Exhibition

An ambitious project on the digital image, consoles, and video games. The exhibition, curated by Abraham San Pedro, is made up of an impressive collection of more than one hundred consoles displayed within their technological, social, artistic, cultural and ideological context.
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Workshop

Keywords: Azkuna Zentroa, Etopia Center for Art and Technology, Media Facade Academy

Media Facade Academy is a training programme aimed to professionals, artists or creaives interested in developing unpublished work for digital devices.
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Conference

Keywords: conference

As the smARTplaces project comes to a close, we realised there are many stories to share about experiments, audiences, collaboration, failures and successes. For our third and final conference – SMARTPLACES – hosted by the Dortmunder U on March 5th 2020, we’re telling these stories by shining a spotlight on our colleagues from across the world. Book your ticket now!
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Steering Group Meeting

Keywords: Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, Steering Group Meeting

Hosted by smARTplaces parter Azkuna Zentroa, the 8th Steering Group Meeting takes place in Bilbao, Spain from the 4th until the 8th of November 2019.
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Livestream

Keywords: #TheWorkofArt, Melvin Moti, Van Abbemuseum

The Van Abbemuseum will host an artist talk with artist Melvin Moti for the smARTplaces series #TheWorkofArt. Tune in on Facebook Live to virtually attend and participate in connecting, interacting and discovering art professions and all that happens behind the scenes of art.
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Activities, U R ART

Musée de Picardie invites you to the European Heritage Days, on Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd of September 2019, from 2:00 until 6:00 p.m.
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Activities, U R ART

Keywords: Etopia Center for Art and Technology, maker, maker culture, U R ART

Etopia Urban Fest is an evening dedicated to the urban culture and young makers. Trap and Rap performances, open air mural painting and digital art await to be presented by young creators from Etopia’s laboratories and projects.
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Activities, U R ART

Keywords: Dortmunder U, U R ART

The interactive festival U R ART as part of the DEW21 Museum Night, offers the opportunity to take a new look at the U and experience the house in a new way. In six other museums and cultural institutions throughout Europe, a wide variety of activities and connecting elements will take place in which visitors to the Dortmunder U can participate.
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Activities, U R ART

Keywords: festival, U R ART, Van Abbemuseum

On September 21, the interactive U R ART festival will take place at 7 locations in 5 European countries, including The Van Abbemuseum.
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Activities, U R ART

Keywords: game, U R ART, ZKM Center for Art and Media

On September 21, 2019 the ZKM Karlsruhe hosts a gameshow on Europe and democracy
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Activities, U R ART

Keywords: Alex Doll, Liechtenstein National Museum, Mathias Ospelt, Sven Beham, Tatjana Worm-Sawosskaja, U R ART, Vaduz, Vasili Tsereteli, Vlado Franjevic

The Liechtenstein National Museum U R ART project has taken an interesting shape! The museum collected contributions from guests coming from Austria, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Israel, Switzerland, Hungary, France, the USA and other countries.
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Festival

Keywords: Dortmunder U, Emerging Artists, festival, UZWEI

At Emerging Artists, aspiring artists are brought into focus and at the same time have the opportunity to network with each other and develop further.
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Activities, U R ART

Keywords: Alhóndiga Bilbao, Azkuna Zentroa, Identidata, U R ART

On July 4 Azkuna Zentroa opens the Identidata installation, a project co-produced by Azkuna Zentroa - Alhóndiga Bilbao and Urbanbat.
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Workshop

Keywords: music, rap, workshop, youth

This workshop, aimed for teenagers between 15 and 18 years old, will take place at Etopia Center for Art and Technology from the 1st to the 5th of July, as part of the U R ART activities in Etopia
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Livestream

Keywords: #TheWorkofArt, Birmingham City University, Facebook Live, livestream

The 6th edition of #TheWorkofArt - Craft, Enterprise and Gender in the Digital Age - is hosted by Birmingham City University on the 21st of June 2019.
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Exhibition

