With the “School of the Future Festival” from February 21 to 24, 2019, in the urban complex Tokyo Midtown in Japan, the series of presentations and discussions that has been running since 2017 is once again dedicated to future themes at the intersection of art, technology and society.

Osaka, January 16, 2019 — March 31, 2019

「プレイウェア」をテーマに、展覧会、レクチャー、ワークショップによって構成された大阪・ナレッジキャピタルでのイベント。

This time, the work of the future is the focus of the "School of the Future", a series of events in the Japanese city complex of Tokyo Midtown.

The Space of Imagination exhibition at the Matsudo International Science Art Festival in Japan presents selected, award-winning Prix Ars Electronica projects.

A mix of exhibition, lectures and workshops at the Knowledge Capital Osaka discussing the theme "Artists as Catalysts".

This time, "School of the Future", a series of events in the Japanese city complex of Tokyo Midtown, is dedicated to the topic "Out of Control".

In this series of temporary exhibitions and round-table discussions staged in Japan’s ultra-urban Tokyo Midtown complex, art, technology and social critique converge.

A mix of exhibition, lectures and workshops at the Knowledge Capital Osaka discussing the theme "INDUSTORY".

A mix of exhibition, lectures and workshops at the Knowledge Capital Osaka discussing the theme "IMPETUS AND MOVEMENT".

A mix of exhibition, lectures and workshops at the Knowledge Capital Osaka discussing the theme "FREE SOUND".

Prix Ars Electronica is the world’s most time-honored media arts competition since 1987. In Takamatsu Media Art Festival, Ars Electronica will show projects by three Golden Nica winners.

A mix of exhibition, lectures and workshops at the Knowledge Capital Osaka discussing the theme "ROBOTINITY".

A mix of exhibition, lectures and workshops at the Knowledge Capital Osaka discussing the theme "SIMPLICITY".

A mix of exhibition, lectures and workshops at the Knowledge Capital Osaka discussing the theme "HYBRID".

A mix of exhibition, lectures and workshops at the Knowledge Capital Osaka discussing the theme "CODE".

In the framework of "Ars Electronica Creative Cloud" ten workshops were held in Knowledge Capital Osaka together with artists and representatives of Ars Electronica.

Ars Electronica Creative Cloud is a workshop series held in the Knowledge Capital of Osaka in a brand-new creative hub for innovation through a fusion of human creativity and technology.

The BREEZÉ BREEZÉ Mall and the shoppers who frequent it will be part of an experiment in which Ars Electronica stages six selected artistic approaches to examining how media art can enrich the flow of everyday life.

The amazing android-theatre Sayonara has been written for two actors by Hiroshi Ishiguro together with Oriza Hirata, one of them being human, the other one an android. It is not told who is who, a puzzle to be solved by the audience.

The 2010 DESIGN TOUCH exhibition in the Tokyo Midtown complex showcased the future of design. The high-profile event’s venue was an architectural hotspot located in the center of the Japanese capital.

Through many art works and events, the exhibition will explore new possibilities of expression in current Japanese Art scene.

Murata Boy is a bicycle-riding robot. Murata Girl is a unicycle specialist who’s equally adept riding forward and in reverse. The Futurelab’s Research & Innovation Group created the educational and European premium tour design at the Ars Electronica Center.