Ancestors

What kind of world will we leave for humans six generations into the future?
The Smartphone Orchestra synchronizes anywhere from ten to thousands of smartphones

Cat Royale

A utopia where cats and robots live in harmony.
Q&A WITH BLAST THEORY This interview was conducted over video by

Ceci est mon cœur

How can a child make peace with his body?
Q&A WITH THE ARTISTS This interview was conducted via videoconference in

Drinking Brecht: An Automated Laboratory Performance

Where DNA is a consuming experience.

Eclipsing

Alignment, synchronicity and coincidence were key to a guided experience of the eclipse.
Point A is a collaboration between interdisciplinary artists Andrew Schneider and

Eno

Gary Hustwit and Brendan Dawes made a documentary about Brian Eno—but you'll never see the same film twice. BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE WINNER
Photo: Jessica Edwards Gary Hustwit is a filmmaker and visual artist

Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine)

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The Game of Whispers

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Grand Theft Hamlet

All the theaters were closed when London went on lockdown, so they staged Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto— and made a documentary about it.
Along the way they were influenced by artists who had embraced

Kerosene Chronicles. Fungus

Will our sense of smell give us an advantage over machines? SPECIAL JURY PRIZE WINNER
The fungus machines use smell to find one another. From time

Lennox Mutual

A customer service call you'll actually want to take—even if you're liable to find it frustrating.
Founded by Evan Neiden (shown at right), Chicago-based Candle House Collective

Sweet Dreams

Real Good Chicken's Chicky Ricky faces an existential crisis—much like the fast food industry he represents.
Marshmallow Laser Feast is a London-based experiential artist collective that collaborates
2025 | Breakthroughs in Storytelling awards