Denise Hirtenfelder
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Open Futurelab 2023
Social Technology @ Ars Electronica Festival
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.
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Futurelab Night Performances 2023
Futures Report @ Ars Electronica Festival
Just as in previous years, the Futurelab Night Performances 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 close.
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Future Teams
Communicative Robots for the Workplace
The Future Teams project aims to develop innovative technologies, spaces, and services that enhance team creativity and foster mutual care in the workplace. Prototypes include three buddy robots with communication skills aimed at enriching future teamwork.
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Art as Catalyst
Social Innovation Through Collaboration
The event Art as Catalyst, organized by the Civic Creative Base Tokyo (CCBT) in collaboration with Ars Electronica, explored the relationship between art and innovation at the end of 2023 – with workshops, inspiring art projects and panel discussions.
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Anatomy of Nudging
Transparent AI for Society
The installation Anatomy of Nudging aims to involve users in the utilization 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 Electronica Futurelab.
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Seeds of Hope
Matsudo International Science Art Festival 2023
The Matsudo International Science Art Festival is a yearly celebration that takes place in the beautiful city of Matsudo in Japan. In 2023, the theme of the festival was “Seeds of Hope” – The topics ranged from the nature of truth to environmental protection.
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Art Thinking School
Embedding Creativity in Japanese Companies
With the Art Thinking School at Hakuhodo’s University of Creativity, Ars Electronica artists and researchers presented Inspiration Talks as well as a new workshop concept for companies to create tangible visions of the future.
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Futurelab Day 2022
Creative Resilience @ Ars Electronica Festival
In 2022, the Ars Electronica Futurelab once again organized a special “Open Futurelab” program for the general public during the Ars Electronica Festival: Futurelab Day on September 8, themed “Creative Resilience for a Planet B.”
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Alchemists of the Future
25 years of Ars Electronica Futurelab
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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Actions for Deep Issues
Collective Dialogue on Global Challenges
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Ars Electronica Futurelab curated a special Futurelab Day at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021. The starting point was a collective dialogue on “Actions for Deep Issues” – in other words, how we can take action in the face of multiple global challenges.
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The Experts of the Future
Future Narrative Workshop for Kids
For its 25th anniversary, a Futurelab team collected opinions from internationally renowned futurologists to collaboratively speculate about possible future narratives in the next 25 years. Their journey to the future even ventured outside of our hemisphere to undiscovered planets. What was special about the experts for the future? On average, they were seven years old.
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Deep Virtual
Instant Hybrid Reality in Video Production
Ars Electronica Futurelab’s video production system Deep Virtual is able to merge virtual into physical reality in real time and to transmit this hybrid reality instantly. With its development, the Lab has set a milestone in the history of Deep Space 8K : The idea for live hybrid video production takes the broadcasting of virtual…