Competition success „20 seconds for art“: Video „The Ungraspable and (the) Comprehension“
Five winning videos have been selected from 91 entries by a jury of artists at KÖR (Art in public space Vienna).
Our video will be aired, with the others, at about 4800 public displays in Austria, July and August 2026! Screens are situated in subways, trams and buses as well as at bus and tram stops, in the cities of Vienna, Linz, Wels, Steyr, Graz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Bregenz, Klagenfurt and Eisenstadt.
Competition theme
„Man and the intelligent machine“
(german)
„Der Mensch und die intelligente Maschine“
Video „The Ungraspable and (the) Comprehension“
The Ungraspable and (the) Comprehension
are affecting,
in touching of what we grasp.
Spanning across incomprehensible billions of years,
of physical and mental reach,
of myriads of species and beings.
Through grasping our hands came to be,
by comprehending,
we made robotic hands.
(german)
Das Ungreifbare und (das) Begreifen
Indem wir das Gegriffene begreifen sind wir ergriffen.
Begreifen über ungreifbar viele Jahrmillionen
von physischer und mentaler Reichweite,
von ungreifbar vielen Spezies und Wesen.
Durch Begreifen sind unsere Hände geworden und damit haben wir Roboterhände gemacht.
Credits
Choreography human and robot hands: Eva-Maria Kraft
DOP, grading: Sebastian Weissinger
Robot control: Darja Stoeva
Robot: Machina, Modell Pepper
Concept, montage, text: Oliver Schürer
Jury statement
The video emphasizes “… the changing relationship between human and robotic bodies as a topic – without evaluating them morally.”
Das Video macht „… die sich wandelnde Beziehung zwischen menschlichem und robotischem Körper zum Thema – ganz ohne diese moralisch zu bewerten.“
Video description by KÖR (german)
https://www.koer.or.at/projekte/20-seconds-2026-preistraeger-innen/oliver-schuerer
Announcement all competition results at KÖR (german)
https://www.koer.or.at/projekte/20-seconds-2026-preistraeger-innen
Press report
Video stills
Competition call by KÖR in April 2026
for a silent 20s art video.
https://www.koer.or.at/20secondsforart/information/ueber-den-wettbewerb