Techno-shamanism in the Alphaloop, speculative scuba diving artefacts, a climate organ created from vacuum cleaners – breaking out of traditional thought patterns requires pioneering ideas and unconventional methods. Meet researchers, activists and developers who combine art and technology in unprecedented ways, immerse yourself in their utopias and discover new worlds.
Projects
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#ALPHALOOP
Adelin Schweitzer (FR)
#ALPHALOOP is an innovative performance exploring the intersection of nature and technology through techno-shamanism. With a mix of 360° cinema and live performance, it immerses up to 6 participants in a unique experience that blends reality with digital perceptions, guided by two antagonists, HIM and the MÉTA.
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Art Thinking Lounge: Platform for Transformation through Art
Ars Electronica (AT) x Hakuhodo Inc. (JP)
The Art Thinking Lounge is a “laboratory for futures”. It creates a space for companies, government, artists, scientists, activists and citizens to experience, criticize, express their opinions of and discuss visions of the future through artworks and to inspire better futures.
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ARTIFACTS FOR A SCUBA DIVING UTOPIA
NMASA Design / Javier Masa (SE)
Speculative design solutions for the environmental challenges of the diving sector.
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Better Factory
Better Factory provides a methodology for manufacturing SMEs to collaborate with artists and technology suppliers to develop new and personalized products Better Factory empowers manufacturing SMEs to compete globally by integrating art and technology to create new, personalised products. Each team—comprising a manufacturing SME, an artist and a technology provider—receives up to €200k in funding…
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Climate Organ
Chris Bruckmayr (AT), Klaus Dieterstorfer (AT), Stefan Mittlböck-Jungwirth-Fohringer (AT), Rupert Huber (AT)
Climate is not only a meteorological component, but there is also a social climate. This climate is a bit affected at the moment, maybe even “bad”— there is a hidden stench of suppressed emotions and worries, which we are going to clean at least locally with a climate organ.
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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…
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HOPE: Hybrid, Organic, Postplastic Environments
INNSBRUCK | Robotic Experimentation Lab (REX|LAB) at the Universität Innsbruck, Department of Experimental Architecture (Exp.Arch.), Hochbau, Studio Colletti
An example of 21st-century Postplasticism, the exhibition HOPE: Hybrid, Organic, Postplastic Environments showcases an experimental, sustainable and ecological approach to designing and manufacturing bespoke modular micro-living-working environments. Flexible, multifunctional furniture and storage solutions with integrated smart technologies are folded, stacked or nested in a 3D-printed domestic landscape that needs to fit inside the bounding box…
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How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car
Tomo Kihara (JP), Daniel Coppen (GB)
Game installation that challenges people to cross the street without being detected by an AI. How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car is a game installation that challenges people to cross a virtual street undetected by an AI-powered self-driving car simulation. By disguising themselves to avoid detection, players expose both the system’s blindspots…
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If You Have Starry Skies in Your Eyes
Rib (JP)
In Japan, prosthetic eyes mimic real eyes, following societal norms and industry standards. Official manufacturers do not produce custom prosthetic eyes. My project challenges this by creating prosthetic eyes that emphasize individuality and self-expression. These eyes light up, making them visually striking and encouraging new perceptions about prosthetic eyes. This approach aims to leave a…
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Linz Institute of Technology Exhibition
The Linz Institute of Technology (LIT) at JKU is presenting eight funded projects, each demonstrating the synergy between artistic exploration and scientific research. These projects illustrate how creativity can drive scientific discovery and how scientific challenges can inspire artistic innovation in turn.
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Open Futurelab
Ars Electronica Futurelab
The Open Futurelab invites you to explore the latest works of the Ars Electronica Futurelab, to engage and connect to shape the process of HOPE. We believe that art is one of humanity’s most powerful instruments to experience new potential worlds and enter a discourse about the future, inspiring HOPE in the process.
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RECALL: Spirit of the Old
Jibril Baba (NG)
This project is an exploration into ancient food and water storage practices in northeast Nigeria. It is a deep reflection that looks back at the activities of farmers in the preceding periods, their preservation strategies, and collective imaginative capacity. To draw from their own learning, dreaming, and doing, and then using modern technology to reinforce…
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S+T+ARTS Exhibition
The STARTS exhibition sheds light on the impressive and wide-ranging roles of artistic and creative communities, showcasing their potential to act as inspirations and driving forces during these times and beyond. From individual artists to larger institutional efforts, the exhibition highlights projects and initiatives that are actively working to bring about change through their innovative…
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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…
Events
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Artistic Exploration in Shared Hybrid Spaces
Harriet Davey (GB), Tara Habibzadeh (IR), Mati Bratkowski (PL), Johannes Pöll (AT), Patrick Berger (AT)
Five artists have been collaborating with SHARESPACE to engage in artistic explorations of the project’s technology and concepts in the past two years. Their work resulted in the creation of three artworks shown at the Deep Space 8K.
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Notre-Dame Immersive
Ars Electronica (AT), Iconem (FR), Histovery (FR)
After the devastating fire in 2019, Notre-Dame de Paris rises from the ashes as an immersive experience. In collaboration with French start-ups Iconem and Histovery, the Ars Electronica Futurelab is bringing the cathedral into Deep Space 8K. Visitors can explore a vast 3D model and discover the architecture and works of art from new perspectives.…
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Preview 3D LIVE Anatomy
Franz Fellner (DE), Niels Hammer (DE)
JKU medSPACE has been showcasing fascinating insights into the human body since 2021 with Preview 3D LIVE Anatomy. New datasets from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility are installed in JKU medSPACE and shown in 3D on a 14×7-meter projection screen. A cooperation project between the JKU and the Medical University of Graz enables people in…
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Town Hall Meeting: Art and Innovation
Hideaki Ogawa (JP/AT)
What role can art play in the innovation process? Art is a catalyst for shaping a better future society, a way to open up new perspectives, encourage curiosity to look at what is behind the scenes and to stimulate creative solutions. This Town Hall Meeting invites practitioners who are utilizing the power of art for…
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Town Hall Meeting: Digital Transformation
Michael Mondria (AT)
Ars Electronica Solutions assumes a central role as a companion to its clients, focusing on three specialized thematic approaches: Digital Transformation, Sustainability Thinking, and Science Experience. Leveraging its extensive expertise and artistic know-how from the Ars Electronica network, the company assists businesses and institutions in navigating complex challenges of digital transformation and in developing sustainable,…