Herbert W. Franke’s 100th birthday
Ahead of the Curve: 100 Years looking into the future
In 2027, the Foundation will celebrate Herbert W. Franke’s 100th birthday together with the Generative Art Community. The major HWF 100 project consists of several events, including two Generative Art Summits and a scientific symposium, as well as performances that will take place with partners in Europe, America, and perhaps even Asia. The Foundation has also initiated several art projects with the Generative Art Community for 2027. On this page, we will provide information about these events and projects, which will be updated on an ongoing basis.
HWF 100 – ASTROPOETICON
To mark its anniversary year, the foundation has now launched the multimedia project ASTROPOETICON. It is based on a cycle of poems of the same name, which Herbert W. Franke wrote in 1979 for an illustrated book by the space artist Andreas Nottebohm. The 16 poems deal with the physical laws governing the cosmos and its evolutionary processes leading up to the emergence of life. The foundation is currently in the process of inviting multimedia artists from three continents to reinterpret the poems in a multimedia format for fulldome and immersive theater. The entire cycle, translated into English by James Ginzburg, and narrated by Eric Ash will premiere in 2027 at one of the HWF 100 events.
Artists from three continents will visualize the single posems. From the Americas: Joshua Davis, USA – Mario Carrillo, Mexico – Juan Rodríguez García & Ivonne Valdez Reyes (Ice Cyborg), Mexico. From Europe: Piotr Binkowski, Poland – Julius Horsthuis, Netherlands, Markus Kanzler, Germany – Loackme, France – Natalia Oliwiak, Poland –strayltd & plutonic mind, Great Britain/Germany – Frederik de Wilde, Netherlands. From Asia: Saeko Ehara, Japan, Weidi Zhang, China/USA. More information here
The Foundation is honored to realize this project ASTROPOETICON with the generative art community.