Denise Hirtenfelder

  • Open Futurelab 2023

    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.

  • Futurelab Night Performances 2023

    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 โ€œArtistic Futures Reportโ€, delivered live on Saturday evening in the Deep Space 8K, was a great opportunity to experience the Futurelabโ€™s multifaceted work in concentrated form and up close.

  • Future Teams

    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.

  • Art as Catalyst

    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 โ€“ with workshops, inspiring art projects and panel discussions.

  • Anatomy of Nudging

    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 โ€“ an enlightening self-reflection platform by the Japanese AI start-up Godot and the Ars Electronica Futurelab.

  • Seeds of Hope

    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 โ€œSeeds of Hopeโ€ – The topics ranged from the nature of truth to environmental protection.

  • Art Thinking School

    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.

  • Futurelab Day 2022

    Futurelab Day 2022

    Creative Resilience @ Ars Electronica Festival

    In 2022, the Ars Electronica Futurelab once again organized a special โ€œOpen Futurelabโ€ program for the general public during the Ars Electronica Festival: Futurelab Day on September 8, themed โ€œCreative Resilience for a Planet B.โ€

  • Alchemists of the Future

    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 labโ€™s challenges and successes, but most importantly its latest ideas and glimpes into the future.

  • Actions for Deep Issues

    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 โ€œActions for Deep Issuesโ€ โ€“ in other words, how we can take action in the face of multiple global challenges.

  • The Experts of the Future

    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.

  • Deep Virtual

    Deep Virtual

    Instant Hybrid Reality in Video Production

    Ars Electronica Futurelabโ€™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…