Musicians, artists and curators from all over the world are getting together to engage ideas about the future prospects of live entertainment. The rapid development of interactive technologies in recent years has put many new tools into the hands of musicians and performing artists to conceive and produce new show formats.

What will take hold?

Totally new forms of interplay involving performers and audience members are emerging. What possibilities is this opening up? Which ones will entertainers use and how will they deal with them? In short: What will the rock show of the future be like?

A Chat with OK Go

Members of the rock band OK Go and Ars Electronica Futurelab staffers will discuss whether the boundaries separating presentation and participation will disappear, and how audience involvement can be configured without diverting attention from what’s happening on stage.

10:30 – 12:00 Future Entertainment Inspiration (OK Go)
12:15 – 13:00 Ikono (Alexander Schellow, Elizabeth Markevitch)
14:00 – 15:30 Future Entertainment (OK Go)

Inspirational Talks

Damian Kulash (US): OK Go
Jamie Kitman (US): OK Go
Huang Yi (TW): Artist / Performer
Sven Sören Beyer (DE): Artistic Director Phase7
Peter Higgins (UK): Land Design Studio
Daito Manabe (JP): Artist
FM Einheit (DE): Composer / Musician
Kazuhiko Washio (JP) : Creative Director / Producer / Photographer Hakuhodo Inc.
Chris Müller (AT): Event Producer
Hans Hoffer (AT): Director Max Reinhardt Institut
Yuri Suzuki (JP): Sound Artist
Roland Gratzer (AT): FM 4 Radio
AAKASH (IN): Dance / Choreography
Lewis Major (AU): Dance / Choreography
Jonathan Parsons (AU): Artistic Director ISEA 2013 & Experimenta 2014
Hide Ogawa (JP): Ars Electronica Futurelab
Kristefan Minski (AU): Ars Electronica Futurelab
Salvatore Vanasco (IT): Media Artist
Alexander Schellow (DE): Artist
Elizabeth Markevitch (CH): Ikono TV
Jack Pam (AU): Ikono TV
Horst Hörtner (AT): Director Ars Electronica Futurelab
Gerfried Stocker (AT): Director Ars Electronica

Sun 8. 9. 10:30
Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

This event is sponsored by Hakuhodo.