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S+T+ARTS in the City | Artists-in-ResidenceMónica Rikić | Somoure + About Somoure As populations age, there is an urgent need to rethink the future of assisted living. Somoure is an artistic research project that explores the production processes, impacts and consequences of the development of assistive robotics, in collaboration with the Institute of Robotics and […]

S+T+ARTS in the City | Artists-in-Residence DISNOVATION.ORG | THE SOLAR SHARE: An Edible Solar Currency + About THE SOLAR SHARE: An Edible Solar Currency Sustainability is the goal, but what does it really mean? The Solar Share: An Edible Solar Currency project challenges prevailing economic models with insights from sunlight-harvesting organisms, crucial to the metabolism

S+T+ARTS in the City | Artists-in-ResidenceSamuel van Ransbeeck | FARMSONICS: Harvesting Insights through Real-Time Data-Driven Music + About FarmSonics FarmSonics is an innovative arts-science project that aims to bridge the gap between the realms of art, science, and agriculture. By using IoT data from farms, I want to create a novel way of monitoring and

S+T+ARTS in the City | Artists-in-ResidenceWhere Dogs Run | Archean Memory Farm + About Archean Memory Farm The project Archean Memory Farm is based on the properties of ancient magnetotactic bacteria (MTB). MTBs are synthesized by magnetosomes formed by magnetite or greigite crystals. They use magnetosomes to move along the lines of the Earth’s magnetic

S+T+ARTS in the City | Artists-in-Residence Studio Above&Below | Regenerative Symphony + About Regenerative Symphony Regenerative Symphony is an interactive immersive installation investigating the desirable future of critical minerals, which are rare essential building blocks of emerging technologies. The project utilises synthetic and natural material data through a custom AI model for regenerative purposes, imagining

S+T+ARTS in the City | Artists-in-Residence Stanza | Entangled Cities + About Entangled Cities The project explores the future of cities governed by algorithms, creating data-driven co-creation systems that act as an autonomous “consciousness,” monitoring the invisible city in real time and generating new artworks through data visualisation. Entangled Cities addresses the relationship between AI

S+T+ARTS in the City | Artists-in-Residence Roel Heremans | Resonance of Renewal + About Resonance of Renewal Resonance of Renewal is an audiovisual sculpture in the entrance hall of the Jules Bordet Institute. Suspended from the high ceiling, this organic form contrasts distinctly with the hospital’s clean, linear architecture, highlighting the delicate balance between the

S+T+ARTS in the City | Artists-in-Residence Futurefarmers (Amy Franceschini & Lode Vranken) | In the Belly + About In the Belly In the Belly is an artistic platform and a call to action to reconsider our food systems and the interdependencies that shape them. As a functioning transport vessel which moves food from a network

S+T+ARTS in the City | Artists-in-Residence David Claerbout | The Wood Carver and The Forest + About The Wood Carver and The Forest During a residency at Gluon, David Claerbout engaged with experts from the worlds of AI and neuroscience to understand the impact of generative AI on his artistic practice. During his residency, he

S+T+ARTS in the City | Artists-in-ResidenceAdrien Lucca | Parallel Worlds + About Parallel Worlds In the burgeoning field of transdisciplinary studies, particularly at the intersection of arts, technology and environmental science, the issue of light pollution represents a critical challenge for urban ecosystems. This project examines the impact of artificial lightning, specifically LEDs, on the