Through our ongoing and past partnerships and projects, we are working to highlight the topics of innovation in cultural institutions, cultural entrepreneurship, digital creation, and the collaboration between artists and scientists.
“Airtime” is a news show format produced for viewing on the screen broadcasted via wanteddesign.online channel. “Airtime, Swiss Design TV” includes breaking news, general information, and entertainment about Swiss contemporary design.
An art program to imagine new paths towards a more sustainable and humane future, in partnership with Eyebeam in New York and La Becque in Switzerland.
Handshake was an interactive robotic installation by the collaborative design practice AATB. Through which strangers interacted with each other, virtually but also physically. Shaking hands and sharing some digital intimacy through this unique online experience.
In collaboration with artsnext and the Zurich University of the Arts this course marks the start of programs on Innovation in Museums. Students will be introduced to innovation methodologies to start developing their own gamified learning experiences and will learn from practitioners about how they develop games for museums.
With the alumni stories project, we’re celebrating what makes the swissnex network special – our people! Throughout the years, we’ve seen an incredible variety of talented colleagues step through our doors in Boston and New York, many of whom go on to create their own companies or lead aspiring projects.
To highlight this diverse network, we’ve selected five unique alumni to share their very personal tales and invited Swiss graphic designer and illustrator Christina Baeriswyl to visualize their journeys.
Hello World will broadcast the project to the entire global community through the hundreds of participating venues’ websites. Visitors can peruse, photos, prints and installations by artists from Argentina to Zambia along with many stops along the way.
LASER – Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous – is a cross-disciplinary talk series started by Leonardo/the International Society for Arts, Sciences, and Technology.
In collaboration with SciArt Initiative, LASER Boston features local and visiting artists, scientists, technologists, and creative professionals. Surrounding central topics from different points of view, LASER Boston aims to generate cross-disciplinary discovery, dialogue, and collaboration. Each LASER is centered around a common theme that our speakers approach from their own points of view. LASER Boston meets four times per year, featuring local and visiting artists, scientists, technologists, and creative professionals.
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Presenting accurate data on climate change is proving inadequate to spur widespread, grassroots action. This edition of LASER Boston will explore how data – paired with powerful visuals and art – can provoke a more visceral reaction to the climate crisis than data alone.
Join us for a virtual adventure, where we will explore the worlds of blockchain, crypto and art.
Through online gaming, VR, AR, and AI, we experience entirely new possibilities – and this is just the beginning. This edition of LASER Boston will explore the art of game design and how we can take advantage of it to shape our future.
Starting out this new year, our first LASER of 2021 will address the vast world of data and its future.
Snapshots from LASER
Snapshots from LASER
Explore MoreHandshake was an interactive robotic installation and event series. Through which strangers interacted, virtually but also physically. Shaking hands and sharing digital intimacy through this unique online experience. Explore the full program on our website archive.
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