Jessica Cheers (AU), Leah Gustafson (AU), Samantha Glennie (AU)

Teaching City is an experiential learning framework highlighting urban issues through playful interactions. It offers an antidote to the industrial-age pedagogy of the classroom, subverting the preconceptions of citizens through “knowledge interventions” embedded in urban spaces—the city is the teacher.

The Ars Electronica Futurelab Academy was created to support students and educators from international partner institutions in transdisciplinary practice. Since 2012, the platform has enabled collaborations between Ars Electronica and universities across the world.

Creative Catalyst Drop-In Sessions

THU 7. 9.
1 PM–1:15 PM
4 PM– 4:15 PM

FRI 8. 9.
1 PM–1:15 PM
4 PM–4:15 PM

SAT 9. 9.
3 PM–3:15 PM

SUN 10. 9.
1 PM–1:15 PM

Credits

Supported by:

Associate Producer: Quinty Pinxit-Gregg (AU)
Technical Support: Matthew Strachan (AU),
with special thanks to Jacina Leong and Linda Knight

This project was supported by The Creative Lab, and QUT Creative Industries.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Felix Palmerson (AU), Georgia Pierce (AU), Sophie Barendse (AU), Jayden Grogan (AU), Oscar Connor (AU), Isabella Hood (AU), Matilda Skelhorn (AU), Phillipa Chapman (AU), Jessica Martin (AU), Peter Lloyd (AU), Yanto Browning (AU), Cameron Whelan (AU), Greg Jenkins (AU), Dr. Stephanie Hutchison (AU)

SynapSense is a performative installation heightening our bodily awareness. Sensorial understanding through enactment is revealed via three modes: explore, calibrate and create. Interaction creates the soundscape—touch enables investigation and sound reflects exploration.

The Ars Electronica Futurelab Academy was created to support students and educators from international partner institutions in transdisciplinary practice. Since 2012, the platform has enabled collaborations between Ars Electronica and universities across the world.

Performance Times

THU 7. 9.
7:20 PM–7:40 PM
9:05 PM–9:25 PM

FRI 8. 9.– SUN 10. 9.
6:40 PM–7:00 PM

MON 11. 9.
1 PM–1:20 PM
3 PM–3:20 PM
7 PM–7:20 PM

Credits

Supported by: Artistic Direction: Dr. Stephanie Hutchison (AU); Producer: Quinty Pinxit-Gregg (AU); Technical support: Matthew Strachan (AU); Lighting Design: Glen Hughes (AU)

This project was supported by The Creative Lab, and QUT Creative Industries.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

The audience exposed to visually enticing experiments will become part of the artwork. The responses of viewers attempting to piece together the narrative of experiments will be captured and integrated into the visuals and soundscape, gradually adding to the interpretation of activities. The laboratory will feature ongoing experiments such as in vitro fertilization of sea urchins, DNA manipulation, column chromatography of blood lysate, thale cress somatic embryogenesis and light-directed manipulation of the protozoan euglena, and will combine with algorithmic processing.

Credits

Authors: Roland van Dierendonck (NL), Špela Petrič (SI), Günter Seyfried (AT), Miha Turšič (SI), Slavko Glamočanin (SI)

Production: Waag Society (NL)
Support: Future Emerging Art and Technology, Ars Electronica