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new media & experimental art days

1 - 22 june 2025
bschlabertal. tyrol

At the interdisciplinary art festival medienfrische, media art meets secluded village life in the municipality of Pfafflar in Tyrol. The small and far-flung community of 90 souls is transformed by medienfrische into a field of experimentation in the middle of the high Alps. The focus is on contemporary developments in the media sector, the art world, science and the business sector. The tranquil Bschlabertal valley is transformed into a place of work for 22 days.

Medienfrische Logo

1 - 22 june 2025
bschlabertal. tyrol

new media & experimental art days

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At the interdisciplinary art festival medienfrische, media art meets secluded village life in the municipality of Pfafflar in Tyrol. The small and far-flung community of 90 souls is transformed by medienfrische into a field of experimentation in the middle of the high Alps. The focus is on contemporary developments in the media sector, the art world, science and the business sector. The tranquil Bschlabertal valley is transformed into a place of work for 22 days.

open call 2025

We are looking for (inter)national artists for the media-fresh artists-in-residence programme. Apply now until 17 February 2025 and find out more here.

this is the media freshness

New media and experimental art find their place in a remote Alpine valley and mix with traditional ways of living and working. But what is the idea behind the medienfrische and to what extent does this encounter enrich the population, the region and art itself?

what is bschlabs?

At an altitude of 1400 metres, in a remote side valley in the Tyrolean Außerfern, the Bschlabertal is the location of the medienfrische. In addition to Bschlabs as the main venue, there are also many venues and artist residencies in the village of Boden and in Pfafflar, which is particularly high up.

this does not fit here

When asked what he thought of the media freshness, one Pfafflar resident replied: "It doesn't fit here."
If something doesn't fit, then something seems to be disruptive, contradictory, skewed, off, not right. Something contradictory, inconsistent does not fit in a certain place, in a certain position.

timetable

coming soon

Who is behind it?

What would an art festival be without the people behind the ideas and their realisation? In addition to the team of medienfrische but above all, the residents of the Bschlabertal are making a major contribution to this unique project. It is being created in close collaboration with the people who live there before, during and after the festival.

Showroom

gallery | dulcimers zithers

(15.06.2024) reading by rainer egger in the boden church - texts by norbert c. kaser