Dystopie/Utopie-Abend - Innovative Citizen Festival 2024

In the organizer's words:

New methods, materials and technologies have always changed our environment and our lives. Almost all new developments have both advantages and disadvantages. Depending on how we use them and talk about them, they can give us hope or scare us. We have invited three scientists from very different fields to present their personal dystopias. Get ready for (entertaining) worst-case scenarios. But of course we don't want to stop there. Together and with AI support, we want to develop positive narratives and motivating utopias from these dystopias in order to start the weekend full of hope.
Drinks and snacks will be provided.

AI installation: Human AI
As part of the Designer in Lab 2023, designers Jan Scheffel and Felicitas Ferch, in collaboration with the Fraunhofer IIS - Human Centered Innovations group - developed an interactive exploration of the dialog between humans and AI. The aim is, on the one hand, to gain an understanding of how far AI acceptance has progressed in society and, on the other, to provide researchers with a new type of access to this information by translating it onto a three-dimensional object. When developing the installation, it was particularly important to focus on an empathic and sensual introduction to the conversation.

Felicitas Ferch is a ...
...digital designer and works at the interface of technology and design. Her central goal is to emphasize the sensuality of digital experiences by integrating elements such as touch or immersive environments to create emotional resonance with users.

Jan Scheffel is...

...also a digital designer and works in Hamburg, where he develops new design tools and creates interactive motion design solutions. His work increasingly focuses on the experimental transformation of information to create unique emotional experiences.

Price information:

The talk is free of charge. Please register for the evening by e-mail: innovative-citizen@fraunhofer.de