Conferences / Lectures / Talks

Artist Talk: Luz María Sánchez (MX)

Artist Talk by Luz María Sánchez (MX) about the project 'Vis. [un]necessary force_3' which got the Honorary Mention in the Digital Communities category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Rachel Uwa (US)

Artist Talk by Rachel Uwa (US) about the project 'School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe' which got the Honorary Mention in the Digital Communities category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Jesi Carson(CA), Amber Frid-Jimenez(US)

Artist Talk by Jesi Carson(CA), Amber Frid-Jimenez(US) about the project 'Participedia: Crowdsourcing Participatory Democracy for the Public Good' which got the Honorary Mention in the Digital Communities category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Mourad Ayyach (PS)

Artist Talk by Mourad Ayyach (PS) about the project 'Habaq Movement' which won the Award of Distinction in the Digital Communities category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Eric Siu (HK) & Joel Kwong (HK)

Artist Talk by Eric Siu (HK) & Joel Kwong (HK) about the project 'Be Water by HongKongers' which won the Golden Nica in the Digital Communities category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Thinking Deeper with STEAM

Rehan Bhana (UK)

Explore connections between academia and industry, learning about our PhD Hub and how STEAM thinking can help businesses tackle challenges through developing deeper perspectives, with Rehan Bhana, Associate Professor at BCU.

Artist Talk: Yuge Zhou (CN)

Artist Talk by Yuge Zhou 周雨歌 (CN) about her project 'Underground Circuit' which got the Honorary Mention in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Imge Özbilge (TR), Sine Özbilge (TR)

Artist Talk by Imge Özbilge(TR), Sine Özbilge(TR) about their project '#21xoxo' which got the Honorary Mention in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Randa Maroufi (FR)

Artist Talk by Randa Maroufi (FR) about her project 'BAB SEBTA' which won the Award of Distinction in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Maja Gehrig (CH)

Artist Talk by Maja Gehrig (CH) about her project 'Average Happiness' which won the Award of Distinction in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Extending Reality: Introducing the Past, Present and Future of Immersive Media

Adam Paigge (UK)

Join STEAMhouse Extended Reality Technician Adam Paigge in his talk about XR, how this can support STEAM collaboration and the ways in which STEAMhouse is leading such approaches in the West Midlands.

A Theory of Change

Anne Nigten (NL)

The STARTS Prize is an annual European prize for innovative projects at the interface of Science, Technology, and the ARTS. This article reflects on the most striking outcomes of a study that was conducted in the spring of 2020, to evaluate the first three STARTS Prize editions. The STARTS Prize aims to promote art as a catalyst for change and innovation in the fields of technology, science and the social sphere. It has mobilized an impressive number of artists, designers and engineers and built a strong brand in recent years.

Mapping Collaborative Practice

Denise Doyle (UK), Richard Glover (UK), Martin Khechara (UK), Christian Cherene (ES), Norma Deseke (DE), Pei-Ying Lin (TW), Miranda Graaf (NL), Giulia Tomasello (IT), Tommaso Busolo (IT)

Interdisciplinary collaboration across the arts and sciences can create friction and uncertainty between creative partners from different backgrounds. How can we overcome these moments, and are they integral to any collaborative or emergent process? What role does art and science collaboration have in addressing global challenges in 2020? Chaired by Richter Glover and Martin Khechara, participants and researchers of the University of Wolverhampton’s STARTS Methodologies research project take part in this digital exchange of ideas.

Artist Talk: Cheng Guo (CN)

Artist Talk byCheng Guo (CN) about her project 'The Net Wanderer - A tour of suspended handshakes' which got the Honorary Mention in the Interactive Art + category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

Artist Talk: Constanza Piña Pardo (CL)

Artist Talk by Constanza Piña Pardo (CL) about her project 'khipu / Electrotextile Prehispanic Computer' which got the Honorary Mention in the Interactive Art + category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

STARTS Prize Exhibition Tour

The annual STARTS Prize Exhibition presents a selection of current best practice examples at the intersection of science, technology and the arts. Kristina Maurer and Karla Spiluttini take the viewers on a journey through this year’s exhibited projects in Kepler’s Garden. From circular economy to the relationship between ecology and technology, through digital humanism and empathic approaches to artificial intelligence, the exhibition shows the outstanding diversity of artistic practice in the STARTS field.

Salon Universitas

Melanie Baumgartner (AT), Florian Hartmann (AT), Christoph Guger (AT), Markus Hohenwarter (AT), Alicia Hofstätter (AT), Corinna Hörmann (AT), Martina Mara (AT), Kathrin Meyer (DE), Christopher Lindinger (AT)

This session brings together four of the exhibited teams – the LIT Robopsychology Lab, the JKU Linz School of Education, the LIT Soft Material Lab and the Institute for Integrated Circuits and their collaborative partner g.tec Medical Engineering – to discuss their creative process and prototype development.

Building Interdisciplinary Communities

Deborah Hustic (HR)

Hear from Deborah Hustic, Artistic Director at Radiona makerspace in Zagreb, Croatia, as she outlines her work in STEAM, making and creative investigation.

First BCU International STEAM Conference

STEAMhouse, Birmingham City University (UK)

Aimed at all those curious about cross-disciplinary thinking, researchers, innovators, industrial leaders, artists, scientists, technologists, engineers, mathematicians and those not bounded by their sectors, joined the First BCU International STEAM Conference in July 2020.

STARTS Prize Forum: Andrea Ling

Andrea Ling (CA)

Andrea Ling, winner of this year’s Grand Prize for Artistic Exploration, introduces her winning project “Design by Decay, Decay by Design”, a series of artifacts that exhibit designed decay developed for the 2019 Ginkgo Bioworks Creative Residency on how to design a world without waste and talks about her artistic and creative process.