Citizen Manifesto

Citizen Manifesto / Ars Electronica Futurelab, Hakuhodo Inc. - Photo: Ars Electronica / Martin Hieslmair

Art Thinking Lounge / Futurelab Night

Exhibit

Citizen Manifesto

Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT), Hakuhodo Inc. (JP)

Citizen Manifesto is an installation by Hakuhodo and the Ars Electronica Futurelab that unites citizens to reimagine collective futures. In response to overwhelming global challenges, it invites participants to move from passive observation to active dialogue.

They discuss what it means to be a citizen today and in the future, how to claim rights and contribute to realizing future actions.

The participants’ conversations are recorded and interpreted by an AI that transforms key ideas into visual messages. These form the basis of Citizen Manifesto posters, which participants can modify and publish on a collective manifesto wall. In this way, cutting-edge technology is introduced not as a directive force, but as a responsible tool for empowering the co-creation of civic missions.

POSTCITY, First Floor, Art Thinking Lounge

  • HAKUHODO Inc., Sei-katsu-sha insight R&D Institute

    The Hakuhodo Sei-Katsu-sha insight R&D Institute was established to research, develop, educate, and disseminate Hakuhodo’s strengths and features: the “Sei-katsu-sha Insight,” “Creativity,” and “Brand.” Researchers from diverse backgrounds and specialties, including brand consultants, marketers, designers, copywriters, and technologists, collaborate in co-creative R&D activities.

  • Photo: Bettina Gangl

    Ars Electronica Futurelab

    The Futurelab is the Ars Electronica’s artistic R&D laboratory and atelier. Together with worldwide partners, the Futurelab strives to create works that reveal the transformative force that emerges when art, technology, and society converge. The goal is to use these works as a catalyst for future innovation and societal change. The outcomes build on the Futurelab’s Art Thinking method, Art Science Research, and Future Impact Creation for experimental, exploratory future prototyping.

Credits

Hakuhodo Inc. | Ars Electronica: Denise Hirtenfelder, Nicolas Naveau, Peter Holzkorn, Otto Naderer, Maria Pfeifer, Emiko Ogawa, Hideaki Ogawa