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S+T+ARTS Prize 2026:A Compass for Troubled Times « In a historical moment marked by escalating instability, geopolitical conflict, and increasingly irrational forces—where war continues to shape everyday realities across the globe— STARTS reaffirms its role as a platform for artistic research at the intersection of art, science, technology, and industry. In this context, such practices […]

SCIENCE+TECHNOLOGY+ARTS:Lessons Learned from a Decade of European Transdisciplinary Innovation SCIENCE+TECHNOLOGY+ARTS: Lessons Learned from a Decade of European Transdisciplinary Innovation offers a comprehensive overview of the S+T+ARTS initiative and its evolution since 2016. Through a curated selection of essays, case studies, and artistic projects, the publication explores how collaborations between artists, scientists, and technologists have generated

Read:Afropean Intelligence: A Situated Reflection on Knowledge, Memory, and Collective Futures. The integration of artificial intelligence into the African landscape requires far more than a simple transfer of tools or codebases. It calls for a deeper interrogation of the socio-cultural frameworks and knowledge that underpins how we as Africans, creatives, technologists and beings relate to

PODCASTS · S+T+ARTS Afropean Intelligence Voices As part of S+T+ARTS Afropean Intelligence, CHRONIQUES curates “S+T+ARTS Afropean Intelligence Voices”, a 4-chapter podcast series designed as a space for meta reflection. Every episode invites African artists and researchers to reflect on how artificial intelligence could intersect better with African cultures, memory, identity, and creative practices. Throughout the

S+T+ARTS Afropean Intelligence seeks to critically explore the role of AI within African contexts by fostering Afro-European dialogue and supporting artistic and research practices that challenge dominant technological narratives. As part of the project, CHRONIQUES is curating a series of 10 online Expert Talks bringing together researchers, technologists, and cultural practitioners from Africa and Europe.

Breathing Architectures by Côme Di Meglio In the framework of S+T+ARTS EC(H)O – Challenge 10: Reconnecting to the Territory The project Breathing Architectures focuses on scaling up his artistic research on mycelium architectures by developing a semi-industrial prototype for large-scale, sustainable production using local resources. The project utilizes the abundant local reed, Arundo Donax, as the

Feeling Virtual: An Archive of Touch by Iz Paehr In the framework of S+T+ARTS EC(H)O – Challenge 9: Cultural Heritage Through New Technologies The project Iz Paehr is developing Feeling Virtual: An Archive of Touch, a project dedicated to building tactile virtual experiences and addressing the exclusion of disabled individuals from visually-dominant VR technology. The work

Merging Visions by Merve Şahin In the framework of S+T+ARTS EC(H)O – Challenge 8: Urban Digital Twins The project Merve Şahin’s Merging Visions project addresses the challenge of communicating the transformation of the Salzburg Festival site by reimagining digital twins through artistic and immersive storytelling. The core concept is “Expanded Immersive Twins,” extending digital twins to