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The Speculative Futures Student Competition is co-sponsored by the ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Committee and ISEA2025 (International Symposium on Electronic Art). Connecting with this year’s ISEA theme, the Speculative Futures Exhibition seeks to challenge and expand our understanding of the creative and research processes as well as encourage students to think about possible futures.

List of Artworks in the Exhibition

©Doomscroller's Delight
Award Winner (Graduate)
Bowling Green State University
United States
©Bend To: Explore the Proprioceptive Interaction Between Plants and Post-humans in an Immersive Experience ©Learning to Move, Learning to Play, Learning to Animate
Award Winner (Graduate)
University of California, San Diego
United States
©Crying Machine
Award Winner (Undergraduate)
Emerson College
United States
©Annihilation
Honorable Mention
Syracuse University
United States
©Project Serum: Dominance on Trial
Honorable Mention
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)
China
©HydroGAN™: AI-Generated Water for the Optimized Human ©Traveling Through a Peach Garden
Honorable Mention
Concordia University
Canada
©Rorscharch's Travelogue
Finalist
Central Academy of Fine Arts
China
©CALCULATED!
Finalist
University of the Arts London
United Kingdom
©Chimera (Edison)
Finalist
University of California, San Diego
United States
©Chinese Immortals
Finalist
Central Academy of Fine Arts
China
©xXx_FANTASYLAND_xXx
Finalist
Toronto Metropolitan University
Canada
©Love In The Age of AI
Finalist
Berkeley City College
United States
©Direction: Earthbound
Finalist
Pratt Institute
United States