futurelab academy [futurelab]
An Ars Electronica Futurelab Project. Role: Program Coordinator and (in many cases) Mentor.
Academic Outreach
The Futurelab Academy is a framework for collaborations between the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s research activity and university programmes in media art, interaction design and similar fields.
The typical format is this: Futurelab researchers mentor students by providing inspiration, conceptual feedback, and technical advice, during visits to the university and via videoconferencing. At the end of the mentoring period (usually 1-2 semesters), the best student projects are exhibited at the Ars Electronica Festival.
In other formats, students visit the Futurelab for various lengths of time, working with researchers in one-on-one project mentoring or attending workshops and lectures.
Recent Collaborations
- 2016: Queensland University of Technology
- 2015: University of Tsukuba
- 2015: Hong Kong Design Institute
- 2014: Queensland University of Technology