An overview of Futurelab’s most recent works, blended with artistic performances and audiovisual experiences: During Futurelab Night, Deep Space 8K morphs into a canvas for artistic exploration and futures dialog during Ars Electronica Festival each year.
Since 2021, the latest artistic creations from the lab and its diverse members, fellow artists, and partners take center stage during Futurelab Night. Imagine AI-composed pieces co-created with living organisms alongside immersive climate change experiences, all-encompassing visualized soundscapes, and cultural heritage explorations that provide fresh perspectives. Each project sparks curiosity, a testament to the power of collaboration.
Importantly, Futurelab Night is more than a showcase: technological innovation interweaves with artistic expression, giving meaning to data and creating new thoughts that linger on through impactful experiences. Artistic interpretations breathe life into the Futurelab’s work, inviting the audience on a multi-sensory journey of new narratives, questions, and dialogues as part of the Open Futurelab at the Ars Electronica Festival.
Akiko Nakayama performing during Futurelab Night Perfomances 2023, photo: tom mesic
Akira Wakita and Kairi Haruna performing during Futurelab Night Perfomances 2023, photo: tom mesic
WebExpression: Premiere on Futurelab Day’s Night Performances 2022, photo: vog.photo
Futurelab Day 2022 Nightperformances: Polychoros – Georgios Tsampounaris (GR), Ariathney Coyne (GR), Vahid Ghaderi (IR), photo: Florian Voggeneder
Night Performances 2021: Stefan Mittlböck-Jungwirth-Fohringer and Johannes Pöll, photo: tom mesic
Futurelab Night Performances 2023: Oribotic Instruments, photo: tom mesic
Futurelab Day 2022 Night Performances: Man-Machine Music by Ali Nikrang (AT), Cori O’Lan (AT), F.X.Frenzel Quartett: Lui Chan (AT), Johanna Bohnen (AT), Laura Maria Jungwirth (AT), Lia Vielhaber (AT), photo: Florian Voggeneder
Futurelab Night Performances 2023, photo: tom mesic
Futurelab Night Performances 2023: S ECTI VE, photo: tom mesic
Futurelab Day 2022 Nightperformance: Plasticphonia – Crystn Hunt Akron (AT), Christopher Noelle (AT), photo: Florian Voggeneder
