Museum of the Future

Conversations with Puppets – The revived puppets of Fred Schneckenburger

DIZH innovation programme, 2023-2025
Opening 28th August 2025 (Museum für Gestaltung)

The project ‘The Museum of the Future’ examines the potential, areas of application, forms of content expansion and implementation options relating to digitality in forward-looking museum and educational work. This year, a major exhibition (17 exhibited projects) will make the ‘state of the art’ accessible to the public with several installations, a website and a broad-based educational program (analogue and digital).

The Immersive Arts Space contributing project is called ‘Conversations with Puppets – The revived puppets for Fred Schneckenburger’. It offers an innovative and interactive experience in which the audience becomes an integral part of Fred Schneckenburger’s cabaret. Through the use of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI, visitors can interact with life-size 3D ‘reanimations’ of Schneckenburger’s puppets (Kaspar, der Polizist and die Moral/das Fräulein).

The exhibition will be at the Museum für Gestaltung (Ausstellungsstasse) and will open on 28th August 2025.

Team:
Florian Bruggisser: Software Engineering & Machine Learning
Oliver Sahli: System Integration
Chris Elvis Leisi: Interaction & Experience Design
Johannes Köberle: 3D Artist
Corinne Soland: Motion Capture
Pascal Lund-Jensen: Audio Engineering
Stella Speziali: 3D Artist, Animation
Sébastien Schiesser: Technischer Support
Kristina Jungić: Projektkoordination
Prof. Christopher Salter: Projektinitiator/ Leiter IAS