# Introduction The Art + Tech Lab was established as part of Uniarts’ ambition to strengthen its position as an experimental arena for new artistic practices. Rather than a traditional studio or production space, the Lab functions as an open environment where storytelling, technology and artistic inquiry can meet in unpredictable ways. It grew from ongoing work within the Film and Media department and from the recognition that new narrative forms often appear when artists are given room to test ideas before they solidify. This exposition offers a first sketch of the Lab’s intentions and the questions that guide its development.

Reflections

The Lab works less as a fixed structure and more as an attractor — a place that gathers people, questions and emerging practices that might not meet elsewhere. It connects dots almost by accident, creating moments where conversations suddenly lead to shared experiments or new lines of inquiry. In this way, the Lab becomes a focal point rather than a destination, a space that can hold questions open long enough for something unexpected to take shape. I imagine this will remain its character for some time: a place that invites work that has not yet found its form, and where the direction is shaped by those who step inside.

Future Directions

The future of the Lab will depend on the impulses that gather around it. Some ideas point toward small research residencies, others toward collaborations with external partners or informal workshops that bring artists, technologists and producers into the same room. There is also a growing interest in connecting the Lab to Uniarts’ work in entrepreneurship, where students and researchers explore how artistic ideas can move outward into new contexts. None of this is fixed, and that is part of its purpose. The Lab will continue to develop as an environment that responds to what appears around it, offering a space where new approaches to storytelling, technology and artistic initiative can be explored without the pressure of immediate results. Its direction will become clearer through the work it attracts and the conversations it makes possible.