2025 Experiential Award Finalists
Sprout 'fizz'
evala
It is a 128.4.4-channel immersive sound installation, comprising numerous small original speakers, each uniquely shaped like a sprout and emitting sound independently. It evokes imaginative sensations beyond what the eyes can perceive—like a dream seen without using one’s eyes.
OTHERWORLDS
Sophia Bulgakova
OTHERWORLDS is an XR ritual inspired by Ukrainian pagan traditions, guiding you through nature’s cycles via sound, symbols, and movement. A sensory journey of rebirth that connects past and present in a shared, transformative experience.
Machine Yearning
Yashika Goel
We must imagine alternative futures dripping in irregularities and multiplicities of our identities. Machine Yearning constitutes a critical experiment in AI-human interaction, examining computational reduction of emotional complexity through feminist data methodologies.
Perpetual Present
Sofia Crespo
Palaeolithic cave painters depicted their ecosystem, most species of which are now extinct. Using ML, 3D printing, and robotics, ancestral art is re-visited through now-endangered species, questioning how technology shapes perception and what testimony endures through time.
Artemis – An Artificial Ecosystem Composed of Bionic Automata
Ji He
Artemis is an immersive artificial ecosystem where bionic automatons emulate evolution. Inspired by D’Arcy Thompson, it uses parametric design to craft cam-driven mechanical lifeforms that pulse, sway, and vocalize—inviting a rethinking of human-ecosystem perception.
NEST / SONAR
Daniel Iregui
NEST is a sound-focused digital artwork that changes the way we are used to experiencing interactive art. It is is the first p to use SONAR, our new sound location technology combining our proprietary tracking system and directional ultrasonic speakers.
The Memory of Folds
Gabor Kitzinger
The dynamic spatial animation weaves psychological theories with dreamlike visuals, exploring the transformation of memory from fleeting impressions to lasting recollections. Rejecting singular truths, it reveals perceptual tricks—memories reimagined, not merely remembered.
CONTROL CLUB
Murphy Nile (Ziling Zhou)
Control Club is a game engine-powered immersive audiovisual experience. A circular matrix screen constructs a digital dystopia. Using engagement as a trap, it delivers a hypnotic, seamless immersion through rhythmic pacing, striking visuals, and addictive gratification.
Plato's Prisoners
Cody Lukas
Plato’s Prisoners is an immersive, interactive installation powered by the neural activity of cerebral organoids—lab-grown “mini-brains” cultivated from human stem cells.
DEUTSCH / NICHT DEUTSCH
Daniela Nedovescu
DEUTSCH / NICHT DEUTSCH playfully questions the boundaries of identity and belonging, handing over all decisions to artificial intelligence. The installation invites participants to undergo a process where biased AI models determine if they are 'German' or 'Not German'.
Towards Matter, Particularly
Piet Schmidt
A sensorial installation where subatomic particles affect when and how they reveal themselves to us. Three interconnected objects allow high energy particles to elicit moments of light and sound and to leave their traces in a cloud chamber.
Faux Positif
u2p050
The installation Conspiracy Office of Faux Positif transforms visitors into conspiracy investigators within a fictional conspiracy investigation blending elements from Alternate Reality Games and Live Action Role-Playing to create immersive paranoid experiences.
InsectSync 2.0
Yuxuan Weng
InsectSync 2.0” is an experiential installation integrating insect compound vision and tracheal breathing rhythms. Inspired by diapause, it guides users to sense their disordered breathing under pressure and shifts them toward “pause–adaptation” via non-human regulation.