Institute for Open Arts

The recently established Institute for Open Arts is currently in an exciting development phase. The institute offers open structures for artistic research in theory and practice as an inter-, trans- and non-disciplinary workspace within the university. Forging connections between the arts (music, visual arts, text, theatre, dance, film, digital media), and doing so both within and outside the university, allows for boundaries between different disciplines to be broken down; particularly exciting opportunities arise through engagement with the natural sciences and humanities and the networking of the analogue with the digital world.

About

At the Institute for Open Arts, unusual methods and different ways of thinking can open up innovations and new dimensions in art and academic scholarship. The Institute is home to the PhD programme in Artistic Research, and further study programmes and offers are currently being developed.

Courses

Open arts, Interdisciplinary

Open Arts

Open arts, Music, Interdisciplinary, Acting

PhD in the Arts

Interdisciplinary

Supplementary Certificate in Artistic Research

Events

10.3.2026

07:00 pm

W&K-Atelier

Artistic Research Lecture Series: Masimba Hwati

Knowing with practice

Lecture
· Free

News

30.6.2026

“Stadt Raum Hörbar” Honored as Part of “Out of the Box” 2026

The City of Salzburg recently recognized four projects featuring interdisciplinary ideas for Salzburg. One of the projects, titled “Stadt Raum Hörbar” (City Space Audible), submitted by Florian Brand, Ulrike Hatzer, Carla Stenitzer, and Karen Werner, invites the people of Salzburg to explore the sounds of their city.

Awards & Successes
8.6.2026

Measuring virtuality

The “Staging Realities” festival will mark the opening of the Mozarteum University’s new X-Reality-Lab at the Kurgarten (UMAK) from 24 to 26 September 2026. From October onwards, the lab will explore new narrative forms shaped by post-digital aesthetics.

News
21.4.2026

DJ Spooky as guest at Institute for Open Arts

The Unheard Earth: Environmental Crisis and the Dialectic of Post-Truth: Paul D. Miller – DJ Spooky

News
14.3.2026

The Space In Between

Radio, Relationality, and Artistic Research: In October 2025, Karen Werner started her professorship at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. Working with radio as a deeply relational medium she explores presence, communication, and co-creation and reflects on radio as an aesthetic and political space.

Interview