News about ICT and Art

The STARTS programme launches local initiatives in schools to have artists and IT experts jointly teach digital skills.

Flora Robotica project is about robots and plants being intricately linked into a new type of living technology that its creators believe could be used to grow a house.

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The STARTS prize honours projects that demonstrate successful collaboration of science, technology and art contributing to economic and social innovation. The two prize winners will be chosen by an international jury and will each receive €20,000. The STARTS programme of the European Commission encourages collaboration between researchers and artists in projects funded under Horizon 2020.

In his speech at the European Culture Forum 2016, Commissioner Günther Oettinger stressed that the Digitising Industry package adopted on 19 April 2016 will also have an effect on European cultural and creative industries.

Europe's digital library - Europeana - today launches Europeana 280, a cross-border campaign to get people interested in Europe’s artworks and their evolution across the centuries.

The H2020 Call for Research and Innovation Actions on cost-effective technologies for advanced 3D modelling to enhance the understanding of cultural heritage resulted in the selection of the following projects, that started June – October 2015, with an EU funding of € 2 to 4 Mio/project.

The constant appropriation of new technologies by artists allows them to go further in actively participating in society. By using ICT as their medium of expression, artists are able to prototype solutions, create new products and make new economic, social and business models. The Starts Prize aims to honour projects that boost synergies between art, science and technological innovation.

The Call for "Research and Innovation Actions" to support creative processes in the creative industries has resulted in the selection of six projects, starting December 2015-February 2016, with an EU funding of € 20 million.

The Digital4Science platform builds bridges between scientists, citizens and policy-makers. It is open to everyone interested in research and innovation to discuss and share opinion on science in the digital age. We want to hear your voice on EU policies and programmes designed to support science in the digital age and to boost scientific discoveries.