Pillars of Democracy is a playful interactive installation aimed to increase civic participation and enhance awareness of the importance of democracy. The artistic intervention on the pillars of the Parliament building in Vienna invited people to express themselves, reflect, and take a stand on democracy. The goal was to establish an emotional and personal connection…
To incorporate the Ars Electronica perspective and our experience with setting up transdisciplinary education formats, the Ars Electronica Futurelab was invited to co-host a transdisciplinary Summer Academy for postgraduate students in Prato, Italy, in July 2024.
July 2024 marked the fourth time the Ars Electronica Futurelab welcomed an interdisciplinary group of students from Northeastern University in Boston. Over a tightly packed three-day period, the students were once again tasked with creating media art projects for the Ars Electronica Center’s programmable media facade – showcasing how collaboration can transform a public space…
As the artistic research and development laboratory of Ars Electronica, the Futurelab used the Long Night of Research 2024 to present its current work to the public. On May 24, 2024, researchers and artists from the Futurelab therefore got in touch with visitors at the Ars Electronica Center with workshops and demonstrations.
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.
Based in Austria, AT&S is a leading supplier of high-end printed circuit boards and substrates for the semiconductor industry. The company invited the Ars Electronica Futurelab to contribute to the design of the new headquarters – including the installation of an interactive “Nervous System”.
In 2023, the Ars Electronica Futurelab hosted an interdisciplinary group from Northeastern University in Boston for the third time. With the help of lab members, the students created art projects for the programmable media façade of the Ars Electronica Center in three intensive days.
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.
Glockner.Luft.Raum is an approx. 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.