The first 25 years and beyond

The Ars Electronica Futurelab turns 25 – a good reason to look back to the future.
The digital revolution has been shaping our everyday lives for many years now and will continue to do so in future. To find out what role we humans want to play in a highly technologized world of tomorrow, we develop visions and ideas to shape our future.

The Futurelab Day will be dedicated to discussing deep issues such as the climate crisis, migration and digital transformation. Alchemists of the Future – The Journey, an interactive and participatory exhibition format, will provide you with a multifaceted view on the future. Develop your own concepts for the future, get in touch with Artificial Intelligence, creative algorithms, Virtual Anatomy, collaborative robots, living ink, and far beyond. Embedded in an atmosphere of visualized sound and electric noise, the Futurelab Day is approaching an electrifying climax in Deep Space 8K, pointing the way to a potential future. With Alchemists of the Future, the Ars Electronica Festival presents a hybrid space that connects people to contribute to “A New Digital Deal”.

Alchemists of the Future: (Special) Guided Journey

Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

Demystify for yourself what future basically means and let yourself be taken into the future through Guided Journeys by our info trainers, Special Guided Journeys by artists and researchers from the Ars Electronica Futurelab or online.

Alchemists of the Future – The Journey

Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

In this journey, the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s Alchemists of the Future invite you to embark on a tour through their vision and ideas for the future, which are distributed throughout the Ars Electronica Center. Take a peek inside the black box of the technologies of the future to uncover what is behind them. Gain in-depth knowledge about contemporary trends and how they are being applied in broad areas of our daily lives. Let yourself be taken into the future through Guided Journeys by our info trainers, Special Guided Journeys by artists and researchers from the Ars Electronica Futurelab or online.

Alchemists of the Future: Online Video Journey

Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

With this Online Video Journey, Hideaki Ogawa, Director at the Ars Electronica Futurelab invites you to become part of a shared mission. Find out what you can expect on your way through the ideas and visions from 25 years of the past, present and future of the Alchemists of the Future in this video tour that takes you through the exhibits in the Ars Electronica Center.

Bio Ink Experience

Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

In nature, we co-exist and interact with many organisms. Working with them helps us better understand other beings and ourselves. Our Bio Ink research goes beyond digital and human-centric technologies by exploring the concept of living ink that grows freely, in a creative symbiosis with nature and other organisms. In the research, biological inks comprised of various microorganisms are created in the bio lab.

CoBot Studio

LIT Robopsychology Lab, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (AT), Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Universität Salzburg (AT), JOANNEUM RESEARCH – ROBOTICS (AT), Polycular OG (AT), Österr. Forschungsinstitut für Artificial Intelligence OFAI (AT), Blue Danube Robotics GmbH (AT), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

When humans and robots work side by side, it’s not always easy: widespread skepticism and a lack of communication paradigms will create new challenges in future work environments. How can trust and acceptance be established in the workplace of the future? How can human-robot work environments be designed?

Futurelab Anniversary Day

The Ars Electronica Futurelab turns 25 – a good reason to look back to the future. With Alchemists of the Future, the Ars Electronica Festival presents a hybrid space that connects people to contribute to “A New Digital Deal”.

Futurelab Day: Morning Inspirations

Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

Climate change, migration, and digital transformation. We all face major challenges – and there are no simple solutions to the world’s big problems. Technological progress in our society must therefore be entirely in the interest of the planet and humanity.

Futurelab Day: Night Performances

Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

Embedded in an electrifying atmosphere of visualized sound and electric noise, from the render engines of artists, researchers and deep neural networks, the celebration of the 25th anniversary is approaching its climax and indicates the way to a potential future in this performance program in Deep Space 8K. Join us in celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Ars Electronica Futurelab on Futurelab Day, September 9, in the Ars Electronica Center’s Deep Space 8K or participate online.

8K Stream from Immersive Multimedia Labs at PSNC

Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PL), Spin Digital Video Technologies GmbH (DE), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

When 7,680 x 4,320 pixels along with multi-channel sound are transmitted live from PSNC’s labs in Poland to Deep Space 8K in Linz using a variety of cutting-edge technologies and prototype hardware and software, even the most experienced Ars Electronica Futurelab researchers’ excitement mounts. For the first time in history, international university teams will compete in two formulas: on-site and remotely.

Inside Futurelab Live: 25th Anniversary

Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

With the development of Deep Virtual, the Ars Electronica Futurelab has set a milestone in the fledgling history of Ars Electronica Home Delivery.

Ars Electronica Futurelab Networking Session: Meet the Alchemists

Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

Das Ars Electronica Futurelab ist ein Think-Tank aus Künstler*innen, Forscher*innen und Expert*innen aus den unterschiedlichsten Disziplinen; ein kreatives System, das seit 25 Jahren die Rahmenbedingungen dafür schafft, die Grenzen und Möglichkeiten der Gegenwart zu überwinden. Für ein gemeinsames Ziel: Der technologische Fortschritt in unserer Gesellschaft muss im Interesse der Menschlichkeit stehen.