Projects

Re-writing the Script of AI SPEC

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (JP), Hakuhodo Inc. (JP), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

AI SPEC is an initiative that creates a space to discuss “a future living with AI.” In this exhibition, several possible futures are presented in the form of comics. Visitors are welcome to rewrite the stories and are invited to participate in an active dialogue to shape their own future.
Vestibular_1

Albert Barqué-Duran (ES), Marc Marzenit (ES)

VESTIBULAR_1 is an immersive audio-visual installation that induces illusory sensations of self-motion in complete darkness by disrupting vestibular functioning.
Linz Center of Mechatronics (AT) Shadowgram: Collective visions on sustainability and circular economy

A mechathon approach by Linz Center of Mechatronics and the Ars Electronica Futurelab Ars Electronica Futurelab’s innovative social brainstorming Shadowgram offers a unique blend of creativity and practicality, providing an engaging platform for collecting inspiring and thought-provoking projects. Together with the Linz Center of Mechatronics, Ars Electronica is inviting audiences this year to share their hope-giving…
INCREASE: Intelligent Collections of Food-Legume Genetic Resources for European Agrofood Systems

Kerstin Neumann (DE), Roberto Papa (IT)

The INCREASE CSE explores thousands of different beans PGR thanks to the help of citizens who contribute to data collection on an unprecedented number of different locations, helping to better understand, not only many phenotypic traits, but also the adaptation of common beans in different environments.
ASD Publics: Playable cities for all

Blanca Calvo Boixet (ES), Raquel Colacios (ES)

ASD Publics and PAtB are pioneering initiatives aimed at enhancing the design and accessibility of public spaces for neurodiverse children, particularly those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It employs a collaborative co-creation methodology involving autistic children, families, urban practitioners, policymakers, and autism experts.
Kerosene Chronicles. Fungus

Where Dogs Run (RU/SL): Natalia Grekhova, Olga Inozemtseva, Alexey Korzukhin

Kerosene fungus is a technophile organism living in fuel tanks. It uses the consequences of the Anthropocene to its evolutionary advantage. During the course of its metabolism, the fungus changes the smell of the fuel in which it has settled. This became the starting point for modeling chemical communication between bio- and cyber-organisms.
Silent Echoes: Dachstein

Bill Fontana (US)

A Sound Installation between the Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Dachstein Ice Caves.A project of the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024 In 2019, Notre-Dame, the “soul of Paris” and a symbol of European culture, burns down. The bells are spared, but fall silent for years. They quietly “listen” to the hustle and bustle…
BruQner—The Sound of Entanglement

Clemens Wenger (AT), Enar de Dios Rodríguez (ES), Martin Ringbauer (AT), Johannes Kofler (AT), Richard Küng (AT), Alexander Ploier (AT), Benjamin Orthner (AT/GH), Philipp Haslinger (AT)

The second quantum revolution as a musical spectacle: Lasers, mirrors, non-linear crystals—an experimental setup from the hi-tech laboratory in the middle of Linz’s St. Mary’s Cathedral. Entangled photons—the quanta of light—become conductors and direct Bruckner’s Perger Präludium in a way that no human could. The cathedral organists play live on the two resounding church organs…
The Plastic Car

Gijs Schalkx (NL)

Gijs Schalkx redesigned an abandoned car to run on fuel made from his own plastic waste.
Stone Printing

Isaac Monté (BE)

With Stone Printing I redefine the possibilities of 3D printing by introducing a novel approach that is not only environmentally friendly but also artistically innovative. At the heart of Stone Printing is a self-developed cutting-edge, eco-conscious material. This is developed from CaCO3, a byproduct of the limestone industry.
Soft Collision

Anna Schaeffner (FR)

Soft Collision (2024) looks at the potential of safe physical interaction by embracing collision rather than avoiding it. A deformable, pneumatic membrane which serves as a tangible interface to foster direct manipulation and live programming makes interactions more intuitive and inclusive. The intensive collaboration between the artist and technical partners has been crucial in moving…
Embodied Trajectories

Begüm Hamzaoglu (TR), Karl Singline (AU), Johannes Braumann (AT)

This empirical study reveals how robot programming transcends mere automation, unlocking new layers of knowledge. Focusing on the generative potential of implicit knowledge within the maker’s hands, particularly in marbling, it develops a computational workflow that captures and translates hand movements. By utilizing the robot’s kinematics, it decodes the creation of unique patterns through rhythmic…