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Crafting Futures Lab “Oscillating Bodies” – Workshop
Lilo Viehweg (DE)

Piezoelectric crystals intra-act in mountains, laboratories, technological devices, corals, bones, hair and teeth. They convert mechanical energy into electrical energy and vis versa. This oscillation between different energy states is a lively, material form of information transfer that, for example, stimulates bone growth, makes watches throb at a certain beat, or generates images through sonar and ultrasound devices.
Crafting Futures Lab "Photoelectric Blueberries" – Workshop
Monja Hirscher (AT/DE)

In the early 1990s, Michael Grätzel developed a solar cell that works on the basis of plant pigments. It works in a similar way to photosynthesis and is easy to build with widely available materials.
Crafting Futures Lab “Weaving as Material Calculus” – Workshop
Laura Devendorf (US), Irene Posch (AT)

Weaving is programming. This connection is often cited in conjunction with Ada Lovelace. This workshop plays with these themes and ideas both on paper and the online tool AdaCAD.org
Special Guest University
University of the Arts Berlin (UdK) and Technische Universität Berlin (TU)

With the new joint master’s program, the two universities are responding to a ubiquitous process of societal and technological change as well to the increasingly dynamic subject culture. The UdK and TU Berlin also share an overarching interest in further thinking across disciplines and developing new teaching and research formats through this program. The works shown here were created in the studio of the master’s program, where students dedicate themselves to the development of new media, materials and methods for design processes within the framework of project work and a theme that changes each year.
DEEPSPACE
University of Art and Design Linz (AT)

Projects by Emilia Vogt (DE), Ariathney Coyne (GR), Joann Lee (KR), Friederike Weber (DE), Axel Bräuer (AT), Daniel Haas (AT), Carlotta Borcherding (DE)
PhD Poster Salon
University of Art and Design Linz (AT)

Projects by Charleen Elberskirch (DE), Lucia Simon Medina (ES\AT), Yann Patrick Martins (CH), Marta Beauchamp (AT)
FASHION AND TECHNOLOGY
University of Art and Design Linz (AT)

Projects by Tania Pérez Hernández (ES), Gabriel Schlesinger (AT), Katharina Halusa (AT)
MEDIA DESIGN
University of Art and Design Linz (AT)

Projects by Jana Simbürger (DE), Lisa Maier (AT), Jennifer Eder (AT), Melanie Steinhuber (AT), Shari Keplinger (AT), Anja Haidecker (AT)
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
University of Art and Design Linz (AT)

For the second time we open the Crafting Futures Lab to the public, seeking to interact through showcasing current developments and previewing future investigations and collaborations. Active questioning, learning and collaboration build the core of the Lab and define this year’s instalment: we focus on participatory formats, toolkit design and work-in-progress documentation to provide a platform for student work, research investigations and creative practices. Visitors are invited to collaborate and contribute to the discussion of the social, cultural and aesthetic impacts of work on show, at the nexus of material inquiry, tool intervention, and innovative pedagogies.
TIME-BASED MEDIA
University of Art and Design Linz (AT)

Projects by Verena Mayrhofer (AT), Simon Hehl (DE), Gabriella Vincze-Baba(HU) & Laura Sophie Meyer (DE), Clarissa Cohausz (DE), Jakob Steininger (AT), Sanaz Rafii (IR), Yinglin Zhou (CN), Stefanie Bergwinkl (DE), WMD Collective, Jaime Ibanez (NL)