My residency at The Cube concluded last month with the opening of my piece The Changing Room. How would you like to feel? What if you could make it happen with a touch of a screen? What would you do with complete control over your own emotions and…
Q&A with Lauren McCarthy: Provoking ‘fellow feelings’ in her own way
Ars Electronica Q&A with Lauren McCarthy about her Transmit³-Residency: The Changing Room. Designer, artist and programmer Lauren McCarthy explores the structures and systems of social interaction, identity as well as self-presentation and the potential of technology of how it can influence the dynamics between those traits. During her Transmit³-Residency…
The Cube as a smart social environment
Hi, Lauren here. I’m wrapping up my two month TRANSMIT3 Residency at The Cube and next Thursday 11 August will be the official opening of the new piece I’ve been working on with the team. The event will feature an interactive performance installation in which we dine together…
Turning The Cube into an emotion machine
It’s been a busy few weeks at The Cube. I started with a few workshops with kids thinking about ‘homes of the future’. Participants imagined the toys they’d play with, clothes they’d wear, rules they’d follow, and robots that would serve as caretakers. They learned to code using…
Hello and welcome, Lauren McCarthy
Hi! I am an artist from New York, in residence for the next two months at The Cube. My practice involves looking at our social interactions, the rules and expectations that govern them, and the effects of technology. I have always been a pretty socially awkward person, and…
Introducing Friedrich Kirschner and the Society for Cultural Optimism
The Cube is excited to welcome its newest Ars Electronica Futurelab TRANSMIT³ resident, Friedrich Kirschner, who will be teaming up with the Society for Cultural Optimism to simulate an alternate reality through social interventions, performances and interactive content on The Cube. The Society for Cultural Optimism develops situated social…