IN SITU Immersive Lab
at La Strada 2025
IN SITU – We believe in public space
The international network IN SITU, co-initiated by La Strada, has been dedicated to the development of innovative art in public space and to European exchange for over two decades. The platform supports artists who create and realise works in and for public space. Since its founding in 2003, the network has grown to include 19 partners and five ambassadors – artists and advocates who represent IN SITU across Europe.
After the successful completion of the four-year project (UN)COMMON SPACES 2020–2024, IN SITU now launches PLATFORM 2025-2028. This new phase focuses on supporting a new generation of emerging artists who rethink public space as a creative playground and develop their projects in unconventional locations across Europe. Selected through an open EU-wide call, these artists benefit from tailored support based on the experience and expertise of IN SITU’s partner institutions and festivals.
Immersive Lab at Kunsthaus Graz –
Where Art Meets Urban Development
Where Art Meets Urban Development
As part of the IN SITU project PLATFORM 2025–2028, Graz becomes a meeting point for artistic research in public space during La Strada 2025. From 28 July to 2 August, the festival will host a so called "Immersive Lab". Fifteen emerging artists, selected through a European call, will further develop their projects – with the goal of bringing them to production and international touring. Under the title Nature & City Development, the lab provides a space for intensive exchange on art, urbanity, and sustainable futures. Workshops, joint visits to festival performances, urban excursions, and moderated discussions lay the groundwork for hands-on artistic development.
At the heart of the lab are the Hot Houses – working sessions where artists refine their ideas in close collaboration with our international IN SITU partners. The lab culminates in curated pitching sessions of the emerging artists for international programmers, curators, and cultural professionals.
The Kunsthaus Graz serves as the central venue for the lab – a cultural hub that bridges city and society, offering the ideal space for reflection and creative momentum.
La Strada
25. Juli - 2. August 2025
Opernring 12 / A-8010 Graz
Telefon: +43 316 26 97 89
info@lastrada.at
www.lastrada.at
INFORMATIONEN: +43 316 26 97 89