The DNA of the Ars Electronica Futurelab in the eighth and final episode of the 25th Anniversary Series
There are difficult questions waiting for creative answers
A society that is changing along with its technology needs a new form of humanity
25 years Ars Electronica Futurelab: It’s a year full of memories — of stories and concepts, of successes and challenges. Of visions, ideas and utopias.
What differentiates analog from digitally generated work?
We all shape future – constantly. In the process, we are confronted with major challenges, from the climate crisis to digital transformation.
The Spaxels were just the beginning of a long journey into the future of the Ars Electronica Futurelab
How art can make complex structures tangible
With Oribokit™, a DIY kit for origami robots, Matthew Gardiner aims to collectively cross the boundaries between art and science towards the future.
From Festival University to Pre-Opening to Innovation Day: these are the highlights of the first days of the Ars Electronica Festival 2021 – A New Digital Deal!
How can we inspire people to actively design our common future?
Innovative concepts for hybrid environments
In 1996, the CAVE, a room in which you can fly through the air, was created in the recently opened Ars Electronica Center.
The past, present and future of the lab in eight episodes on Ars Electronica Home Delivery
When humans and robots work side by side, it’s not always easy.
It sounds paradoxical, but what would happen if artificial intelligence writes the notes for us and we only take on the role of musicians?
We’ve pinned our hopes for the future on them, but also regard them with suspicion: Robots will soon be part of our daily lives.
For the 25th anniversary of the Ars Electronica Futurelab, filming is currently taking place in Deep Space 8K.
In a virtual world, we can simulate truths that would be unimaginable in real life, explore incredible activities, and collaborate with others in a way that goes beyond physical interaction.
Travel restrictions raise new challenges for cross-boundary artistic/scientific research. Residencies at the Ars Electronica Futurelab remain a source of mutual inspiration.
Visual media make the invisible visible; document, capture, make emotional. They capture the moment for eternity.
What is the origin of life? What is the origin of the universe? Where do we come from and where are we going? Questions that have preoccupied mankind for millennia, and it doesn’t look like they will be solved soon. For a wonderfully playful perspective, artists are now joining in.
Wanted: Our place in the universe. Found: A team that combines humans and AI to answer fundamental questions. Sarah Petkus and Mark J. Koch aim to educate artificial intelligence to become an individual.
The Christmas story is probably one of the best known and most frequently recited stories in the world. It is not only the story of biblical expectations for the future, but also the story of the origin of our society. This year, it’s becoming virtual reality in the crypt of the Mariendom in Linz and…
Science to touch and to participate in. Together with everyone. And for everyone. With the question “Does light also have a dark side for you?”, the Museum of Natural History Vienna leaves its context in the center of the city with an electric carrier bike, equipped with a lot of knowledge and an invitation to…
The Open Futurelab is an interactive format that presents current works and research by the Ars Electronica Futurelab. Besides new online formats and virtual journeys, public tours through the laboratories and ateliers of the Ars Electronica Futurelab were also offered for the first time during the Ars Electronica Festival 2020.
They promise a future full of convenience and are said to surpass us humans in every respect quite soon. Artificial intelligence is already way ahead of us in many areas of competence. Just a few years ago, we thought that it was human creativity alone that distinguished the analogue from the digitally generated work. Because…