Susanne Kiesenhofer

  • 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 – an enlightening self-reflection platform by the Japanese AI start-up Godot and the Ars Electronica Futurelab.

  • Northeastern University 2023

    Northeastern University 2023

    Ars Electronica Futurelab Academy

    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.

  • Deep Space 8K EVOLUTION

    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.

  • Welcome to Planet B

    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…

  • Futurelab Day 2022

    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.”

  • Play the Façade

    Play the Façade

    38,500 LEDs to Spark Public Creativity

    The façade of the Ars Electronica Center, with its 38,500 LEDs, has been shaping the cityscape of Linz since 2009. Just one year later, the public was able to take control of the illuminated museum exterior for the first time via the façade terminal. This was followed in 2022 by the new edition – with…

  • Welcome to Planet B

    Welcome to Planet B

    A children’s pop-up book about climate change

    Entirely analog and easy to grasp even for little hands: the new Deep Space 8K application Welcome to Planet B was brought to a child-friendly format for 8- to 12-year-olds in 2022 as part of the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s creative contest Ideas Expedition. The interactive pop-up book is designed to get kids excited about climate…

  • Alchemists of the Future

    Alchemists of the Future

    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.

  • Memo Futurum

    Memo Futurum

    Anlässlich des 25-jährigen Bestehens des Ars Electronica Futurelab im Jahr 2021 lud Memo Futurum dazu ein, sich mit unseren persönlichen und kollektiven Zukunftsvisionen auseinanderzusetzen. Wie sehen wir uns und unser Leben in 25 Jahren? Wie sprechen wir über unsere Zukunft, wie fühlen wir uns ihr gegenüber, welche Einstellung haben wir zu ihr? Die Öffentlichkeit konnte…