Georg Eckmayr

Georg Eckmayr is a multidisciplinary Lecturer at the University of Vienna, Department of Theatre, Film and Media Studies. He operates at the intersection of digital art, media theory, and algorithmic research, focusing on the entanglement of physical and machine-based realms.

• Doctorate under Peter Weibel on technical images
• Supervised academic programs at University of Applied Sciences St. Poelten

Research Interests include:

• Digital culture and knowledge systems
• Algorithm-based sensuality and synthetic perception
• Media theory for post-identity societies
• Cross-disciplinary approaches (systems theory, feminist epistemology)

Artistic Practice spans networked sculptures, robotic performances, and digitally signed objects, exploring contradiction as a productive force. His 2025 exhibition RAW MATERIAL & DATA GESTURES examines algorithmic politics.

Scientific Recognition:

• 2006 Editorial Award, Vienna, @ KUNSTRAUM NOE
• Featured in RGBMTL 2025 (Montreal) and Hereafter The Art Project

Academic Contributions include 15 recent articles on digital operative space, AI perception systems, and decentralized authorship, with keywords spanning Computer Science, Media Studies, and Artificial Intelligence. Collaborations with institutions like objkt.com and Studio Offbeat highlight his work.