Projects
2021
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JKU medSPACE
The JKU medSPACE is a completely new, worldwide unique venue for teaching anatomy, located at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz. Developed and implemented by the Ars Electronica Futurelab, the JKU medSPACE shows anatomy like never before, in quadruple stereoscopic 3D 8K projection at 14×7 meters: Lecturers and students dive into larger than life, photorealistic…
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Alchemists of the Future
In 2021, the Ars Electronica Futurelab celebrated its 25th anniversary. Under the heading Alchemists of the Future, the Open Futurelab therefor presented a look back at the lab’s challenges and successes, but most importantly its latest ideas and glimpes into the future.
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NHM Deck 50
Participative platform for science communication
With the aim of using Citizen Science to awaken the researcher’s instinct in visitors and to get the public more involved in the scientific processes in the museum, the Natural History Museum Vienna has developed a new platform for science communication together with the Ars Electronica Futurelab and INSEQ Design: In the new Deck 50,…
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Virtual Crib
More than a hundred years after their first exhibition, the nativity scene of the Mariendom was carefully restored and then scanned by the Ars Electronica Futurelab using photogrammetry. It has been restaged as an interactive and audiovisual experience for the Mariendom and the Ars Electronica Center’s Deep Space 8K. In Deep Space 8K, the virtual…
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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 expression. The bots can transform visual content into an aesthetic performance via their integrated screens, leading to a vast range of potential applications.
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Space Ink
Space Ink combines Wacom’s pen and tablet technology with drones controlled by Ars Electronica Futurelab’s SwarmOS to envision a future where we can draw in any space with a pen. Space Ink is part of the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s Future Ink research, conducted between 2020 and 2022.
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Schaunberger Grabmal
Using the non-contact process of photogrammetry, researchers of the Ars Electronica Futurelab carefully translated one of the Schaunberg tombs from the collegiate church of Wilhering into a virtual object in order to turn it into an immersive 3D cultural experience in Deep Space 8K. The colossal format creates insights into high-resolved details that can no…
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Open City @ Matsudo City International Science Art Festival
From October 16th to 17th 2021, the International Science Art Festival in Matsudo, Japan, took place for the fourth time, on the theme of “OPEN CITY – Inspirational City”. Numerous exhibitions and workshops by Japanese and international artists have been curated in close collaboration with Ars Electronica.
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Actions for Deep Issues
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Ars Electronica Futurelab curated a special Futurelab Day at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021. The event was launched with the Morning Inspirations Session that aimed to engage visitors in a collective dialogue about “Actions for Deep Issues”. The session was opened with the best-of video of a special interview series…
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AI Ink
Noise is an important element in the creativity of artificial intelligence. To understand the relationship between noise and the “soul” in a machine, we used temperature and human interaction as noise in the AI Ink project while composing music with artificial intelligence. After all, temperature is also associated to emotions in the human body.
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Bio Ink
In Bio Ink, we bring together biotechnology and digital pen tablet technology to create living ink that grows freely beyond human input. The research explores co-creation with other organisms and nature. Bio Ink is part of the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s Future Ink research.
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Artistic Journalism 2021
Keio University SFC Online Course
Ars Electronica Futurelab director Hideaki Ogawa taught an online course entitled “Artistic Journalism” at Keio University SFC (Shonan Fujisawa Campus). This experimental series of classes discusses artistic journalism through online lectures, online guided tours and dialogues with the Ars Electronica Center. Artistic Journalism 1/3: Understanding AI Artistic journalism is the act of creating a social…