How we roll

Meet the faces behind the campus.

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Mission statement

Future Campus Ruhr is a non for profit organisation that examines the impact of technology on our human society by conducting citizen science in art projects.

It acts as a catalyst and distribution platform for innovation, and adaptation via artistic expression and the diffusion of knowledge in digital and physical peer to peer networks.

Run by a small group of dedicated creatives, its network transcends all areas of society, with project always developing a strong interdisciplinary team structure and highly dynamic development environment, that is ever changing.

Meet the team

PETER PETERSEN

Founder

art.science.technology

SOFIA MELLINO

Ad-honorem Deputy Managing Director

A multi-awarded Audiovisual Specialist with a natural talent for connecting like-minded people worldwide.

ROSA MICHAEL

DESIGNER IN DIGITAL SPACE (Freelancer - FCR CZ)

A technology enthusiast who balances industrial and digital design.

IANINA CANALIS

Spatial Audio Specialist (Freelancer)

Our greatest supporter in researching together the Immersive Audio applied to Fulldome format.

Mina Abstrakt

Painter, freelance

Mina Abstrakt is painter and social worker, combining the best of both worlds.

Mikhail Mnukhin

Music Producer

Nahuel Gerth

Code and design (Freelancer - FCR CZ)

I am a visual storyteller focusing on the intersection of science, arts, technology and culture.

JAN ADAMUS

Unreal Engine enthusiast (Freelancer - FCR CZ)

I am a digital artist on the edge of the real and digital worlds.

PEDRO GONDI

Film Director, Colorist and Composer (Volunteer)

I consider myself a very imaginative and proactive person who enjoys every stage of the creative process.

PAVEL TRUKHANOV

Filmmaker and photographer (Volunteer)

Spending most of my life behind the camera :)

PAUL SCHULTE

Universal dilettante (Freelancer)

Naval Engineer, Photographer, 3D Printing Artist, 360 enthusiast & Soap-bubbles specialist

Jens Thörner

Graffiti Art & Abstract Painting (Volunteer)

Right now on a Face Phase :-)

ROBERT REICHERT

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CONSULTANT (Volunteer)

I'm the Drone Specialist of Future Ruhr film. A big part of the film's innovation is my fault.

HANS BLOSSEY

Aerial photographer (Freelancer)

I love Aerial Photography so much that I made a hole in the wing of my 30-year-old airplane to attach the 360 camera for the Future Ruhr film.

Danil Ihnatov

Campus

About the Campus

The Transformative Power of Creatives

FCR is more than a simple art studio or creative agency or maker space. We act as transformation agents in a changing society. With the paradigm shifts of digitalisation disrupting our everyday lives on a constant basis, we foster responsible use of technology in urban environments by researching concepts like sharing and access economy, flex use of spaces and resources as well as diffusion of special knowledge from different branches of science, economy, arts and culture.

FCR manifests in a physical space, enabling low level of entry for interested peers, using the space as a hub for communication and also as a production environment. The high level of experience of the core community enables rapid succession of projects and quick changes of infrastructure depending on project requirements.

FCR reaches out to its global peers via digital networks that facilitate spontaneous mobility of creatives around the globe, bringing experiences, jobs and talent to a decentralised and diverse community of benefactors. Cross-pollination of individuals and institutions, businesses, administrations and education facilities empowers the broad public to participate in the responsible development of digitalisation strategies.

Let’s meet
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Made in FCR

3D Scanning

2022

FUTURE RUHR

2021 - 2022

BYRDO AR

2022

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Transforming Space

2015: Inception

in 2015 the very first white paper about FCR was created. Describing our vision of sustainable urban development through means of real participation and empowerment.

2018: birth of a lab

In 2018, Peter and his peers start making it real, transforming a desolate infrastructure into a multipurpose creative environment for all citizens of Essen and beyond.

2023

in 2023 FCR is concluding the experimentation phase, translating the learnings into a new institution and progressing towards new spaces.

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