For all the organizations involved in Buen-TEK, this project has been an exciting journey into ancestral knowledge and into many forms of local, traditional, ecological, and grounded ways of knowing. The work of the jury that assessed more than 120 applications for the S+T+ARTS Buen-TEK Prize was no different. The level of the applications was very high, and it included inspiring responses to what we can learn from art projects that foreground traditional knowledge, Indigenous wisdom, Lo-TEK, and Buen Vivir, and that propose creative, community-centred, and ecologically grounded approaches to technology, economy, and society.
We were pleased to see that many applicants went beyond the more obvious interpretations of the themes of our call and surprised us with projects embedded in contemporary practices, often rooted in specific territories or responding to urgent historical conditions that remain little known to wider audiences.
The selected works demonstrate the diversity and relevance of Buen-TEK today. Across the Grand Prizes, the Prizes of Distinction, and the Honorable Mentions, the selected artists present a wide variety of powerful artistic approaches to themes such as memory, territory, and resistance, showing how knowledge can be transmitted through embodied practices and critical re-readings of history. Their projects also engage with collective cultural practices, speculative imaginaries, interspecies relations, and alternative systems of knowledge.

Together, these projects show that technology can be understood not only as digital or industrial infrastructure, but also as a set of practices rooted in relationships, care, and collective imagination. We warmly congratulate all the winners and participants, whose work contributes to imagining more plural and sustainable ways of living together.

The S+T+ARTS Buen-TEK Grand Prize
The two Grand Prize Winners are Yauri Muenala with the project “Rishpa Tigrashpa, Ir y Volver; Hilar el pasado, presente y futuro, el arte y la vida” and Voluspa Jarpa with the project “Counter-Cartographies of Resistance: Innovation and Ancestral Memory”. Each Grand Prize Winners will receive 10.000 euros and their projects will be exhibited in the IMPAKT Festival 2026 in Utrecht.

The S+T+ARTS Buen-TEK Prize of Distinction
The Jury also awarded two Prizes of Distinction, one to Leonel Vasquez with the project “Cuna de humedales” and one to El Alto Aesthetics by the El Alto Aesthetics collective. Each Prize of Distinction Winners will receive 5.000 euros.

Honorable Mentions
The jury extended three Honorable Mentions to projects that stood out among all the applications for their quality and distinct approaches. The jury hopes these Honorable Mentions will be received as a recognition of the artists’ work and as an encouragement to continue developing their practice.