S+T+ARTS Hungry Ecocities ● Paths to Progress Experiments Winning Artists

We’re excited to announce the winning artists of the S+T+ARTS Hungry EcoCities 2nd Open Call for the Paths to progress Experiments!

In the first phase, 10 industrial end-users/SMEs from the agri-food sector were selected, followed by 10 artists in the second phase. Now, these innovators will collaborate to develop AI-enabled use scenario prototypes and awareness-raising artworks, that will contribute towards a more transparent, inclusive, and sustainable food chain.

Tomato Brain

Axia Seeds (NL) Vegetable seeds
x Jo Kroese (NL)

Tomato Brain - Axia Seeds (NL) Vegetable seeds + Jo Kroese (NL)

CHALLENGE ADDRESSED

A supply chain of agents: a collective brain to un-silo the data in a supply chain of tomatoes.

(Be)etogether

Beesage (NL) Data-driven Beekeeping
x Maria Castellanos & Alberto Valverde (ES)

(Be)etogether - Beesage (NL) Data-driven Beekeeping + Maria Castellanos & Alberto Valverde (ES)

CHALLENGE ADDRESSED

WEBHIVE – Wonderful Evolution of Beekeeping through Hyperlocal Insights and Versatile Equipment.

Traceartability and AI

Capanna Prosciutti (IT) Traditional Parma ham producer + Alexandru Damian (RO)

Traceartability and AI - Capanna Prosciutti (IT) Traditional Parma ham producer + Alexandru Damian (RO)

CHALLENGE ADDRESSED

TraceARTability: reimagining quality ham’s role in our food system.

Soil.Society

Instagreen (ES) Urban farming
+ Nicolas Rotta (ES)

Soil.Society - Instagreen (ES) Urban farming + Nicolas Rotta (ES)

CHALLENGE ADDRESSED

HEC-HAC: Healthy Agriculture Climate.

Compostable altar: Offering to the Earth

Le Terre di Zoè (IT) Organic Farm
+ Betiana Pavón (AR)

Compostable Altar: Offering to the Earth - Le Terre di Zoè (IT) Organic Farm + Betiana Pavón (AR)

CHALLENGE ADDRESSED

Organic farming: growing regeneratively in a climate change resilient way.

Harvesting Community

Logiqs (NL) Mobile growing systems
+ Georg Kettele (AU)

Harvesting Community - Logiqs (NL) Mobile growing systems + Georg Kettele (AU)

CHALLENGE ADDRESSED

Vertical farming: Accelerating access to honest food.

Quiet Storm: Music for Insects

Protiberia (ES) Insect farming
+ Samuel Van Ransbeeck (BE)

Quiet Storm: Music for Insects - Protiberia (ES) Insect farming + Samuel Van Ransbeeck (BE)

CHALLENGE ADDRESSED

EcoInsect: Learning about the life of Tenebrio molitor.

Phygital Seasoning

Sensesbit (ES) Consumer analysis
+ Laila Snevele (NL)

Phygital Seasoning - Sensesbit (ES) Consumer analysis + Laila Snevele (NL)

CHALLENGE ADDRESSED

Altered Perceptions: pushing the limit of current sensory analysis.

Air & Sprouts: Growing the Invisible

Sprout Dynamics (DK) Industrial sprouting + Haseeb Ahmed (BE)

Air & Sprouts: Growing the Invisible - Sprout Dynamics (DK) Industrial sprouting + Haseeb Ahmed (BE)

CHALLENGE ADDRESSED

Urban sprouts: a fully automated human less container for sprouting in cities.

Straw Return

Staramaky (GR) Biodegradable drinking straws + Isaac Montè (NL)

Straw Return - Staramaky (GR) Biodegradable drinking straws + Isaac Montè (NL)

CHALLENGE ADDRESSED

Wheat Waste to Wealth: Reshaping Wheat Straw Manufacturing.

About the Hungry EcoCities project:

Hungry EcoCities aims to address the pressing issue of creating a healthier, more sustainable, responsible, and affordable agri-food system. It plans to achieve this by rethinking technology and design incorporating them into art-driven experimentation and prototyping processes. The project strives to demonstrate the potential of a standardised development framework in enabling European agri-food businesses to deliver responsible, AI-enabled responsible innovation, a key cog behind a
sustainable food chain. Become a part of a community where innovation plays a central role, in revolutionising the European agri-food sector! (for more information visit: Hungry EcoCities –S+T+ARTS)

This Hungry EcoCities project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement  101069990