Experiment & Explore

Consume Our Consumption / Anya Koehne / Annan Zuo / Jiabao Li - Photo: Jiabao Li

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Experiment & Explore

The festival offers a range of interactive formats that invite visitors to experiment, explore, and engage directly. From immersive installations and participatory workshops to playful experiments, these experiences encourage curiosity, spark reflection, and open new ways of thinking.

  • Consume Our Consumption

    Anya Koehne (US), Annan Zuo (CN), Jiabao Li (CN)

    Eat plastic, save the planet? This experience invites guests to a satirical dining experience featuring edible bioplastics and a probiotic pill made from plastic-eating worm bacteria—reframing pollution as food and critiquing consumerism with a bite.

  • Crafting Futures Lab – Crafting Futures Aperitif

    Julia Moser (AT), Monja Hirscher (AT)

    Discover the hidden links between food and color.

  • Find Your Perfect Partner

    Digital Shadows Artist Cast

    Curious about the perfect partner—or how perfect you are? In Digital Shadows, actors guide you through a personal journey exploring how your data is processed and why it matters, while we design your most elusive digital shadow.

  • Invisible Inequality

    Stephan Pühringer (AT), Carlotta Terhorst (DE), Carlotta Verita (IT)

    Together with the team from the Socio-Ecological Transformation Lab, we want to think more about inequality in our society, ask questions and take a look behind the scenes of the world of excessive wealth.

  • Jobfit – Arbeitswelt fair U-N-D offen

    Verein U-N-D – Unabhängige Nachhaltigkeitsdrehscheibe (AT), JKU – Linz Institute for Transformative Change (LIFT_C) (AT), JKU – Institute for International Management (AT)

    Verein U-N-D and JKU present new findings on refugee labor integration in Austria and invite visitors to raise their voices and actively participate in an interactive video campaign.

  • Life Ink Community: Demonstration

    Alexandre Bizri (FR), Akiyuki Kake (JP), Satoshi Miyata (JP), Yoko Shimizu (JP)

    Join the researchers and artists behind Life Ink Community for a daily interactive demo. Participants will be able to experience Life Ink, learn about the wider collaboration, and help shape its future.

  • Music of Encounters

    Rupert Huber (AT), Bernhart Schwenk (DE), Eva-Maria Kraft (AT), Petros Kataras (GR), David Holzweber (AT), Harald Moser (AT) / Ars Electronica Solutions (AT)

    For the Pinakothek der Moderne’s Rotunda, Rupert Huber created a composition triggered by visitors’ movements.

  • NeXus Print: Demonstration and Open Research

    Dai Nippon Printing (JP), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

    In these demonstrations visitors can explore NeXus Print. NeXus Print is a creative XR platform that enables groups to collaboratively and simultaneously co-create and reimagine environments using generative AI in a live, participatory process.

  • Neuro Experiences

    In the NeuroExperienceLab, led by Erika Mondria, visitors can experience scientific research first-hand.

  • robo panic: Low-Tech Robot Challenge

    Ars Electronica (AT)

    On Sunday there will be a special highlight: the self-made robots will showcase their abilities in a spirited competition, captivating the audience with their performance.

  • Synthetic Memories: Live Reconstruction

    Domestic Data Streamers (ES)

    This project preserves at-risk personal memories by converting spoken descriptions into visual images using Generative AI.

  • The Wild Future Happy Hour

    Kairos Futura (KE)

    Wild Future Happy Hour is an interactive design experience inviting visitors to explore rewilded urban futures through storytelling and wearable speculation.

  • Family Tour

    Family Tour Ars Electronica 2025: A unique experience for families on the First Floor of POSTCITY