Open Futurelab Exhibition

Wed Sep 9, 2020, 10:00 am - 10:45 am
Wed Sep 9, 2020, 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Wed Sep 9, 2020, 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Wed Sep 9, 2020, 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Wed Sep 9, 2020, 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Wed Sep 9, 2020, 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 10:00 am - 10:45 am
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 10:00 am - 10:45 am
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 10:00 am - 10:45 am
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 10:00 am - 10:45 am
All times are given in Central European Time (CET / UTC +1).
Ars Electronica Futurelab
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Guided Tours at 2:00 pm are held in English.
The Open Futurelab Exhibition is only accessible via pre-booked guided tours.
Meeting point: Ars Electronica Center, Ticket Counter

Open Futurelab is a platform within the Ars Electronica Festival to showcase and discuss Ars Electronica Futurelab’s latest research findings and collaborative projects with research partners. During this year’s festival, Open Futurelab will not only host physical exhibitions and talks in Linz, but also various experimental projects online to deepen discussions on how to envision the future for the new conditions facing humanity.

The Open Futurelab Exhibition showcases the current research and projects by the Ars Electronica Futurelab and is accessible via guided tours that can be booked on the ticketing page. During the festival, members of the Ars Electronica Futurelab offer 30 to 45 minutes long guided tours through the offices of the laboratory, which for the time of the festival are transformed into an exhibition and demonstration space and exclusively accessible to the general public. Visitors are invited to get to know the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s current research and projects daily from September 9-13 at the following tour times:

Open Mozilla Hub

Guided tours through Open Futurelab Exhibition

Daily from Sep 9 to Sep 13, 2020

10:00 – 10:45 am in German
11:00 – 11:45 am in German
1:00 – 1:45 pm in German
2:00 – 2:45 pm in English
4:00 – 4:45 pm in German
5:00 – 5:45 pm in German

Additionally, at this year’s Ars Electronica Festival, Ars Electronica Futurelab is hosting several talks as well as inviting visitors to journeys around the world where they can discover topics related to the future.

Collective physical experiences at remote locations
Kyoko Kunoh (JP/AT)

What telecommunication technology promotes sharing our social presence? With the aim to promote multi-modal telecommunication research in the future, this research carries out a series of the experiments at Ars Electronica Center to come up with various dimensions of the topic in the field featuring telepresence applications and interfaces.

Tele-mobility
Peter Holzkorn (AT)

What parts of physical presence could telepresence replace in the future, and what new abilities could it add? What incentives will it need for its benefits to outweigh the perks of physical travel, and in which cases? In the Ars Electronica Futurelab, we want to foster discussion about this, and create prototypes with promising technologies.

Future Ink Project
Wacom Co., Ltd. (JP), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

The Future Ink Project is a collaborative research project between Wacom and Ars Electronica Futurelab to explore the possibility of creativity from all aspects of ink. The objective of the project is not to find a specific answer but to continuously ask questions and conduct innovative and experimental research that are crucial to envisioning the future of creativity.

Cascade – 8K Future Projects
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) (JP), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

In Cascade, a series of installations with diverse 8K contents in vertical formats is created to integrate the 8K technology into our daily lives in new ways. Three usage scenarios are defined to represent diverse styles of content.

Social Telepresence
Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

During the 2020 pandemic lockdown, most of the world experienced social distancing. Under these circumstances, digital social presence in any form has become more important than ever, as social interaction is crucial for us humans. The Ars Electronica Futurelab and its partners research new ways to enrich one-to-one conversation, meetings of small groups and big gatherings over a distance.

Ars Electronica Futurelab Key Research Topics
Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

Ars Electronica’s research and development department, the Ars Electronica Futurelab, bases its research approach on a transdisciplinary concept: At the interface between art, technology and society and in a constant dialogue regarding the future, it explores the realization of visionary concepts for innovative businesses, social life and the creative sector.

Ars Electronica Futurelab Ideas Expedition
Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

The Ideas Expedition is an internal competition of ideas within the Ars Electronica Futurelab intended to creatively explore the technological and social circumstances of our time. It aims to encourage internal talents and collaborations by allowing the laboratory’s team members to use their creativity and expertise for developing ideas for future projects.