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Driving the Human

Driving the Human

Starts:
20th Nov 2020
Ends:
30th Apr 2023

From 2020 to 2023, the scientific and artistic collaboration Driving the Human becomes a catalyst for experimentation, shaping sustainable, and collective futures that combine science, technology, and the arts in a transdisciplinary and collaborative approach. Jointly led by four partner institutions— acatech, National Academy of Science and Engineering; the mentorship platform Forecast; the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design; and ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe —Driving the Human will produce seven tangible prototypes responding to complex contemporary scenarios, relying on an expanded expert and knowledge network.

The community of participants, experts, and the larger audience that Driving the Human brings together will explore diverse phenomena such as the social impact of global warming, energy cycles and technology-driven disruptions, the impact of collective decision making, and contemporary processes of exchanging values and objects. The results of these explorations will be shared and communicated over the project’s three-year duration, and will deploy strategies for action in the form of physical experiences, with a strong individual and collective impact. Ultimately, they will create tools that enable new ways of envisioning and inhabiting the world.

TIMELINE

20-22.11.2020
Driving the Human Opening Festival
Hosted by Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design and ZKM | Center for Art and Media
Karlsruhe, Germany


10.02 – 09.04.2021
Open Call

15-17.10.2021
21 Projects presented
Hosted by Forecast
Berlin, Germany

10-11.12.2021
7 Projects presented
Hosted by acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering
Munich, Germany

Jan-Dec 2022
Prototype development

Dec 2022
7 Prototypes unveiled
Hosted by Forecast
Berlin, Germany

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Driving the Human