“Ars Electronica Inspiration” Gallery Tour
2023.12.16 SAT
In a gallery tour held during the exhibition, Planning Team members Kyoko Kunoh and Denise Hirtenfelder discussed the works on display and introduced the social background to the exhibition. Using the works on display as examples, Kunoh and Hirtenfelder presented possibilities in art and innovation required by society going forward, and showed how the work of top international artists provides inspiration to citizens and startups, and how it functions as a social catalyst.
【 Date & Time 】
December 16 [Sat] 2023, 5:30pm-6:30pm
【 Speakers 】
Kyoko Kunoh (Ambassador of Ars Electronica)
Denise Hirtenfelder (Researcher at Ars Electronica Futurelab)
*Japanese-English consecutive interpretation available
“Ars Electronica Inspiration” Gallery Tour, “Art as Catalyst” 2023
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Kyoko Kunoh
Artist, Ambassador of Ars Electronica
She has created extensively on art works in the interactive art field, and has been active in a wide range of fields such as directing in the public and commercial space, design of exhibit products, and joint project with companies and universities. She has involved research projects of Ars Electronica Futurelab since 2017. Her projects have been featured in many different locations both domestically and internationally including Ars Electronica (Austria), SIGGRAPH (USA), Centre Pompidou (France) and Japan Media Arts Festival (Japan).
Denise Hirtenfelder
Researcher at Ars Electronica Futurelab
Denise Hirtenfelder describes herself as artistic matchmaker, puzzle builder and art-related researcher working in the field of Future(s) Literacy. At the Ars Electronica Futurelab, she is known as a creative storyteller, confronting prevailing power structures and outdated systems of our cultural model with alternative concepts and counter-models. In the Futurelab, she also creates tools & strategies for critical discourse on social and economic issues.