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 ==== ICT Art Connect 2014-05-12====
-Artist & technologist partnerships from across Europe will come together to share outcomes instigated through their participation in the project and to showcase both work and ideas from their projects so far. It will offer the opportunity to meet the creators, experience some of their work and to challenge ideas and perceptions on the future connections between Art and Technology. More about [[http://fo.am/ict-art-connect/| the programme]] on the FoAM site.
+"Artist & technologist partnerships from across Europe will come together to share outcomes instigated through their participation in the project and to showcase both work and ideas from their projects so far. It will offer the opportunity to meet the creators, experience some of their work and to challenge ideas and perceptions on the future connections between Art and Technology." More about [[http://fo.am/ict-art-connect/| the programme]] on the FoAM site.
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   * developing a website as an online platform for connections between ICT and art (http://staging.ictartconnect.eu, currently in beta testing mode, for comments write to feedback@ictartconnect.eu)
+Ralph Dum, project officer ICT&Art Connect
+  * The initial question was: why art?
+  * difficult question - instrumentalisation etc.
+    * to create innovative products? not tech but creativity driven
+    * how can artists contribute to innovation in EU? Human dimension, multiple worlds…
+  * science, arts and technology connected through physical artefacts (functionality, aesthetics, social use…)
+  * links art & science - common: curiosity & serendipity
+  * (social) change, communicate, create (artefacts that change our society)
+  * artistic works in ICT&Art showed why is art important in the context of technology - e.g. big data, augmented reality, crowd (collective awareness, participation), serious games… - arts as a catalyst for new technologies
+  * EC: inclusion of artists in residence in different objectives: projects in IOT (internet of things), and other projects in Horizon 2020 - should become a standard practice in EC projects; dedicated call to ICT & Art (but for the time being it isn’t an evident choice… now still trying to find a rationale and see what is possible)
+  * important to have residencies on both sides - discussions with EACEA needed to see how scientists could work in arts organisations
+  * next step: artists a more central role in scientific practices
+Yulia Matskevich (Brunel Univeristy)
+  * results went beyond wildest expectations
+  * where are we now and look towards the future
+  * started at the EU cultural forum, Robert Madelin and Ralph Dum from DG Connect supported the initial ideas
+  * 12 months: 11 events, 19 residencies + 15 external events
+  * bringing together communities
+  * learning a lot about existing issues
+  * testimonials…
+  * what art brings to ict: critical engagement and reflection & testing of tech, co-creation, catalysts, disruptors, citizen engagement
+  * what’s needed: more coordination & support, funding, infrastructure, opportunities for showcases and exhibitions, more opportunities for consultation, more transparency & dissemination
+later -> @_foam Toyhacking workshop and exhibition.
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