Art Thinking Tours | Ars Electronica 2019
understanding art as a compass
Artists have always understood the power of questions – and that’s what drives them to make sense of the world. The newly initiated Ars Electronica Art Thinking School acts as an entry point to convey this artistic mindset to the people. For introducing this initiative at the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival, special self-guided Art Thinking Tours were created that should on the one hand introduce to Art Thinking and on the other hand help to navigate through the huge jungle of the festival’s program.
Together with Hideki Ogawa and Vanessa Graf, we curated five Art Thinking Tours guiding through the Ars Electronica Festival program and focusing on the themes: Art x Society, Art x Science, Art x Education, Art x City and Art x Industry. Each tour highlighted artworks and events connected to those themes.
The Art Thinking Tours were offered as take-away booklets and they are also available for download here.
Team:
Hideaki Ogawa – project lead, curator
Carla Zamora – project manager, curator, mediation
Vanessa Graf – writer, curator
Nicolas Naveau – graphic design
Future Humanity – Our Shared Planet | Exhibition in Beijing, 2018
Man always has been dreaming of flying and striving to extend human abilities. Technology has brought us closer and closer to those dreams, that were once utopian and today are beyond reality. What does humanity mean – now and in the future? How do technologies change our everyday lives – and vice versa? (First lines of curatorial statement by Martin Honzik)
In November 2018, Ars Electronica in collaboration with Hyundai Motor Group opened three exhibitions on the theme of “Future Humanity – Our Shared Planet” at Hyundai Motor Studios in Moscow, Seoul and Beijing. In co-production with the team of Hyundai Motorstudio Beijing, I was in charge of managing the exhibition’s curatorial process, preparations and production in Beijing and Moscow.
For more information about the exhibition you can read the interview with curator Martin Honzik and visit the website.
FUTURE INNOVATORS SUMMIT | Ars Electronica Festival 2016 – 2019
The Future Innovators Summit (FIS) was a special workshop format initiated in 2014 by Ars Electronica (AT) & Hakhodo (JP) and was taking place every year until 2019 during the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz. At FIS all types of future thinkers, such as artists, scientists, social activists, engineers, philosophers and entrepreneurs from around the world gathered to explore and experience new ways of collective brainstorming and creative prototyping on crucial future questions.
The main goal for the participants during this workshop was to find the ultimate “Creative Questions”, which should stimulate more questions of an issue and hopefully also inspire for actions.
From 2016 to 2019 I accompanied this exciting and very unique workshop series as a project manager and producer. My tasks included: organizing and supervising an international Open Call for participants; communication with the partners, all relevant internal departments, participants, mentors and facilitators; several conceptual and creative tasks, such as creating a new corporate image for FIS itself, curation of participants and artworks for the FIS exhibition, designing of the workspace, etc.
From 2019 the Future Innovators Summit developed further into the program Ars Electronica Art Thinking School, which also inspired the Founding Lab and the completely new “Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria” (IT:U) in Linz.
Photo Credit: Tom Mesic
POST CITY LAB | Seoul
…or how to learn about the culture, vibe and issues of a huge city in only 3 days.
https://www.facebook.com/zer01ne.zone/videos/241941183173271
In early 2018 I was involved as project manager for a unique city workshop format especially developed for artists in the residency program ZER01NE initiated and run by Hyundai Motor Company in Seoul, South Korea. Together with project lead Manuela Naveau, the task was to design a concept for a three days workshop in Seoul, where the artists should experience the city from new perspectives and tackle the challenges the city and citizens have to face. In close cooperation with the artists we managed to organize an intense research trip, guided by us and invited international experts from different fields. Walking and talking for hours, observing, listening and smelling Seoul from roof tops, rivers, bunkers, food and herb markets, subways, streets and the city mountain top – this multi-sensory workshop was definitely a highlight and an unforgettable experience for all participants!
Team:
Project Lead & Curators – Manuela Naveau & Martin Honzik
Project Management – Carla Zamora & ZER01NE Team
Interactive Workshop Table – Garamantis