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GRIN: Introducing the selected artists of GRIN Open Call

In the context of GRIN, STARTS residencies involve artists being part of critical reflection and solution development for Europe’s digital and ecological transition. The aim of the residencies is to produce an art-driven experiment of stimulating the uptake of digital technologies, either by EU citizens and companies, to address social, business and sustainability challenges. Outcomes …

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Humanizing Technology: Introducing the Visionary Winners of Hungry EcoCities’ 1st Open Call

Although agriculture provides citizens with essential produce, it is also responsible for almost 40% of annual emissions of greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrous oxide.1 With dredious effects of climate change and while still feeding the global population, we need to re-think how do we produce, consume, enjoy and disrtibute food. Hungry EcoCities is …

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S+T+ARTS Prize 2023: who are the winners?

One key element of the STARTS Initiative is a prestigious award generously endowed with €40,000 in prize money: each year, a yearly competition is held to single out for recognition innovative proj…

A still from "Drone Aviary" Credit: Superflux

S+T+ARTS in the City: supporting the emergence of innovative solutions for the cities

S+T+ARTS in the City is a new S+T+ARTS residencies project that aims at enhancing art-driven innovation at local level and human-centered technologies, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, new digital media, smart cities, high performance computing, data science, or biotechnologies, that will be able to put in the market products and services that have a positive …

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Art and Water: a publication inspired by STARTS4Water

Art and Water: a publication inspired by STARTS4Water We lack a sustainable approach towards water and a well-balanced relationship with the natural world of seas and oceans. Combined with the impact of climate change, water issues create enormous global challenges that require systemic change. To systematically transform how water is valued across business practices, policies, …

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Towards Geo-Situated Listening

Towards Geo-Situated Listening by Arnau Horta Immersed in a hyper-visual culture, we seem to have lost the ability to listen to the places where we live. In order to reclaim this sonorous harmony with the landscape, we take a look at several examples that show us ways of relating to the world around us through …

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