Description: From 2020 to 2023, the scientific and artistic collaboration Driving the Human will develop and produce 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. Driving the Human invites designers, artists, and other multidisciplinary agents to engage with these knowledge networks and multidisciplinary know-how in order to develop future-proof concepts and test them as prototypes. The seven final prototypes can materialize in different ways: from installations to designed objects, architectural mock-ups to interactive games, video works to performances, and many others. Throughout 2023, the community 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. Ultimately, they will create tools that enable new ways of envisioning and inhabiting the world.
Award: After an initial review, 21 proposals will be presented at the Driving the Human event in Berlin in Oct. 2021. These participants receive an artist fee and travel/accommodation. From the 21, seven finalists will be selected to develop their projects with support from Driving Partner institutions. Each participant receives an artist fee and a production budget to realize their prototype. Final prototypes will be presented to the public in Berlin in Dec. 2022.
Eligibility: Anyone may apply. Creative minds from anywhere in the world, working in a variety of disciplines, are invited to submit proposals for eco-social renewal.
Deadline: 11:59 pm CET, April 9, 2021