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Is the Universe a Computer System?

“Das P-Prinzip” (1995) von Herbert W. Franke – translated into English for the first time – co-financed by the Ragnar Digital Art Collection.

Edutainment under the Dome

Foundation lecture at the International Planetarium Society Congress in Japan about planetarium fulldome productions with stories by Herbert W. Franke

Immersive “Leap into the Void”

Internationally renowned fulldome artist Sergey Prokofyev will transform A Leap into the Void” – the English translation of Herbert W. Franke’s short story “Sprung ins Nichts” – into an immersive 8K experience.

Fulldome Festival Jena

Fulldome Festival Jena 2025 – Felix Niemeyer wins the Janus Best New Talent category.

Dripstones in Science and Art

On the 98th birthday of the visionary Herbert W. Franke. The layer model of the stalagmites – research report with simulated caves from 1999.

Archive Digitization of Audio Tapes

Digitization of historic analog dictation recordings of Herbert W. Franke – mit science fiction stories (mid of1980er) and a talk mit Abraham Moles (end of 1960er)

NANOX – an Unfinished Novel

NANOX – a company wants to conquer the world with psychoforming. An unfinished late novel by Herbert W. Franke. Franke.

5800K – A Flight into the Light

5800K – 3D animation by Robin Rush and Tobias Laufer – short story “Fahrt ins Licht” by Herbert W. Franke

Who We are

Who we are: art meets science – Foundation Herbert W. Franke