Keywords: Sander van Doorn, Van Abbemuseum, virtine

In the Vitrine, there will be regularly changing exhibitions. For this, prominent people from Eindhoven and the region make a choice from the collection of the Van Abbemuseum. The display case with the choice of the fourth guest curator, Sander van Doorn, is on show from 8 June 2019.
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Activities

Keywords: Knowledge Exchange Forum, panel, Steering Group Meeting, talk

When it comes to audience engagement, every cultural institution faces the same big questions - who is our audience? how do we use digital? what is our role in society?
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Steering Group Meeting

Keywords: Amiens, Musée de Picardie, Steering Group Meeting

From the 3rd until the 7th of November 2019 the 7th Steering Group Meeting takes place in Amiens, France. Hosted by smARTplaces parter Musée de Picardie, focus points include U R ART, smARTplaces app, knowledge exchange, change management experiments and the 3rd smARTplaces conference.

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Exhibition

Keywords: Dortmunder U, exhibition, skaters, The Art of Skate

The exhibits address both the history of skateboarding and the skaters’ view of their urban environment. Photographers and artists from the skateboarding scene show how it has influenced their artistic development. The aim of the exhibition is, on the one hand, to portray the multi-faceted, interdisciplinary potential of skateboarding as an art form and, on the other hand, to promote a dialogue regarding the different areas of life of skaters and non-skaters.
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Festival

Keywords: Dortmunder U, family, U R ART

Make a robot helmet, fly through the sky as an astronaut or record your own podcast - that's possible with the next Family Sunday in the Dortmunder U under the motto "U R ART" - you are art.

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Activities

Keywords: art, artists, Media Facade Academy, media wall

Etopia Center for Art & Tech will broadcast, during May and June, the works created by the participants of the IV Media Facade Academy.
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Festival

Keywords: dance, Dance and New Media Lab, festival, new media

The third edition of the Dance and New Media Lab will focus this year on artistic residencies of international choreographers that will connect dance, technology, philosophy and musical creation.
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Festival

Keywords: Azkuna Zentroa, Gutun Zuria, literature, panel

A conversation between photographers Christina de Middel, Joan Fontcuberta and Agustín Fernández Mallo, to be livestreamed on the smARTplaces website on the 3rd of April at 7.30 pm CET.
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Festival

Keywords: Azkuna Zentroa, festival, Gutun Zuria, literature

Azkuna Zentroa holds a new edition of Gutun Zuria, the Bilbao International Literature Festival, from the 2nd to the 6th of April.
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Activities

Keywords: Etopia Center for Art and Technology, Media Facade Academy, urban screens

From the 18th until the 29th of March, Etopia Center for Art and Technology will be hosting the fourth edition of Media Facade Academy, an intensive training program designed for artists, professionals and students from Spain interested in the skills, abilities and the framework needed to operate Etopia’s Media Facade.
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Conference

Keywords: audience development, conference, Etopia Center for Art and Technology, mediation

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Livestream

Keywords: #TheWorkofArt, audience, Elisa Arteta, Etopia Center for Art and Technology, participation, Santiago Latorre

In this edition of #TheWorkofArt, as a prelude to the second smARTplaces conference, we want to answer mainly one question: how does an art center connect its production with its audiences? For this, we will have Betisa Ojanguren, part of the collective in charge of the direction of Centro Huarte in Pamplona.
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Exhibition

Keywords: Van Abbemuseum

In the Vitrine, there will be regularly changing exhibitions. For this, prominent people from Eindhoven and the region make a choice from the collection of the Van Abbemuseum. The display case with the choice of the third guest curator, Pieter van den Hoogenband, is on show from 2 February 2019.
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Exhibition

Keywords: Azkuna Zentroa, photography, selfies, Sun Screen, ZKM Center for Art and Media

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Livestream

Keywords: #TheWorkofArt, Aubrey Powell, Facebook Live, livestream, Pink Floyd

In the new episode of #TheWorkOfArt: Pushing it Forward - The Art of Inspiration we focus on the creative advancement and overcoming of borders. Together with Aubrey Powell, longtime designer of Pink Floyd and co-curator of the Pink Floyd Exhibition at the Dortmunder U and other professionals of the creative industry, we embark on a quest to discover the work of one of the most influential bands of our time.
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Exhibition

