Future Humanity Research

Future Humanity Research / Toyota Motor Corporation Advanced R&D and Engineering, Ars Electronica Futurelab - Photo: TANGRAM / Toyota Motor Corporation

Future Humanity Research

Co-Creating Experimental Visions

Toyota Motor Corporation Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (JP), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

The world is rapidly changing, with AI, environmental shifts, and global complexities making us rethink who we are and our place in the world. To engage with this “Future Humanity,” Ars Electronica Futurelab and Toyota Motor Corporation Advanced R&D and Engineering Company explore big questions: How will people live alongside other creatures, self-driving tech, and AI? What new ways of organizing society, cities, and new kinds of journeys will appear? By blending art with technology, we’re asking imaginative questions about humanity’s future and building bold, experimental visions of what’s to come.

At the Ars Electronica Festival 2025, we are launching an open research platform to bring together artists, researchers, businesses, governments, and educational groups for wide-ranging teamwork. All this will culminate in a new co-creation platform in 2026 to deepen conversations on “Future Humanity,” allowing us to continually update and refine our visions for the future.

  • Future Humanity: Open Research Talk I

    Etsuko Ichihara (JP), Noemi Iglesias Barrios (ES), Takuma Suzuki (JP), Nicolas Naveau (FR/AT)

    This panel discussion explores creative questions about Future Humanity with experts and invites visitors into the process of ongoing research.

  • Future Humanity: Open Research Talk II

    Airí Dordas Perpinyà (ES), Jiabao Li (CN), Misako Kawata (JP), Takashi Nishimura (JP), Kyoko Kunoh (JP)

    This panel discussion explores creative questions about Future Humanity with experts and invites visitors into the process of ongoing research.

  • 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

Ars Electronica Futurelab: Marianne Eisl, Matthew Gardiner, Roland Haring, Nicolas Naveau, Hideaki Ogawa, Maria Pfeifer | Ars Electronica Ambassador: Kyoko Kunoh | Partner: Toyota Motor Corporation Advanced R&D and Engineering Company