DARV is an Art & Tech collective founded by Mihaela Kavdanska (media artist), Violeta Ivanova (conceptual artist) and Florian Weinrich (software developer) in 2020, based in Linz and Berlin. The collective connects media art, site-specific installations, contemporary dance and performance through mixed reality and interactive video projections — transforming artistic concepts into Mixed Reality exhibitions, performative interventions in public spaces and intermedia dance performances.
DARV AR is an open source augmented reality application designed and developed by Florian Weinrich & the DARV team for artists and art educators. It utilizes geolocation or QR code-based augmented reality technology in various artistic contexts, especially art in public spaces.
Co-funded or supported by: City of Linz Cultural Fundings (Linz Jahresprogramm, Linz EXPOrt, Linz ImPULS), OÖ Kultur, Paradise Art Foundation, Arts Council Korea, Ars Electronica Center, LM.Media, Pusch.TV, KOTKI visuals, FURNA art & culture.
Steps Untold 2.0: Stories of Reverse Migration
DARV Collective at DA Fest'23, Sofia: Screening, Workshop, AR interventions in public spaces
DARV AR App for kimæra MNMNTS
Augmented Reality Art in public space in Linz, Arad, Timisoara, Bucharest
DARV Art & Tech Workshop in Arad
Augmented Reality Art in public space
DARV Climate Action
DARV_Workshop: Climate Action Days @ Innovations-Hauptplatz, Linz
DARV Theme Meetings
Innovations-Hauptplatz, Linz
DARV Art&Tech Workshop Linz
Interface Cultures Department, Kunstuniversität Linz
DARV_Steps Untold 1.0
Treasures / (Not) Here (Not) There
DARV_Wandering Islands
Mixed Reality exhibition and performative interventions
DARV_Abandoned Land 3.0
Intermedia dance performance
DARV_Abandoned Land 2.0
Intermedia dance performance
DARV_Abandoned Land 1.0
Intermedia dance performance & AR exhibition experience