Playing Future Narratives

Futuring Together

By experimenting with the use of artificial intelligence and collaborative storytelling in public engagement with sustainability challenges, the Futuring Together group, through an interactive installation "Playing Future Narratives" at Artistic Research Week 2024 (22nd - 27th October 2024) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, explored how AI-enhanced collaborative narrative creation augmented with a visual essay could facilitate understanding of energy transition futures in Trondheim, Norway. The installation utilized ScenSyn, a multiplayer interactive storytelling system combining AI-assisted narrative generation with human creativity, together with a visual essay highlighting the complexities and contradictions inherent in the energy transition. The project provided an opportunity to test how AI-enhanced collaborative storytelling might offer unique opportunities for exploring complex societal transitions and raised important questions about the role of artificial intelligence in creative processes and public discourse.

Story Samples

Interactive collaborative narrative game and installation by Futuring Together, exhibited at Galleri KiT, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art from 22nd - 27th October 2024, with funding support from NTNU Artistic Research Week and the PHKUNST Community Initiative 2024.

You may click the icons above to read the project description and the researchers' reflection or run slide show of photographs from the exhibition. You may also select story samples to read (on the left) or click on images from the visual essay (on the right). To cite this exposition, see here.

Playing Future Narratives

AI-driven Storytelling for Energy Transition Futures

Futuring Together

Ayodele Arigbabu,

Kristian Byskov,

Ysabel Muñoz and

Margarita Torrijos

Visual Essay

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