For the fifth time, we are opening our lab to the public as part of the Ars Electronica Festival. Visitors are invited to explore evolving processes, conversations, and collaborations that shape our work in crafting practices that hold space for new narratives, educational approaches, and connected artifacts to evolve. Installations, prototypes, and annotated experiments offer insight into ongoing inquiries and encourage engagement with research and researchers.
Photo: Monja Hirscher, Julia Moser, Irene Posch
Collection
Crafting Futures Lab
Monja Hirscher (DE), Julia Moser (AT), Irene Posch (AT)
Crafting Futures Lab – Crafting Futures Conversation with Karin Altmann
Karin Altmann (AT), Julia Moser(AT)
A conversation exploring the enduring legacy and evolving innovation of textile heritage and material knowledge, envisioning the future of craft, the craft of the future, and the crafting of futures.
Crafting Futures Lab – Crafting Futures Conversation with Katharina Sand
Katharina Sand (DE/CH), Julia Moser (AT)
A conversation about the crafting of pasts and futures, the crafting of the commons, and libraries as a living practice.
Crafting Futures Lab – (Ex)Sample Making
Irene Posch (AT)
Discover how textiles respond to electromagnetic forces and explore their visual, physical, and functional qualities in this hands-on workshop.
Crafting Futures Lab – Radical Crafting Salon
Anna Blumenkranz (DE/UA)
Join the Radical Crafting Salon, a playful space for collaborative stitching. Work alongside scientists and e-textile practitioners in a subversive, deliberately “inefficient” activity where words, threads, and sparks fly.
Crafting Futures Lab – Crafting Futures Aperitif
Julia Moser (AT), Monja Hirscher (AT)
Discover the hidden links between food and color.
Credits
Contributions by: Karin Altmann (AT), Anna Blumenkranz (DE/AT), Petersen Boissel (DE), Eva Bullermann (DE), Natascha Burk (DE), Vera Dittenberger (AT), Tim van der Loo (NL/DE), Verena Fuchsberger-Staufer (AT), Manfred Grillnberger (AT), Viktoria Heinrich (DE), Lisa Hofer (AT), Katrin Kober (AT), Judith Eszter Karpati (HU), Valerie Moschner (AT), Magdalena Sophie Orland (DE), Katharina Sand (DE/CH), Esteban de la Torre (HU), Petra Vicianova(CZ/SK/DK), Lilo Viehweg (DE/CH), Lisa Wübbeler (DE)