Keywords: science communication; digital CSI effect; artificial intelligence; narrative storytelling; crime investigation; adult learning

Multi-layer cell constructs produced in vitro are an innovative treatment option to support the growing demand for therapy in regenerative medicine. Our research introduces a novel construct integrating organ-derived decellularised extracellular matrix (dECM) hydrogels and 3D-printed biodegradable polymer …

Fabricated is an award-winning, international exhibition on how digitisation is changing democracy. Through games and interactive moments, fabricated helps participants build their digital literacy and learn about AI, misinformation, and more. fabricated just completed a successful European tour, engaging …

It happened tomorrow is an artistic research contribution, in the form of video loops on CRT monitors, to the Warming Up festival at Tolhuistuin in November 2024. It was part of the Kunstroute, a program running from November 7 to November 10, where visitors were guided through a series of installations …

This paper introduces and contextualises Climate Futures, an experiment in which AI was repurposed as a ‘co-author’ of climate stories and a co-designer of climate-related images that facilitate reflections on present and future(s) of living with climate change. It converses with histories of writing …

This paper analyses the performativity of the sociotechnical imaginaries that the online communities interested in blockchain applications (e.g., cryptocurrencies) construct through the memes they share, in the context of a crisis of truth and amid pervasive precarity. These memes adopt a subcultural …

Initial expectations about the interactive affordances of VR were often inspired by science fiction and technological fantasies rather than based on actual technical possibilities. In these futuristic accounts of VR, interactors would have the opportunity to fully engage with the characters that inhabit …

All Gone is a series of experiments with AI that build on existing collections of climate fiction to create much-needed new climate imaginaries. As the climate crisis is also a “crisis of imagination” (Ghosh, 2016), this project turns to the art genre that is best at forecasting and imagining alternative …

This contribution is based on a transcript of the podcast series Voiceblind, by Morgane Billuart at ARIAS during covid lockdowns. In preparation, we - Carlo De Gaetano, Andy Dockett and Sabine Niederer of the Visual Methodologies Collective- were provided with a list of questions and a piece of hardware …

Head-mounted displays (HMDs) have been available for several years now, but uptake has been slow so far. The objective of this study was to gain insight into preferences on anticipated use in the early phase of HMDs with augmented reality. A survey was conducted among Dutch students following a nursing …