European Media Art Platform (EMAP)
Initiated by werkleitz in 1995 as EMARE and co-funded by the Creative Europe program since 2018 under the new name European Media Art Platform, EMAP is the longest-standing European initiative that Ars Electronica Platform Europe participates in. Currently made up of 16 leading European organizations with a wide range of expertise in digital and media art, bio art, and robotic art, the consortium is joined every year by a different international partner in hosting artist residencies focused on intercultural and interdisciplinary knowledge exchange.
Besides artists and host organizations, the EMAP residency program involves various experts from science, arts, and technology to consult, support or train the artists, thus aligning with Ars Electronica’s long-term interest in exploring new narratives about the ubiquitous Technosphere through incubation and transdisciplinary practices.
As a member institution of EMAP, Ars Electronica hosts one residency production per year as well as an annual group show in the context of the Ars Electronica Festival.
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- Ars Electronica Theme Exhibition: HOPE: the touch of many (Ars Electronica Festival 2024)
- European Platform for Digital Humanism
- Compost as Superfood (2024) | DR. MASHARU
- Biosymbiotic Exoskeleton (working title) (2023) | Dorotea Dolinšek in collaboration with Barbara Sušnik
- Organ of Radical Care: Una Matriz Colaborativa (2022) | Charlotte Jarvis in collaboration with Dr. Patricia Saragueta & Prof. Susana Chuva de Sousa Lopes
Duration: 1 February 2022 – 31 January 2025 
Partners (Consortium): Werkleitz Centre for Media Art (coordinator), Ars Electronica, Antre Peaux, CIKE Creative Industry Košice, Gnration, IMAL Center for digital cultures and technology, IMPAKT [Centre for Media Culture], Kersnikova Institute / Kapelica Gallery, KONTEJNER | bureau of contemporary art praxis, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, m-cult, NeMe Arts Centre, Onassis Stegi, RIXC Centre for New Media Culture, WRO Art Center, Silent Green
EMAP is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union under grant agreement 101059046. Views and opinions expressed on this page are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) can be held responsible for them.