DANK TALK. S()fia Braga: Platform Workshippers (23.03.2026)
Abstract
DANK TALKS: Hybride Veranstaltungsreihe und interdisziplinäres Forschungsnetzwerk.
In this talk S()fia Braga is presenting her work Platform Workshippers (2023-2025), currently on view in the group show „Platform Wars“ at Camera Austria Graz. The installation explores the logics of centralized platforms, self-marketing, and digital labor—from daily vloggers and NPC streamers to WIII-GRWM creators—and connects these practices to the tree of life as a mythological-religious symbol. Braga highlights how platform work can be both labor and ritual, revealing the power dynamics at play.
Info
S()fia Braga (b. 1991) is an Italian transmedia artist and a leading voice in AI driven cinematic storytelling based in Vienna. Her work explores emerging technologies with a focus on human–non-human collaboration, more-than-human agency, and the power dynamics of centralized social media platforms.
Credits
Initiiert von: Jan Grünwald (Mozarteum Salzburg/Innsbruck), Konstanze Schütze (Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe), Christina Vollmert (Universität zu Köln)
Postproduktion: Rubina Ünzelmann-Balotsch
Website: Jana Wodicka
Produziert von: MBR – Medienbildungsraum mit Juniorprofessur Kunst Medien Bildung (Universität zu Köln, Kunst & Kunsttheorie), Professur Ästhetische Bildung und Kunstvermittlung (Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe) und Professur Fachdidaktik für Bildnerische Erziehung (Mozarteum Innsbruck)
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Department Kunst und Musik, Kunst & Kunsttheorie, Dr. Christina Vollmert und Prof. Dr. Torsten Meyer