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Our Social Forest
Non-verbal communions in the era of social distancing
With the corona virus in full swing, and the ensuing guidelines for social distancing, people have flocked to new technologies in order to keep communicating verbally and visually. However, video calls and social media still feel inadequate when it comes to conveying the complexity and intricacies of human communication. What’s missing?
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Hollow Words
An installation where the true actual state from news articles is analyzed in realtime.
Hollow words aims to create a tool which displays diversity of news reports in a more creative and broader spectrum as to recognize the importance and ability to not get lost in our own echo chambers. It displays the external but also the internal perception, but in context of delayed time. The core of the…
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Essential Hub Project
The Essential Hub Project transforms Ars Electronica, an international creative institution, into an essential hub at the time of crisis to help our society in need.
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The Zen Machine
The Zen Machine explores the role of machines in the context of spirituality and religion. The concept envisions a robot taking the place of a monk and maintaining a Zen garden. Can a machine, which is traditionally intended to execute functional or repetitive tasks, really fulfill this role or is spirituality reserved solely for humans?
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Migrate
A physical swarm and herd simulation
This installation is an interactive experience based on real-life animal tracking data. Not only are the mechanical animals – robots – of Migrate interacting with each other but also with visitors. In a shared space, people can walk around within the miniature world together with artificial lifeforms.