Hungry EcoCities
Hungry EcoCities aims at exploring one of the most pressing challenges of our times: the need for a more healthy, sustainable, responsible, and affordable agri-food system for all.
Hungry EcoCities puts forward a high-level alliance between science, technology, and the arts, to effectively explore how digital technologies & applications can lead in turn to reduced food waste, more sustainable value chains, eco-friendly attitudes, and more ethical food consumption. How can we develop ways of creating a more healthy, sustainable, and affordable agri-food system for all?
In Hungry EcoCities, studios, universities, growers, and agricultural specialists team up with, artists and creative thinkers to come up with new ideas for the future food system. Hungry EcoCities will host up to 20 S+T+ARTS residencies and will be working towards defining, designing, and developing AI-enabled responsible, art-driven solutions for the end-users in the agri-food industries.
We work around the igniting question: ‘How can increased awareness and technological tools impact a future where we use resources responsibly to produce and consume food?’
Hungry EcoCities focusses it’s approach around three directions for experimentation:
MEGA SCALE
EatThis Knowledge Hub Netherlands: led by EatThis, Stephan Petermann and Rem Koolhaas.
LOCAL CONDITIONS
Studio Other Spaces Knowlege Hub Germany: led by Studio Other Spaces, founded by Sebastian Behmann and Olafur Eliasson.
CITY+FARMING SYNERGIES
Carlo Ratti Associati Knowledge Hub Italy: led by Carlo Ratti Associati partners Monika Löve and Daniele Belleri.
Duration: September 2022 – February 2026
Consortium: Brno University of Technology (coord., CZ), KU Leuven Institute Leuven.AI (BE) , CRA – Carlo Ratti Associati (IT), Studio Other Spaces (GE), In4Art (NL), Mendel University (CZ), NethWork (NL) and FundingBox (PL).
Management Contact Person: Pavel Smrž
HUMANIZING TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENTS
The first open call selected 10 artists, that are interested in exploring digital questions utilizing a mix of technology and art, and will work on artistic agri-food AI usability explorations.
Read more on our Humanizing Technology Experiments:
+ ACOUSTIC AGRICULTURE
By Helena Nikonole
+ CULINARY JOURNEY
By Jeroen van der Most
+ ECOSHROOM
By Ivan Henriques
+ FOOD DYSMORPHIA
By Bernat Cuní
+ FUTURE PROTEIN
By IM-A Studio
+ LOW CARBON CLIMATE COOKBOOK *
By Ling Tan
*selected, not funded
+ MVP x FFF
By The Center for Genomic Gastronomy
+ SYMBIOSIS.AI
By Frederik De Wilde
+ SYMPOSIO
By Yiannis Kranidiotis
+ THE COUNCIL OF FOOD
By Nonhuman Nonsense
The Residencies
Hungry EcoCities residencies are collaborative projects and are conducted in close collaboration with AI and digital tech researchers at KU Leuven institute Leuven.AI, the Brno University of Technology, AgriTech researchers at Mendel University in Brno, Art and Design studios Studio Other Spaces and CRA – Carlo Ratti Associati, Institute for art-driven innovation In4Art, Controlled Environment Agriculture network organisation EatThis and funding specialists FundingBox.
UPDATES & ARTICLES
● Demonstration event: How can AI change our relationship with Food
May 16 11, 2024
● Masterclass: Just Transition in Food and Agriculture
March 11, 2024
● AI & Ethics Masterclass by Kristen Scott
February 8, 2024
● Open Call 2 / Phase 1 > call for SMEs in the agri-food sector
January 29, 2024
● Feeding the Mind with Carolyn Steel
January 4, 2024
● Kicking off the Humanizing Technology Experiments projects: collab days and site visits
October 27, 2023
OPEN CALL 2 for Art-Driven Experiments
Paths to Progress Experiments to have AI-enabled use scenario prototypes tested in real environments.
PHASE 1
CALL FOR SMEs IN THE AGRIFOOD SECTOR
–> Open from Feb 15 to May 15, 2024
OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS
–> will open from July 12, 2024
The second open call will select up to 10 industrial end-user/SMEs from the agri-food sector and up to 10 artists that jointly will work on AI enabled use scenario prototypes and awareness-raising artworks that (1) make the food chain more transparent, inclusive, and sustainable, (2) build connections between different stakeholders in the food chain and, (3) promote more informed and sustainable consumption patterns.
Check the first Webinar from Februrary 29th:
Check the second Webinar from April 2nd:
CONTACT
MANAGEMENT
Pavel Smrž
smrz[@]fit.vutbr.cz
RESIDENCIES
Rodolfo Groenewoud van Vliet
rodolfo [@] in4art.eu
CONSORTIUM
Brno University of Technology (coord., CZ)
KU Leuven (BE)
Carlo Ratti Associati (IT)
Studio Other Spaces (GE)
In4Art (NL)
Mendel University (CZ)
NethWork (NL)
FundingBox (PL)
This HungryEcoCities project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101069990.