Regional S+T+ARTS Centers III: Repairing the Present
Twelve Regional S+T+ARTS Centers came together with a common mission: Repairing the Present. To address the unintended consequences of steadfast technological development resulting in the present social, economic, and environmental challenges, the Regional S+T+ARTS Centers hosted 21 artist residencies and tapped into the potential of artists to act as catalysts for change.
The challenges addressed in the project were pan-European or global, yet the solutions required a focus on local specificities. Thus, the Regional S+T+ARTS Centers tried to think globally but act locally.
Ars Electronica focused on the value chain of the plastics industry concentrated in Upper Austria. Through the residency Circular Futures, Ars Electronica tried to boost the region’s cross-industry research into developing sustainable and environmentally friendly systems for plastics production with the creative input of artists and designers.
Artists Kat Austen and Fara Peluso were hosted and supported in developing their project Ouroboros.
Platform Europe is verry active in the STARTS cosmos, having implemented numerous STARTS Prize projects as well as actively engaging in STARTS in the City and STARTS4Africa.
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Duration: 01.06.2021 – 30.11.2022
Partners (Consortium): Snowball, Ars Electronica, MAXXI Museum, Art Hub Copenhagen, STATE, Onassis Stegi, In4Art, MEET Digital Culture Center, CCCB, SONY CSL Lab, Kersnikova, CYENS Centre of Excellence
Industry Partners: Greiner Innoventures GmbH, Johannes Kepler University, The Innovation Office of the City of Linz
Regional S+T+ARTS Centers III: Repairing the Present received funding from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement LC01641664. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or DG CNECT. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.