Gluon Art and research

MUSAE Open Call

Call closed

Archive
 

Are you interested in exploring the role of food in human and planetary well-being? MUSAE is looking for artists who can provide critical reflection, and envision future potential and challenges of the topic of Food as Medicine by producing future scenarios and artworks. The first open call of MUSAE is a unique opportunity for artists to explore the future challenges of food systems of production, supply, and consumption by applying an innovative Design Futures Art-driven (DFA) method to develop future scenarios which will be the starting point for the second MUSAE open call and residency in 2024.  

Applications can be submitted from April 13th, 2023 14.00 CET until June 9th, 2023 12.00 CET.  

  • Funding per artist: 40 000 EUR  
  • Number of selected artists: 10 artists 
  • Residency period: 7 months

MUSAE First Art-Tech Residency

Selected artists will participate in the first MUSAE residency program, whereby following and applying the Design Futures Art-driven (DFA) method and receiving mentoring support, they will develop future scenarios as critical visions of the future, based on one of the three thematic tracks and with a critical reflection on one of the technologies – AI, Robotics, and Wearables. 

MUSAE aims to bring together artists, SMEs, and experts in the field of nutrition and technologies to collaborate by exploring future scenarios and creating ground-breaking solutions that address some of the most pressing issues facing our society today in food systems.

Find out more about the open call!

The partners of the Musea consortium: Politecnico di Milano (IT), Ab.Acus (IT), Universitat De Barcelona (ES), MADE (IT), PAL Robotics (ES), Gluon (BE), University College Dublin (IE), The University of Manchester (UK).

This project is supported by S+T+ARTS. This project has received funding from S+T+ARTS(Science, Technology & the Arts), an initiative of the European Commission, launched under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Its purpose is to support collaborations between artists, scientists, engineers and researchers to develop more creative, inclusive and sustainable technologies.