S+T+ARTS in the City
The S+T+ARTS (Science+Technology+ARTS) initiative can be understood as the core crystal of Ars Electronica Platform Europe. Ars Electronica’s long-standing involvement in STARTS is part of our wider commitment to designing and testing transdisciplinary practices and sustainably integrating art-thinking and artistic practice as innovation catalysts for research processes and technology development.
The STARTS in the City residencies support the locally/regionally inspired art-driven innovation and human-centered technologies that tackle current challenges and have a positive ecological, societal, or ethical impact. By strengthening regional ecosystems of stakeholders and academia, STARTS in the City is able to explore the feasibility and scaling potential of the residency outcomes and make a first step towards market-ready products and services.
STARTS in the City speaks to our belief in solutions grounded in local/regional perspectives and lived experiences, as the only way to develop technologies that are truly sensitive to the idiosyncratic challenges of a specific locality.
In the STARTS in the City project, Ars Electronica coordinates the website and newsletter of the project, and is responsible for coordinating the exhibitions of the residencies’ outcomes in the each of the represented regions, as well as at the Ars Electronica Festival.
In addition to STARTS in the City, current STARTS projects with active involvement of Ars Electronica include STARTS4Africa and STARTS Ec(h)o. In the past, Ars Electronica led the STARTS Prize projects and participated in STARTS Regional Centers’ activities such as Repairing the Present.
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- Ars Electronica Theme Symposium: The Next Renaissance (Ars Electronica Festival 2023)
Duration: 1 April 2023 – 30 November 2024
Partners (Consortium): GLUON (coordinator), Ars Electronica, INOVA+, Hac Te Art | Science and Technology Hub, Kersnikova Institute / Kapelica Gallery, MEET | Digital Culture Center
STARTS in the City is funded by the European Union under the STARTS – Science, Technology and Arts initiative of DG CNECT under grant agreement LC-01984766. 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.