LAACT 25

LAACT 25 is the latest edition of the Light as a Creative Tool project, which has been running at our Academy since 2020.

The organizers - the Department of Media Art and the Department of Set Design , along with dr. hab. Robert Sochacki and noks collective - invite participants to this year’s program, centered around post-anthropocentric perspectives in philosophy and art. LAACT 25 will offer an opportunity to immerse in encounters, explore contemporary relationships, and collectively search for visual, sonic, and more-than-human ecosystems. The project encourages multidimensional thinking and collaboration through its conference and workshop sessions, as well as extensive activities and discussions within the broader accompanying program.

The project runs from April 23 to May 31, 2025, at N2 building at Niemcewicza 2 in Wrocław.

LAACT 25 represents Wrocław’s Academy of Fine Arts in the cultural events program of Poland’s presidency in the Council of the European Union.

Project is realized thanks to an art grants program: Mega Grant ASP Wroclaw.

Important: Detailed information regarding events, lectures, and workshops is provided exclusively in English, as it is the official language of the project. However, certain accompanying events - aside from the conference and workshops - will be conducted in Polish.

LAACT 25 is divided into three sections:

• International Scientific Conference LAACT 25 with workshops for students (May 6–10, 2025). Full details on speakers, lectures, and workshop activities, along with the application form, can be found here. Interested participants are encouraged to submit their applications in English - registration is open from March 20 to March 31, 2025.
• Practice / Process – collective exhibition plus: series of performative actions, short lectures/workshops in N2 building. From April 25 to April 28, you are invited to watch, listen, and take part in that with the invited artists. More details can be found here.
• Parallel Events – curatorial visits, a networking meeting, and a concert. Detailed descriptions and schedules of parallel events are available here.

Organizer:
dr hab. Robert Sochacki
Department of Media Art / Department of Stage Design – Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
noks colective

Partners:
Department of Media Art / Department of Stage Design – Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
Institute of Cultural Studies – University of Wrocław

International partners:
University of Klagenfurt (Austria) 
Saar Academy of Fine Arts / HBKsaar (Germany)
Danish Arts Foundation (Denmark)

Partners:
Consulate General of Germany in Wrocław
The Austrian Culture Forum in Warsaw
Art Hotel in Wrocław

The researchers and artists invited to this year’s LAACT 25 include:Andrzej Marzec [PL] 
Martina Tritthart [AT] 
Yvonne Dröge Wendel [NL] 
Małgorzata Dancewicz-Pawlik [PL] 
Martha Kicsiny [HU]/[BE] 
Holger Lang [AT] 
Judith Röder [DE] 
Ingo Wendt [DE] 
Robert Sochacki [PL] 
Natan Kryszk [PL] 
an-hoer / Wojciech Unterschuetz and Piotr Bratoszewski [PL] 
Bartosz Radzikowski [PL]
Agnieszka Leśniak Banasiak [PL]
Sara Buoso [IT] 
Mia Kivinen [FI]
Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh [GH]