--- type: press_release title: Civa – Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/press/civa-contemporary-immersive-virtual-art" --- # Civa – Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art ### |indeterminate⟩⟨apparatus| 2 October 2025 – 1 February 2026 Festival: October 2 – 4, 2025 Exhibition: October 2, 2025 – February 1, 2026 [Press Kit Civa 2025 (EN)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-10/Press%20Kit_Civa%202025_EN.pdf) [Civa Festival Program (EN)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-10/Press%20Kit_Festival%20program_Civa%202025_EN.pdf) [Civa Glossary (EN)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-10/Press%20Kit_Civa%202025_Glossary_EN.pdf) ![Sujet Civa 2025 mit Logo & Titel — © Enrico Zago, Manuel Radde, Philipp Doringer](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-08/Landscape_low-res_CIVA.jpg) ## Press images ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-10/Ausstellungsansicht%20Civa%20-%20Contemporary%20Immersive%20Virtual%20Art.%20indeterminate%E2%9F%A9%E2%9F%A8apparatus%2C%20Foto%20Kunst-Dokumentation.com%2C%20Manuel%20Carreon%20Lopez%20%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien.jpg) Exhibition view Civa - Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art. |indeterminate⟩⟨apparatus| photo: Kunst-Dokumentation.com, Manuel Carreon Lopez / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-10/Ausstellungsansicht%20Civa%20-%20Contemporary%20Immersive%20Virtual%20Art.%20indeterminate%E2%9F%A9%E2%9F%A8apparatus%2C%20Natalie%20Paneng_Foto%20Kunst-Dokumentation.com%2C%20Manuel%20Carreon%20Lopez.jpg) Exhibition view Civa - Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art. |indeterminate⟩⟨apparatus| Natalie Paneng, ꧁✬◦°⋆⋆°◦. ?????????? ?????????? ??????????? ?????? ◦°⋆⋆°◦✬꧂, 2025 photo: Kunst-Dokumentation.com, Manuel Carreon Lopez / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-10/Ausstellungsansicht%20Civa%20-%20Contemporary%20Immersive%20Virtual%20Art.%20indeterminate%E2%9F%A9%E2%9F%A8apparatus%2C%20Natalie%20Paneng%20detai_Foto%20Kunst-Dokumentation.com%2C%20Manuel%20Carreon%20Lopez.jpg) Exhibition view Civa - Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art. |indeterminate⟩⟨apparatus| Natalie Paneng, ꧁✬◦°⋆⋆°◦. ?????????? ?????????? ??????????? ?????? ◦°⋆⋆°◦✬꧂ (Detail), 2025 photo: Kunst-Dokumentation.com, Manuel Carreon Lopez / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-10/Ausstellungsansicht%20Civa%20-%20Contemporary%20Immersive%20Virtual%20Art.%20indeterminate%E2%9F%A9%E2%9F%A8apparatus%2C%20Black%20Quantum%20Futurism_F_%20Kunst-Dokumentation.com%2C%20Manuel%20Carreon%20Lopez.jpg) Exhibition view Civa - Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art. |indeterminate⟩⟨apparatus| Black Quantum Futurism photo: Kunst-Dokumentation.com, Manuel Carreon Lopez / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-10/Ausstellungsansicht%20Civa%20-%20Contemporary%20Immersive%20Virtual%20Art.%20indeterminate%E2%9F%A9%E2%9F%A8apparatus%2C%20Mike%20Rijnierse_Foto%20Kunst-Dokumentation.com%2C%20Manuel%20Carreon%20Lopez.jpg) Exhibition view Civa - Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art. |indeterminate⟩⟨apparatus| Mike Rijnierse, Quantum Mirror, 2024 photo: Kunst-Dokumentation.com, Manuel Carreon Lopez / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-10/Ausstellungsansicht%20Civa%20-%20Contemporary%20Immersive%20Virtual%20Art.%20indeterminate%E2%9F%A9%E2%9F%A8apparatus%2C%20Mike%20Rijnierse%20detai_Foto%20Kunst-Dokumentation.com%2C%20Manuel%20Carreon%20Lopez.jpg) Exhibition view Civa - Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art. |indeterminate⟩⟨apparatus| Mike Rijnierse, Quantum Mirror (Detail), 2024 photo: Kunst-Dokumentation.com, Manuel Carreon Lopez / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-10/Ausstellungsansicht%20Civa%20-%20Contemporary%20Immersive%20Virtual%20Art.