Denise Hirtenfelder
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Schmilz, schmilz, Baby!
Melt This!
Schmilz, schmilz, Baby! / Melt This! is a thought-provoking campaign on glacier retreat by the activist artist group Aggro Climate, members of the Ars Electronica Futurelab. The initiative is one of the two winning projects of the Ars Electronica Futurelab 2024 internal ideas competition Ideas Expedition.
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Buzz Swatters
Collective Transformation Lab
Buzzing noises, an inconspicuous window, tropical humidity and the impression of being chased: Buzz Swatters: Playful Pandemic Prevention was designed to address the collective action problem of infectious diseases in an innovative and playful way. It is the second collaborative project of the Collective Transformation Lab between AI start-up Godot and the Ars Electronica Futurelab.
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Open Futurelab 2024
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.
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FOUNDING LAB Fall Term
The FOUNDING LAB Fall Term is a continuation of the FOUNDING LAB collaboration between Austrian university IT:U and Ars Electronica, spanning September 2023 to January 2024. IT:U started its operation in 2023 with the FOUNDING LAB, supported by experts of Ars Electronica including a team of Ars Electronica Futurelab members.
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Art as Catalyst
CCBTx Ars Electronica
In 2022, a new creative hub for people, Civic Creative Base Tokyo (CCBT), emerged in Shibuya. CCBT is aimed at transforming Tokyo into a better city through creativity and technology, creating ideas towards this goal together with members of the public. To present future social models, CCBT collaborates with external partners on the new program…
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Seeds of Hope @ Matsudo International Science Art Festival
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 projects. The festival’s aim is to connect the worlds of art, science, and…
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Art Thinking School
In 2023, the first fruits of the Art Thinking School – part of the Art Thinking Initiative of Hakuhodo Inc. and Ars Electronica Futurelab – were harvested. As part of six Inspiration Talks, Ars Electronica artists and researchers were able to use their wide-ranging expertise to shed new light on society and industry from the…
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Open Futurelab 2023
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. In POSTCITY and Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center, the…
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Future Teams
Ricoh, Art and Program, and Ars Electronica Futurelab have launched a collaborative research project in August 2022 with the mission to inspire and support human creativity in the future workplace. The project aims to develop innovative technologies, spaces, and services that enhance team creativity and foster mutual care among future teams.
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Anatomy of Nudging
Collective Transformation Lab
Think slow, act fast. This is the mantra of the Collective Transformation Lab – an enlightening self-reflection platform established as a collaboration between Godot, a Japan-based start-up company focusing on AI technology that inspires behavior change in human beings, and the Ars Electronica Futurelab.
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Bridge 2040
Bridge 2040 is a card game in which children and senior citizens develop future narratives together, building a bridge between the generations. It is one of the two winning projects of the Ars Electronica Futurelab 2023 internal ideas competition Ideas Expedition. Since its release at the Ars Electronica Festival 2023, it has been used not…
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Futurelab Day 2022
Creative Resilience for a Planet B
In 2022, the Ars Electronica Futurelab once again organized a special “Open Futurelab” program for the general public during the Ars Electronica Festival: The Futurelab Day on September 8, featuring high-level discussions, presentations of the lab’s latest projects, a wide variety of workshops and electrifying artistic performances. The day was themed “Creative Resilience for a…