From Spaxels to the future of drone swarms

The pioneers of artistic artificial swarms look to the future: the Ars Electronica Futurelab's new swarms+art website. ...

Swarm robotics up close

Drones merging to a digital canvas or painting with light: An Ars Electronica Futurelab workshop showcased the art of swarm robotics. ...

Throwback: Spaxels

Spaxels are autonomous drones that can be moved freely in space to form dynamic, three-dimensional figures in the night sky. ...

August 2021: One highlight follows the next

August is also all about the upcoming Ars Electronica Festival, with numerous announcements to heighten anticipation for the upcoming event. ...

Stream of Hope

Ars Electronica Futurelab’s Fluxels, a scalable swarm of ground robots equipped with hexagonal LED displays, brought about a new language of visual ex ...

Ars Electronica Futurelab – The first 25 years and beyond

(Deutsch) (Linz, 9.9.2021) Noch bis 12. September 2021 präsentiert das Ars Electronica Futurelab beim Ars Electronica Festival daher ein breites multimedia ...

Alchemists of the Future — The Book

25 years Ars Electronica Futurelab: It’s a year full of memories — of stories and concepts, of successes and challenges. Of visions, ideas and ut ...

Inside Futurelab: Directors Talk – 25 years Ars Electronica Futurelab and beyond

(Deutsch) Wie können Entwickler*innen, Technologieunternehmen und Künstler*innen, aber auch die Gesellschaft als Ganzes, zu einer positiven Zukunft beitrag ...

The Art of Swarms

The Spaxels were just the beginning of a long journey into the future of the Ars Electronica Futurelab ...

Inside Festival and The Art of Swarms

(Deutsch) (Linz, 17.8.2021) Zwei Ausgaben von Inside Festival widmen sich in dieser Woche Ars Electronica Gardens in Utrecht, Amsterdam, Lugano, Esch-sur-A ...