Held from July 29-31 and August 1-3, 2024, this inspiring workshop at C/O Berlin Education brought together 28 young talents, aged 12-17, to imagine and visualize their utopia 100 years from now using photography and cutting-edge AI tools.
Guided by expert mentors, these young creators transformed their surroundings into futuristic landscapes: green, clean urban spaces, neon-lit cyber cities, dreamlike scenes with glowing animals, and surreal visions with flying objects.
Their imagination had no bounds.
Utopia 2124 gave participants a platform to experiment with the present and explore creative visions of the future, all while learning essential AI skills and critical thinking. In a world increasingly shaped by digital technologies, these abilities are key to tomorrow's innovators. A jury from C/O Berlin, IFA, and the workshop leaders selected four standout works for their creativity, thematic depth, and technical mastery. Discover the inspiring ideas of a new generation.
The works of Emiliana (16 years), Lilly (16 years), Marie (15 years), and Milo (15 years) will be presented from August 26, 2024 to September 5, 2024 in a large poster campaign throughout Berlin and on the IFA fairgrounds, which will take place place from September 6–10, 2024, in Berlin.
The Future through the Lens of the Present.
A Teens Workshop by IFA x C/O Berlin.
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Julia Albrecht
Julia Albrecht is a conceptual photoartist whose works engage profoundly with the psychological and cultural aspects of depression and trauma, with a focus on gender dynamics and binary relationships. Her work in photography and beyond aims at exploring and making visible the complex emotional effects of these topics.
She studied media art and design at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, then completed an MA in fine art photography at the Royal College of Art in London, as well as studying at TAMK University in Tampere, Finland, and at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
Website
https://albrechtjulia.de/
Moritz Wehrmann
Moritz Wehrmann is a media artist and artistic associate at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. His artistic practice lies at the intersection of art and science. He is particularly interested in the possibilities and critical aspects of AI as well as analogue and digital forms of human/machine interactions. As part of the excellence cluster Image Knowledge Gestaltungat Humboldt University in Berlin, he was involved with the International Research Institute for Cultural Techniques and Media Philosophy. His works have been exhibited at Ars Electronica in Linz and Tokyo, at Gropius Bau in Berlin, at Bauhaus-Stiftung Dessau, and at Deutsche Hygiene-Museum Dresden.
Website
https://moritzwehrmann.com