Yoko Shimizu

Open Futurelab 2024

Shaping HOPE @ Ars Electronica Festival

We at the Ars Electronica Futurelab understand HOPE – motto of the Ars Electronica Festival 2024 – as a process that can be shaped through art and active participation. We therefore invited everyone to shape HOPE together: from September 4 to 8, 2024, at the Open Futurelab in POSTCITY at the Ars Electronica Festival.
NeXus Open Research

Extended Reality and the Future of Print

NeXus Open Research explores future Extended Reality (XR) technologies, using scenario-based design to dive into the future of print. It envisions applications through detailed narratives, focusing on XR technologies at the nexus of co-creation.
City of Artists

Matsudo International Science Art Festival 2024

The Matsudo International Science Art Festival is an annual celebration held in the beautiful city of Matsudo, Japan. In 2024, the festival’s theme was “City of Artists,” unlocking the creativity and inner artist in all of us.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SonoSynthesis

Can Machines and Nature Co-Create Music?

In the new era of creative collaboration, can machines and nature co-create art and music? In the SonoSynthesis project, a team of researchers from the Ars Electronica Futurelab brought together AI, biology, and Deep Space technologies to develop an immersive audio and visual experience.
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.”
Life Ink

Human Creativity as Immersive 3D Ink

Can the human mind and body become a pen that generates ink to express our creativity? Life Ink explores the inner mechanism of creativity by visualizing brainwaves and body signals as immersive three-dimensional ink – lending color to our thoughts, feelings, and creative sparks.
Circular Creativity

Matsudo International Science Art Festival 2022

The Matsudo International Science Art Festival is a yearly celebration that takes place in the beautiful city of Matsudo in Japan. This festival brings together a diverse group of artists, scientists, and researchers from all over the world to showcase their latest and greatest projects. The festival’s aim is to connect the worlds of art,…
Northeastern University 2022

In the Ars Electronica Futurelab Academy, we challenge the creativity of students in workshops, seminars and project-focused mentoring sessions. For the students, the hands-on approach of the Futurelab, paired with the potential and exposure of the Ars Electronica ecosystem, is a unique opportunity to develop their ideas and skills; for us Futurelab researchers, the dialogue…