Projects
2023
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Open Futurelab 2023
Reaching out to one another, spreading hope in trying times and literally grasping technology as a social tool for the futures: this is what the Open Futurelab as part of the Ars Electronica Festival 2023, from September 6 to 10, was all about. In POSTCITY and Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center, the…
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Faust VR
In autumn 2023, the theater world celebrated the 150th birthday of Max Reinhardt, one of the most famous German-speaking theater makers of the 20th century. The Salzburg Festival commemorated the theatrical magician by recreating one of his most famous projects: the acclaimed production of Goethe’s “Faust” (1933-1937) at the unique venue Felsenreitschule in Salzburg with…
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Futurelab Night Performances 2023
Just as in previous years, the Futurelab Night Performances – part of Open Futurelab – were one of the highlights of the Ars Electronica Festival 2023. This “Artistic Futures Report”, delivered live on Saturday evening in the Deep Space 8K, was a great opportunity to experience the Futurelab’s multifaceted work in concentrated form and up…
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Data Art & Science Project 2023
A project by Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT), Toyota Coniq Alpha (JP)
The Ars Electronica Futurelab, in collaboration with Toyota Coniq Alpha in Japan, is envisioning “Data Art & Science,” a new interdisciplinary field that incorporates artistic perspectives on future transformations based on data science.
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Lingxiao Luo (CN): Behaving Knit
Lingxiao Luo is a knitwear designer, material researcher, and PhD student, committed to interdisciplinary work. During her one-month residency at Ars Electronica’s Futurelab in October 2023, she expanded upon the central themes of her PhD research, Behaving Knit: Exploring the Integrative Solution for Shape-changing Wearables by Knitting Technologies.
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missimo
In 2018, the Kaiserschild Stiftung, a charitable private foundation, approached the Ars Electronica Futurelab to support the realization of their goal to offer primary school children in rural areas of Austria a hands-on learning experience on STE(A)M topics – science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Their idea of developing a mobile learning and dissemination concept…
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Data Art & Science Project
A project by Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT), Toyota Coniq Alpha (JP)
We are living in the midst of a dramatic transformation of everyday life and society brought about by the digital revolution. Our daily activities and the various events and environments that surround us generate vast amounts of data. “Data science,” the exploration of its use, and the “data scientists” who specialize in this field are…
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Future Teams
Ricoh, Art and Program, and Ars Electronica Futurelab have launched a collaborative research project in August 2022 with the mission to inspire and support human creativity in the future workplace. The project aims to develop innovative technologies, spaces, and services that enhance team creativity and foster mutual care among future teams.
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Anatomy of Nudging
Transparent AI for Society
The installation Anatomy of Nudging at the Ars Electronica Festival 2023 aimed to involve users in the use of artificial intelligence and thus create a trusting relationship with AI. Anatomy of Nudging was the first installation of the Collective Transformation Lab – an enlightening self-reflection platform by the Japanese AI start-up Godot and the Ars…
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Deep Sync
Deep Sync creates an interactive playground for sound and visuals in the immersive Deep Space 8K environment, inviting visitors to experiment with the correlation between psychological and physiological processes.
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Bridge 2040
Bridge 2040 is a card game in which children and senior citizens develop future narratives together, building a bridge between the generations. It is one of the two winning projects of the Ars Electronica Futurelab 2023 internal ideas competition Ideas Expedition. Since its release at the Ars Electronica Festival 2023, it has been used not…
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Oribotic Instruments
Our question for this work, What happens to our experience of space when we fold sound? is situated in our research into fundamental artistic methods for origami and robotics, following our central theme of Fold Sensing.