The ceaselessly moving imageries of novel media and technologies can provoke intense experiences, and they can induce extraordi颅nary emotional and psychological states. 鈥淓cstatic media鈥 designates two aspects: on the one hand, the potency of media consum颅er products such as videogames or beauty filters, which fuel emotional and social yearn颅ings; and on the other hand, media art鈥檚 strategy of confronting us with media struc颅tures in exaggerated form. Artists focus on particular characteristics of media and exam颅ine their impact by intensifying and amplify颅ing them.Media artists have long used 鈥渆cstatic me颅dia鈥 in an effort to expose the technological, aesthetic, and psychological effects of me颅dia. The exhibition presents impressive works鈥攆rom avant-garde film and video art to computer animation and data engineer颅ing鈥攖o trace an alternative history of media art.It is based on the holdings of the Generali Foundation Collection鈥擯ermanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, which is dedicated to the preservation and scholarly study of one of the most important.