POSTCITY, First Floor, Open Futurelab

  • NeXus Open Research

    NeXus Open Research

    Dai Nippon Printing (JP), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

    This is a demonstration for the NeXus Open Research program: NeXus Open Research, a collaboration between DNP and Ars Electronica Futurelab, explores future XR technologies through scenario-based design. The project envisions applications via detailed, narrative-driven scenarios. At the Ars Electronica Festival 2024, visitors can experience XR technology, explore core research questions and shape future outlines.…

  • Data Art & Science (DAS) Talk: Food

    Data Art & Science (DAS) Talk: Food

    Yasunobu Tomita (JP), Takeshi Kawanishi (JP), Michael Steininger (AT)

    Food making faces challenges like resource scarcity, environmental degradation, population growth and cultural transmission.

  • Creative Business Innovation Lounge

    Creative Business Innovation Lounge

    Yoko Shimizu (JP), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

    Creative Business Innovation at Ars Electronica Futurelab fosters creativity in innovative projects by developing unique prototypes and initiatives that blend artistic vision with business strategies.

  • Data Art & Science (DAS) Talk: Education

    Data Art & Science (DAS) Talk: Education

    Satoshi Mabuchi (JP), Cyntha Wieringa (NL), Manuela Naveau (AT)

    This talk brings together representatives from Shiga University and the Art University in Linz to talk about data art, its potential for innovative problem-solving, and how to integrate this new practice into educational programs.

  • Data Art & Science (DAS) Talk: Revitalization

    Data Art & Science (DAS) Talk: Revitalization

    Toyota Coniq Alpha (JP), Kathrin Obernhumer (AT), Hideaki Ogawa (JP/AT)

    Researching ways in which Data Art & Science (DAS) can aid in the local revitalization of the Shiga prefecture in Japan is one of the core goals of the DAS project.

  • Data Art & Science (DAS) Talk: Art

    Data Art & Science (DAS) Talk: Art

    Ken Haga (JP), Vladan Joler (RS), Nicolas Naveau (FR/AT)

    Art and data intersect to foster a more informed, compassionate society. Artistic strategies offer new experiences and understanding, creating meaning where science creates knowledge.

  • Tea Talk: Futures Fluency

    Tea Talk: Futures Fluency

    Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

    At this Tea Talk, researchers and artists from the Ars Electronica Futurelab invite you – over a (literal and figurative) cup of tea – to engage in a lively discourse about the courage to have optimism and HOPE in the face of immense challenges.

  • Tea Talk: Negotiating Humanity

    Tea Talk: Negotiating Humanity

    Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

    At this Tea Talk, researchers and artists from the Ars Electronica Futurelab invite you to explore human identity, creativity, and ethics with regard to AI and data over a (literal and figurative) cup of tea.

  • Tea Talk: Living Logic

    Tea Talk: Living Logic

    Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

    At this Tea Talk, researchers and artists from the Ars Electronica Futurelab invite you to engage in a discussion on the programmability of matter and the intersection of making and unmaking in Living Logic over a (literal and figurative) cup of tea.

  • Tea Talk: Imaginary Spaces

    Tea Talk: Imaginary Spaces

    Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

    At this Tea Talk, researchers and artists from the Ars Electronica Futurelab invite you to explore the avant-garde of visualization and human computing technologies over a (literal and figurative) cup of tea.

  • Tea Talk: Creative Methods in Education

    Tea Talk: Creative Methods in Education

    Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

    At this Tea Talk, researchers and artists from the Ars Electronica Futurelab, who lead the Futurelab Academy, invite you to engage in a lively discourse about creative methods in educational contexts over a (literal and metaphorical) cup of tea. By exchanging innovative approaches, creative models, challenging ideas and best practices this informal yet insightful event…

  • (Un)folding Sound Experience

    (Un)folding Sound Experience

    Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

    Oribotic Spiral Presentation & Performance This performative introduction to the large-scale oribotic spiral plays with foldable sound spaces—geometrically as well as acoustically. The sculptural oribotic instrument, elegantly constrained by the mathematics of origami, expands and contracts acoustic space, reflecting a tension between rigidity and flexibility in systems of thought and social mechanisms. Meeting Point: at…