting time: 15 minutes before the start of the tour
Price: pay as you wish
Languages: German, English

We want to introduce you to the FMR 26 speakers and their lectures!

Valentina Tanni (IT)

Valentina Tanni is an art historian, curator and lecturer based in Rome. Her research focuses on the intersections of art and technology, with particular attention to internet culture, digital visuality and the aesthetics of online environments. She teaches Meme Culture and Aesthetics, Digital Media Culture, and Introduction to Visual Culture at John Cabot University in Rome, and has previously taught at La Sapienza University of Rome, the Polytechnic University of Milan, and NABA | New Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and Milan.

Tanni is the author of several widely noted books, which explore memes, digital subcultures, AI and contemporary technoculture, including Memestetica. Il settembre eterno dell’arte (Nero 2020), Exit Reality. Vaporwave, backrooms, weirdcore e altri paesaggi oltre la soglia (Nero 2023), Conversazioni con la macchina. Il dialogo dell’arte con le intelligenze artificiali (Tlon 2025) and Antimacchine. Mancare di rispetto alla tecnologia (Einaudi 2025).

Valentina Tanni’s lecture is titled ‘Remembering the Unlived. Technology, Memory, and Imagination’.

Afterwards, a 45-minute talk will follow with FMR 26 artists discussing their works, which are loosely connected to this festival theme. The talk will feature Selma Kjesen (SE), YuFu (CN), and Sara Koniarek & Matilda Bjärum (AT/SE).

Curated by LINZ FMR, moderated by Aimilia Liontou / servus.at

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We want to introduce you to the FMR 26 speakers and their lectures!

Dan McQuillan (UK)

Dan McQuillan is Senior Lecturer in Critical AI at Goldsmiths, University of London, and researcher with the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures and with the AHRC-BRAID project on Sustainable AI Futures. He studied Physics at Oxford and completed a PhD in Experimental Particle Physics at Imperial College London. His work has moved across social care, digital inclusion, public health and human rights: he supported people with learning disabilities, worked as a mental health advocate, created online platforms for asylum seekers and refugees, co-founded a citizen science project on air pollution in Kosovo, worked for the NHS and helped establish Amnesty International’s first digital directorate.

He is the author of Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence (Bristol University Press 2022), a widely discussed and influential book that argues AI is not a neutral technology but can reinforce bureaucracy, discrimination and authoritarian power. Reviews have highlighted it as a particularly sharp and politically important intervention in contemporary debates on AI.

Dan McQuillan’s lecture is titled “Generative AI and the Infrastructures of Foundational Violence”.

Afterwards, a 45-minute talk will follow with FMR 26 artists discussing their works, which are loosely connected to this festival theme. The talk will feature k0j0 (US/CN), MIT KI (AT/DK), and Herr Clair (DE).

Curated by LINZ FMR, moderated by Aimilia Liontou / servus.at

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