Nicolas Naveau
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Data Art & Science Project
Art Creates Meaning from Data
How can art create meaning from data? 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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Deep Space 8K EVOLUTION
Ars Electronica’s Most Exciting Experience Space
Three visually stunning dimensions, over 50 million pixels of resolution, and a high-performance tracking system make Ars Electronica’s Deep Space 8K one of the world’s most exciting digital experience spaces – developed, built, and continuously maintained by the Ars Electronica Futurelab.
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Welcome to Planet B
Playable Climate Futures in Deep Space 8K
E-vehicle or public transport? Nuclear power or renewable energy? Lab meat or vegan diet? The climate crisis challenges us with questions to which there are no easy answers. Important decisions await, and every action we take today has implications far into the future. Wouldn’t it be helpful to test our choices in virtual reality to…
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Glockner.Luft.Raum
Climate and Weather Data Experience
Glockner.Luft.Raum is an approximately 15-minute data-based generative sequence that makes the complex connections between global climate change and regional weather kitchen in the Austrian Glockner region visible, audible, and tangible.
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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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Future Mobility Lounge
Discovering Fresh Ideas with Robot Spot
The talk and workshop event Future Mobility Lounge in Yokohama, Japan, focused on future mobility and sustainability. Visitors from elementary school children to adults were invited to find inspiration with artistic and cultural input and conceptualize new mobility ideas involving Robot Spot.
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Dataspace
Global impacts of the Russian war on Ukraine
What is truth, what is the role of journalism, and how can art and journalism contribute in a meaningful way in the midst of seemingly endless crises? Dataspace is a project that proposes a form of “newspaper of the future,” showcasing data on the profound impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine in the Ars Electronica…
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Welcome to Planet B
A Children’s Pop-Up Book About Climate Change
The Futurelab application Welcome to Planet B brings climate decisions to Deep Space 8K. To translate the project to a child-friendly format for 8- to 12-year-olds, a team at the lab created a matching interactive pop-up book. It is designed to get kids excited about climate protection and to marvel, grasp and understand – and,…
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Artistic Journalism 2022
Online Course on Literacy for the Futures
Ars Electronica Futurelab and Keio University SFC have jointly established an online lecture named “Artistic Journalism” as a literacy for the futures, starting in 2020. Futurelab’s Artistic Director Hideaki Ogawa was invited to teach the experimental class from the Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria.
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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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Stream of Hope
Large-Scale Fluxel Performance in Japan
Ars Electronica Futurelab’s Fluxels, a scalable swarm of ground robots equipped with hexagonal LED displays, brought about a new language of visual expression. Stream of Hope in Osaka and Yokohama showcased their versatility at large-scale events.
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Artistic Journalism 2021
Online Course on Social Dialogue
In 2021, Ars Electronica Futurelab’s Artistic Director Hideaki Ogawa taught an online course at Keio University SFC (Shonan Fujisawa Campus) on “Artistic Journalism”: the act of creating a social dialogue through artistic expression, research, exploration, and action.