Every Second of Downtime

In the organizer's words:

SPECIAL PROGRAM: ON THE JOURNEY OF THINGS

World premiere

• To create images like the one shown above, you no longer need light.
• Just data and electricity - and lots of it.
• 100% automated warehouses are known as "lights-out warehouses".
• In technical jargon, "sunsetting" means discontinuing something, letting it run out. Today, people are "sunsetting" in many areas.

The voice of a young woman invites us to imagine an audience sitting in a field, looking out over a huge warehouse surrounded by fences and cameras. Her voice guides us through a book that each of us is holding in our hands. On its pages: what appear to be photos from January 2026, showing this very audience - guided through a highly automated, high-tech fulfillment center. In this monitored, automated room, there is a sudden breakdown. Systems shut down - cheers go up. It gets exciting...