How can art in public space remain meaningfully accessible over time when it exists only temporarily or has been insufficiently documented? This is precisely the point of departure for the pilot study AR-A. The project investigates how a digital archive can be developed that enables artistic works to be experienced at their respective urban locations through augmented reality (AR), thereby opening up new ways of engaging with art in public space.
We are excited to announce the launch of
MOVIDA — "Movement and Virtual Intelligence for the Development and Accessibility of Artists and Audiences", a new three-year European cooperation project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
From 23 to 25 January 2026, the MIREVI team at the university of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf hosted a three-day closing event for the EU-funded project MODINA – Movement, Digital Intelligence and Interactive Audience in collaboration with with tanzhaus nrw.
In January we took part in the program “Fast Forward” at Ludwig Forum Aachen with two interactive installations and a talk. In the context of Shu Lea Cheang’s exhibition KI$$ KI$$, the event explored urgent questions about whether AI will become a curse or a blessing for society—and how art can help negotiate these uncertain futures.
The exhibition brings together selected works and artistic research developed within the MIREVI context, alongside contributions from associated artists. It foregrounds experimental approaches at the intersection of movement, digital intelligence, and interactive systems. Rather than positioning dance solely as a stage-based practice, the exhibition invites visitors to encounter movement as data, interface, environment, and embodied interaction—unfolding across installations, tracking systems, and performative setups. Video documentation complements the exhibition, providing insight into artistic processes, research trajectories, and the development of the presented works.
Rather than functioning as a retrospective, the exhibition focuses on questions that continue to shape contemporary choreographic and artistic research:
How does technology transform choreographic thinking and bodily behavior?
In what ways can digital systems act as collaborators, constraints, or counterparts rather than mere tools?
How might audiences experience movement through interactive, hybrid, or speculative formats?
From 23 to 25 January 2026, the EU-funded project MODINA – Movement, Digital Intelligence and Interactive Audience will conclude its three-year research journey with a three-day programme in Düsseldorf, open to both professional and public audiences. The closing event, organised by the MIREVI team at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf in collaboration with tanzhaus nrw, offers multiple formats for engaging with the project’s outcomes: four artist showings, an exhibition, a symposium, and a network gathering.
This paper presents the layout of and research behind the dance performance Precious Camouflage, which explores the interplay between human movement and artificial intelligence (AI) within a museal space. The work stages four AI systems that interact live with a contemporary dance ensemble and the audience, critically examining themes of agency, surveillance, interpretation, and body politics.
On Friday, 29th of August, Theater an der Ruhr, KGI and Mirevi presented a groundbreaking technological first for German theatre: The piece "Antropka" combines live performance, VR and film using a synchronized VR-multiuser solution with more than 30 virtual reality headsets.
Charlotte Triebus, Ivana Druzetic-Vogel and Chris Geiger presented "Precious Camouflage" at the Expanded Conference on the 5th of September 2025.
"Witjas", a collaboration with artist Daniel Nehring, is presented as part of "Take a Bow" everyday from 8pm to 11pm until end of August.
Düsseldorf has long been a vibrant hub of German music and youth culture. From underground warehouse parties to legendary clubs, the city has shaped movements that have had an impact far beyond its borders. At MIREVI, we wanted to understand: How can we bring this cultural heritage into the present—by using immersive media to transform history into an experience?
Join us for this semester's immersive student exhibition on the 24th of July 2025, 5pm, at Ackerstraße 11!
This year's night of the museum on the 26th of April 2025, AckerEleven and Robert "Opty" Roschwig held a "Phygital Art Lounge" in the lavaStudio.
In March and April 2025 MIREVI has been supporting the conceptual and technical development of the project „The Field / Gaitless“ by MODINA residency artists Marko Milić and Uroš Krčadinac.
January 2025 marks the 20th edition of Temps d'Images, the festival for dance and technology at tanzhaus nrw. This year MIREVI presents two installations at Temps d'Images: "Precious Camouflage - OS" by Charlotte Triebus x MIREVI and "The Poetry of Motion" by Joelle Schonhoff, co-produced by MIREVI.