CONCLUSION

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From 2020 to 2023, the scientific and artistic collaboration »Driving the Human« develops and produces seven tangible prototypes responding to complex contemporary scenarios.

The project is jointly led by four partner institutions – acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering, Forecast, the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design and ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe – and relies on the expert knowledge and skills of their combined networks. Together, these partners will work to enrich the various developments and outcomes of the initiative. The conclusion sums up the festival and gives an outlook on the next phases of the »Driving the Human« project.

Program

CONCLUSION
»What Is, Then, Urgent? How Can Driving the Human Do Something About It?«
Jan Boelen, Freo Majer, Martina Schraudner and Peter Weibel

The Heads of the four initiating partner institutions of the »Driving the Human« project sum up the insights and impulses of the festival program and talk about how the raised and discussed questions can impact the further development of the project.

Music and visuals by Alba G. Corral and Tutu (Due to legal reasons, this contribution was not recorded.)

Film screening
Bruno Latour and Frédérique Aït-Touati, Theater Play: »Moving Earths«, 2019, 72 min (Due to legal reasons, this contribution was not recorded.)

The play explores the parallels between two perspectives on the moving Earth: the perspective as understood by Galileo Galilei ca. 1610, and the perspective from which we view the Earth today.
 

Main moderation of the festival
Barbara Kiolbassa & Julien McHardy

Concept & idea
Jan Boelen & Peter Weibel with Sarah Donderer & Teresa Retzer

Driving the Human Festival | CONCLUSION
What Is, Then, Urgent? How Can Driving the Human Do Something About It?

Driving the Human Festival
November 20–22, 2020

Organized and hosted by ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design

The »Driving the Human« cooperation is initiated and coordinated by four institutions: acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering, the international mentoring program Forecast, the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, and ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe.

»Driving the Human« is supported by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment.