The Practice of Art and Science
Organic Primitive Bioplastics
Primitive Labs Biodesign (US)
Organic Primitive Bioplastics challenges endless data accumulation and memory by posing an ephemeral paradigm for interacting with objects, driven by organic intelligences. Using a library of biomaterials to give objects a “voice” to communicate, everyday things are transformed into ephemeral information displays that change color, odor, and form in response to fluids.
Anti Conductor
Ryo Kishi (JP)
Anti Conductor embraces the beauty of struggles. In our society, individuals tend to go with the flow of their environment. It’s human nature because it’s easier to survive. But it’s also monotonous and boring. If no one tries to go against the flow, nothing is going to change. The image of an individual struggling in the flow is full of power and energy, even if their efforts might not pay off.
(un)shaped
Takayuki Hirai (JP), Yasuaki Kakehi (JP)
This installation utilizes antibubbles in water as a medium. Through computationally controlled droplets, the antibubbles form various patterns on the water’s surface. Then they start to float in the water and disappear after a while. These periodic phenomena shows continuous morphing from computationally controlled forms to organic ones mediated by the environment.
Mutupo
Natsai Audrey Chieza (UK), Karl Aspelund (US)
Mutupo: Origin stories of a multi-planetary diaspora explores the theatre of space through a new envisioning of space nomadism, its emergent cultures, beginning with speculative mythologies tied to DNA – the most ancient yet prescient origin text.
In the Lab: Processing Fashion
Fashion & Technology, University of Art and Design Linz (AT)
The participatory workshop situation *In the Lab: Processing Fashion* aims to make alternatives to the system of fast fashion visible and tangible.
Polytronics
Hannes Möseneder (AT), Agnes Hofstätter (AT), Steffanie Painsith (AT), María José Molina (CO)
The global plastics manufacturer Greiner showcases 5 future mockups, which in combination with printed electronics, have the potential to sense and act according to inputs gathered from our daily-life environments.
xDiversity Project
Yoichi Ochiai (JP), JST CREST xDiversity Project Colleagues (JP)
This project aims to explore AI-assisted human-machine integration techniques for overcoming impairments and disabilities. The final goal is a social design and deployment of the assistive technologies towards an inclusive society.
