“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”
by Dr. Emmet “Doc” Brown, Back to the Future II (1989)
Cyntha, originally from the Netherlands, feels right at home at the Futurelab. Whilst majoring in Artificial Intelligence during her BSc in Liberal Arts and Sciences at University College Groningen, she quickly came to the realization that she wanted to work with technology instead of in technology. That is why her MA in Science-Technology-Society (STS) at the University of Vienna was the perfect fit. The masters, which is rooted in the social sciences, teaches about the constant co-creation between science, technology, and society, which are themes that connect seamlessly to those present within Ars Electronica. Art, like science and technology, is interactive, combinatory, open-ended, partly predetermined and always evolving. Which is why working on the interface of these three domains, where these different qualities come together and innovate is exactly the kind of challenge she is looking forward to.
Key Works
EC funded project focused on developing new technology enabling ethical and social interaction in eXtended Reality (XR)
Curation of the first fall semester program of Austria’s new university IT:U to shape pioneering higher education, including support for Fellows and students by the Futurelab team.
Supporting manufacturing companies in Austria in matters of digital transformation in the fields of digital design, digital production, cyber security and artificial intelligence.
Collaborative workshop format as part of the Ars Electronica Festival 2022 to encourage visitors to think about what future mobility could mean.
Additional Information
Publication
Wieringa, C. (2021). Can Computers be Non-Binary? Studying the role of gender in the four research areas of VRVis Vienna. (Master Thesis, University of Vienna)