What might our world look like in 2050? The immersive installation »Oracles of Possible Futures« presents speculative future scenarios based on current trends and developments. Visitors step into an interactive environment where they move through visionary stories, audiovisual elements, and spatial compositions.

Speculative futures as a creative tool

Each oracle offers a different vision of the future – from cybernetic metropolises and nature-adaptive cities to capitalist panic markets and new ways of living together. These scenarios use stories, objects, and social models to spark reflection on how technology, the environment, and our interactions might change.

Interactive engagement with the future

Visitors can explore various future narratives, question their own assumptions, and vote on which developments they consider likely or desirable. »Oracles of Possible Futures« invites participants to explore the line between science fiction and reality – and to actively engage with the challenges and possibilities ahead.

On future realities

Twelve immersive oracles offer glimpses into possible worlds – some hopeful, others unsettling, many contradictory.

In the utopia »Synchronous Synergy«, a connected computer system helps resolve human conflicts using empathy-based data, while algae-based energy and circular economies shape daily life. The dystopian oracle »The Great Authoritarian Reset« shows a world in which algorithms have taken control and AI governs personal choices. In »The Realm of the Eco-Automata«, a hybrid scenario, some people live in highly technologised cities, while others withdraw from full automation – using handmade tools and traditional crafts as a quiet form of resistance.

These visions are not predictions, but spaces for reflection. They prompt us to consider responsibility, agency, and our relationship with technology, nature, and society – and, not least, our roles as observers, disruptors, or creators of future realities.

To the oracles