%20indeterminate%E2%9F%A9%E2%9F%A8apparatus%2C%20Libby%20Heaney_Foto%20Kunst-Dokumentation.com%2C%20Manuel%20Carreon%20Lopez.jpg) Exhibition view Civa - Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art. |indeterminate⟩⟨apparatus| Libby Heaney, Q is for Climate (?), 2023 photo: Kunst-Dokumentation.com, Manuel Carreon Lopez / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-07/01_BQF_Write%20No%20History_3.jpg) Black Quantum Futurism, Write No History (still), 2021 Courtesy Black Quantum Futurism, © Black Quantum Futurism ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-07/04_SmallVoid_Bucknell2.jpg) Alice Bucknell, Small Void (gameplay still), 2025 Courtesy Alice Bucknell, © Alice Bucknell Developed through Collide, Arts at CERN’s residency programme in collaboration with Copenhagen Contemporary (2023-2025) ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-07/02_Libby%20Heaney%2C%20Q%20is%20for%20Climate%20%28_%29%2C%202023%2C%204k%20video%20with%20sound%2C%207min38%20still%201.jpg) Libby Heaney, Q is for Climate (?) (still), 2023 Courtesy Libby Heaney, © Libby Heaney ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-08/Natalie%20Paneng_Image%208.jpg) Natalie Paneng, ꧁✬◦°⋆⋆°◦. ?????????? ?????????? ??????????? ?????? ◦°⋆⋆°◦✬꧂, 2025, mixed media Courtesy Natalie Paneng, © Natalie Paneng, photo: The Peripheral Co-produced by V2\_Lab for the Unstable Media, Goethe-Institut Niederlande, and Quantum Delta Delft as part of the Studio Quantum artist-in-residence program, supported by Studio Quantum, a project by Goethe-Institut Irland ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-07/03_QM_Mike_300dpi_cmyk.jpg) Mike Rijnierse, Quantum Mirror, 2024 Courtesy Mike Rijnierse, © Bildrecht, Vienna 2025 Presented in collaboration with iii (instrument inventors initiative) ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-09/BQF_20230716_MoorMother_EbruYildiz.jpg) Black Quantum Futurism Courtesy Black Quantum Futurism, Photo: Ebru Yildiz ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-09/Alice%20Bucknell_B0032705_LR.jpg) Alice Bucknell, Artist portrait inside Fun Palace, organized by Centre national d’art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, 2025 Courtesy Chanel, photo: Matthew Avignone ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-09/Libby%20Heaney_Portrait%201%20Photocredit%20Andrea%20Rossetti.jpg) Libby Heaney Courtesy Andrea Rossetti and Libby Heaney ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-09/NATALIE%20PANENG%20PORTRAIT_Lesedi%20Goulanka.jpg) Natalie Paneng Courtesy Natalie Paneng, Photo: Lesedi Goulanka(1454) ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2025-09/Mike%20Rijnierse_Portrait_Photo_Kris%20van%20Veen.jpg) Mike Rijnierse Courtesy Mike Rijnierse, Photo: Kris van Veen The texts, images, and documents provided here are copyrighted and are made available exclusively for the purpose of reporting on the exhibitions mentioned. Please contact the press team in regards to image credits and copyrights. For any additional use or distribution, please obtain approval in writing from the press team. For more information and press images please contact: #### Media Relations ##### Sarah Matysek T: [+43 1 795 57-297](tel:+43179557-297) M: [+43 664 800 141-297](tel:+43664800141-297) E-Mail: [**s.matysek@belvedere.at**](mailto:s.matysek@belvedere.at) ## Related exposition [**Civa – Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/civa-2025) — |indeterminate⟩⟨apparatus| — 2 October 2025 - 1 February 2026 — Exhibition — Belvedere 21