Inspiration, exchange and dissemination. When science and art set a common goal, it usually activates a community that can achieve a lot. This is also the case at the annual Ars Electronica. Under the motto ‘Hope – who will turn the tide’, the focus is on initiatives that address social challenges and their impact on humanity. InteractionSeeds member Sandra Barrio visited this year’s Ars Electronica Festival in Linz and returned home to the Spanish Basque Country with lasting impressions. She has now taken another look at all the initiatives and activities for us and published the most inspiring and important ones here as a reading recommendation.
Accountable Empires: Mapping Technology and Power Over Time
How can we understand the workings of technology and power in our time? The challenge is the complexity of technological systems.
This project has been developed and is presented in the context of the S+T+ARTS in the City project. S+T+ARTS in the City is funded by the European Union under the STARTS – Science, Technology and Arts initiative of DG CNECT.
How Not to Get Hit by a Self-Driving Car
How Not to Get Hit by a Self-Driving Car’ is a game installation that challenges people to cross the street without being detected by an AI.
Driven by the Playable City Initiative.
Systemic change through environmentally friendly urban planning
According to a United Nations forecast, the urban population will account for more than 65 percent of the world’s population by 2050. How can cities and metropolitan areas meet the challenges of achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement while also dealing with problems such as rising temperatures and lower water availability, yet constantly growing and expanding?
They are presented as part of the Studiotopia project. Studiotopia is co-financed by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
We would be delighted if our recommendations inspired you to follow these examples.
