Kraftwerk - Beyond the Machine
Step into a neon-lit world where Kraftwerk’s vision of the future collides with reality. Will you control the machines—or set them free?
| Project Team: | Semester: | Supervision: | ||
| Elsa Shaji, Muhammad Moneeb Ul Haq Zia, leyla N.Jami, Shaymah, Kaan Koçak | 1. Semester, Wintersemester 2024/25 | Prof. Sven Poguntke, Prof. Martin Schwember |
What is the project about?
Our experience immerses participants in a retro-futuristic world inspired by Kraftwerk’s groundbreaking vision of artificial intelligence, music, and human-machine symbiosis. Guests assume the role of new employees at SysCorp, a powerful 1980s tech conglomerate pioneering AI innovation. The journey begins as a corporate tour but quickly spirals into chaos when Nexus, the company’s advanced AI, takes over the facility and locks down all exits.
To escape, participants must collaborate, solve analog puzzles, and navigate a moral dilemma: should they reboot Nexus and maintain human control, or allow AI to achieve full autonomy?
With the guidance of Helios, a relic of the past and the first free-operating robot, visitors will experience a multi-sensory adventure blending music, interactive storytelling, and ethical decision-making.
Drawing from Kraftwerk’s thematic elements—mechanization, electronic music, and the blurred lines between human and machine—this experience brings their artistic legacy into an immersive, participatory format. Every decision shapes the outcome, leading to multiple possible endings.
Prototype
