City Climate meets CreativeCoding was an artistic-scientific research experiment on climate, data and sustainable urban planning. 

The innovative collaboration brought together international artists, data analysts and data curators to create ground-breaking data art projects.

This unique initiative was inspired by existing digital tools developed by the City Science Lab (CSL), such as CoSI (Cockpit Social Infrastructure), DIPAS (Digital Participatory System), CUT (Connected Urban Twin) and PaKOMM (Mixed Reality for Participatory Urban Planning).

 The project began in November 2022 with a kick-off workshop at which participants from various fields familiarized themselves with the lab tools, presented initial ideas on the topic and came together in teams. Over the following months, the teams worked together to develop project prototypes. These were evaluated by an external jury and the other participants.

Three projects were selected and given a budget for implementation in the second phase of the program. The established thematic focuses dealt with the possibilities of algorithmic agents for solving environmental problems (Tree Planting Robots), an AI as a political representative of cross-species consciousness (Citizen A.I.) and the visualization of possible catastrophic future scenarios for HafenCity (GOOD BYE HAMBURG), each interweaving research data, modeling and fictional elements. In the form of installations, interventions, participatory performances and theatrical productions, the results were presented in September 2023 alongside other artistic and scientific contributions as part of a public Art Science Festival at the Jupiter Campus. 

CityClimate meets CreativeCoding was a cooperation between the City Science Lab (CSL) of HafenCity University Hamburg and the German Federal Cultural Foundation. The Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) supported the experiment with its climate expertise. CityClimate meets CreativeCoding was evaluated by the Institute for Transformative Sustainability Research (IASS).

Project Team | Hilke Marit Berger, Imanuel Schipper and Jasmin Meinold

Participating Artists | Tanja Bastamow, Paolo Cirio, Julius Gervelmeyer, Akitoshi Honda, Mikala Hyldig Dal, Ieva Jakuša, Carolyn Kirschner, Michael Lohmann, Ilja Mirsky, Maria Oiva, Ana Pinter, Jan-Philipp Possmann, Robin Price, Birk Schmithüsen and Jakob Wierzba

City Science Lab | Till Degkwitz, Rico Herzog, Daniel Schulz and Natalia Rodríguez (Graphics)

Collaboration Partner | Gaby Langendijk, (Cristóbal Reveco and Anke Schlünsen-Rico (GERICS))

Evaluation | Teresa Erbach (Research Institute for Sustainability – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (RIFS))

Jury | Bernd Hezel (CEO Climate Media Factory, Brandenburgisches Zentrum für Medienwissenschaften)
Jeanne Charlotte Vogt (Artistic Director of NODE e.V.) and Andres Wanner (Studiengangleiter Bachelor Digital Ideation Hochschule Luzern)

Citizen AI, 2023

Concept: Birk Schmithüsen,Mikala Hyldig Dal, Nina Maria Stemberger

System Dynamics: Rico Herzog

Climate Scientist: Gaby Langendijk

Stage Design: Anna Satu Kaunisto

Images and Videos: Mikala Hyldig Dal

Web Programming: Jakob Wierzba

AI programming: Daniel Franke

Production: Isabella Jahns

Documentation: Alfonso Morales

GOODBYE HAMBURG,2023

Directing, Text & Performance: Fabiola Kuonen

Dramaturgy, Project Lead: Ilja Mirsky

Creative Technologist: Meredith Thomas

Design & Code: Jakob Wierzba

Technical Concept: Julius Gervelmeyer

Outside Eye: Sean Keller

Music: Lorin Brockhaus

Tree Planting Robot, 2023

Ieva Jakuša

Carolyn Kirschner

Maria Oiva

Robin Price

Rico Herzog

in consultation with GERICS: Gaby Langendijk and Vanessa Reinhart

Art Science Festival, October 2023

Curation and Production: Hilke Marit Berger and Jan-Philipp Possmann

Academic contributors: Carissa Champlin, Juliana Juliana Gonçalves, Trivik Verma and Tomasz Jaśkiewicz

Curatorial Assistance: Jasmin Meinold

Production Assistance: Lukas Barnes

Management: Nicola Stradtmann

Execution: Ines Bigdeli and Hannah Schneider

HafenCity University Procurement Department Eva-Maria Thiele, Andrea Model, Jannik von Stemm, Udo Ahrend and Anett Brockmüller

Please visit the project website or contact Hilke Berger for more information about the project.