Abbreviation | RIAT |
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Predecessor | 5uper.net |
Formation | 2015 |
Merger of | Artistic Bokeh Artistic Technology Lab |
Type | Non-profit organization |
Legal status | Active |
Location |
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Fields | Open Hardware Publishing Cryptocurrencies Media art |
Website | riat |
The Research Institute for Arts and Technology (RIAT) is an independent Austrian research institute established in 2015 and located in Neubau, Vienna. The aim of the institute is to investigate how technology and art can relate and inform each other in areas that include: open hardware, publishing, epistemic culture, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain.[1] In 2017 RIAT was recognized by the European Commission and Ars Electronica for innovation at the interface of science, technology and art with a STARTS Prize Honorary Mention.[2]
The institute was formed in 2015 after artists Bernhard Cella and Matthias Tarasiewicz made a decision to depart the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Since 2012 Cella and Tarasiewicz had both been leading research projects supported by the Austrian Science Fund[3][4] at the Center of Art and Knowledge Transfer within the University of Applied Arts Vienna.[5][6][7] Alongside the projects that were relocated from the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the other Viennese art initiatives Coded Cultures, 5uper.net and Artistic Bokeh were also integrated into the institute.[8]
RIAT runs an artist-in-residence program with the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna that focuses on research practices at the intersection of arts and technology.[9] The residency program started in 2005 through 5uper.net[10] and continued in 2012 with Artistic Bokeh[11]. In 2016 the residency program was expanded through a new partnership between the Research Institute for Arts and Technology and the Museumsquartier.[9] In 2017, RIAT shifted the focus of the residency program to inviting artists, researchers and developers working in cryptoeconomics.[12][13]