S+T+ARTS Repairing the Present
S+T+ARTS Residencies
Repairing the Present through Art-Driven Innovation
June 2021 - December 2022
Launched by the European Commission, the S+T+ARTS initiative aims to foster imaginative thinking by creating spaces of dialogue between Science, Technology, and the Arts.
The five pillars of the S+T+ARTS initiative - the S+T+ARTS Prize, S+T+ARTS Residencies, S+T+ARTS Lighthouses, S+T+ARTS Academies, and S+T+ARTS Regional Centers - address the unintended consequences of steadfast technological development resulting in the social, economic, and environmental challenges the European continent faces by tapping into the potential of artists to act as catalysts for change and actively contribute to innovation. The initiative strives to create a collaborative, interdisciplinary, human-centered framework that draws attention to the role art can play in making alternative futures visible, thus contributing to future-proof policy-making.
The Regional S+T+ARTS Centers program brings together 12 partner organisations from 11 different countries led by the Belgian Cleantech Hub Snowball. The consortium partners - Snowball (BE), MAXXI Museum (IT), Art Hub Copenhagen (DK), STATE Festival (DE), Onassis Foundation (EL), In4Art (NL), MEET (IT), CCCB (ES), Ars Electronica (AT), Sony Lab (FR), Kersnikova (SI), CYENS Centre of Excellence (CY) - put together a program made up of S+T+ARTS Expert Meetings, S+T+ARTS Academies, S+T+ARTS Exhibitions and Prototyping Parks and S+T+ARTS Residencies.
The programs explore the possibility of Repairing the Present through resource, urban, ICT & art-powered transformations at a regional level. By creating the context for innovation processes at the nexus of science, technology and the arts, the projects encourage a critique of the present, the exploration beyond its current limitations and the reimagination of other possible futures. While the challenges addressed are pan-European or global, the solutions require a focus on specific local problems. Thus, in Repairing the Present the partners think globally, but act locally by defining challenges that need to be urgently addressed within their localities.
Repairing the Present — Regional STARTS Centers has received funding from the European Commission’s
Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement LC01641664.
STATE x S+T+ARTS Residencies
As part of S+T+ARTS Residencies, STATE is collaborating with the RISE Cities Program of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt to design the expert program that aims to address local challenges in terms of the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals for the creation of the New European Bauhaus.
Building on the RIDE futures thinking model, STATE created the framework for the project partners to specify and frame the definition of the local challenges that are addressed in the S+T+ARTS residencies. Local experts and artists are working together with industry partners in the residency program. The challenges that STATE takes on for Repairing the Present move within the industrial and environmental sectors of the Berlin capital area. They aim to inspire new ideas for mobility and rethink sustainable solutions for Berlin’s water management.
About BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
The BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt promotes responsible leadership and inspires leaders worldwide to work towards a peaceful, just and sustainable future. Through its activities like the RISE Cities Program, the Foundation aims to advance the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
Guided by the key concepts of governance, innovation, and cross-sector partnerships, the BMW Foundation supports and initiates forward-looking solutions at the local and global levels.
S+T+ARTS Residencies Open Call
In transforming the present EU’s economy for a sustainable future, the Regional S+T+ARTS Centers focus on a resource, urban, ICT & art-driven transformation. Through S+T+ARTS Residencies, the Regional S+T+ARTS Centers create speculative settings where technologists, together with artists, innovative entrepreneurs and citizens look for digital solutions that make our world more sustainable and aim to achieve the ambitious environmental and climate goals.
In October and November 2021, the Regional S+T+ARTS Centers called international artists working at the intersection between science, technology and the arts to apply for a 6-month residency. Over 800 artists from over 40 countries around the globe have shown interest in the challenges. Together with their local expert groups and juries, the Regional S+T+ARTS Centers reviewed and discussed the proposals. Repairing the Present kicked-off 21 residencies that place artists at the heart of innovation processes to create a lasting impact on industries across Europe.
S+T+ARTS Residencies
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Repairing the Present :REWORLD :REWILD and :RETOOL
S+T+ARTS presents the exhibition series Repairing the Present :REWORLD :REWILD :RETOOL. Curated by Manuel Cirauqui, this trilogy of exhibitions aims to show the outcome of Repairing the Present, a cross-disciplinary residency initiative launched inJune 2021 by the 12 Regional S+T+ARTS Centres.
Dates:
:REWORLD at MEET Digital Culture Centre in Milan: October 4-30, 2022
:REWILD at MAXXI the National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome: October 15 - November 13, 2022
:RETOOL at ZKM | Centre for Art and Media in Karlsruhe:
November 18 - December 18, 2022
More information:
www.starts.eu/what-we-do/regional-centers/repairing-the-present-exhibitions/
FUTURES CANVAS: THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
Since the launch of the Regional S+T+ARTS Centres' challenges on Futures Canvas, many European citizens have contributed to the image of the future.
Check out the interview with Christian Rauch, the mastermind behind the digital participatory tool Futures Canvas, about the power of collective speculation about the future, its implications and potential spillovers.
Click here for the full interview.
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