Keywords: camping, Dortmunder U, exhibition, UZWEI

Camping im U is an exhibition situated on the 2nd floor of the Dortmunder U offering recovery and fun for all ages!
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Steering Group Meeting

Keywords: livestream, Steering Group Meeting, Van Abbemuseum

From the 5th until the 9th of November 2018 the 6th Steering Group Meeting takes place in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Hosted by smARTplaces parter Van Abbemuseum, focus points include accessibility and inclusion, mediation experiences, change management and data capturing.

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Festival

Keywords: Dortmunder U, festival, Innovative Citizen, technology

'Innovative Citizen - festival for a more democratic technology' will take place in in Etopia from the 24th until the 28th of September and in Dortmund from the 26th to the 28th of October 2018 and again focuses on the democratization of technology.
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Festival

Keywords: Etopia, festival, Innovative Citizen, technology

From the 24th until the 28th of September, Etopia hosts Innovative Citizen. A festival of workshops and participatory activities that celebrate Maker Culture, DIY and sustainability.
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Activities

Keywords: Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum, Young Art Night

The eleventh edition of the Young Art Night at Van Abbemuseum shoots, pops and cracks from the speakers, through the museum spaces into the city on Saturday the 22nd of September.
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Livestream

Keywords: #TheWorkofArt, dance, TaikaBox

Join the third edition of #TheWorkofArt, hosted by Oulu University of Applies Sciences.
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Livestream

Keywords: #TheWorkofArt, Facebook Live, Liechtenstein National Museum

Join the second edition of #TheWorkofArt, hosted by Liechtenstein National Museum
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Activities, Festival

Keywords: dance, Dance and New Media Lab, Etopia Center for Art and Technology, technology

Local artists, students, teachers, researchers and designers participate in Dance and New Media Lab to explore the relationship between technology, body and movement.
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Livestream

Keywords: art and technology, conference, Oamk

As a part of the 5th Steering Group meeting smARtplaces arranges a symposium In Focus :: Arts & Technology II together with Oulu Museum and Science Center Luuppi.
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Steering Group Meeting

Keywords: Oulu, Steering Group Meeting

From the 11th until the 15th of June 2018 the fifth Steering Group Meeting takes place in Oulu, Finland
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Activities

Keywords: cosplay, Etopia, Media Facade Academy

Some nights, Zaragoza travels to the future and becomes the setting for a science fiction movie: when the horizon lights up with the sunset rays behind Etopia’s Media Facade. Passing through the highway with your car, or crossing the bridge, for a few moments you feel in a scene of Blade Runner or Ghost In The Shell.
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Exhibition

Keywords: Art & Technology, Artifical Intelligence, AzkunaZentroa, mediation, New Artistic Forms, social robotics

Prototipoak... and the things we do is Azkuna Zentroa's exhibition for summer 2018, connecting art and robots and bringing them to life in interactive and engaging experiences in the museum.
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Exhibition

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Exhibition

Keywords: Piet Hein Eek, Van Abbemuseum

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Festival

Keywords: Azkuna Zentroa, festival, Gutun Zuria, literature, Nature, writing

Return to Nature, a literary utopia. Azkuna Zentroa is holding the 11th edition of Gutun Zuria, the Bilbao International Literature Festival from the 23rd to the 29th of April. The theme chosen for this new edition of Gutun Zuria has a twofold objective.
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Workshop

Keywords: artists, Azkuna Zentroa, Dortmunder U, Etopia Center for Art and Technology, urban screens, workshop

Media Facade Academy is an intensive training programme aimed to artist interested in the creation of audivisual artworks for urban screens
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Exhibition

Keywords: collection, exchange, exhibition

Inspired by the cabinet of curiosity, Musée de Picardie and the Liechtenstein National Museum offer visitors the opportunity to discover another European country and culture through the exchange of symbolic objects from their collections.

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Conference

Keywords: conference, innovation, smARTplaces | INNOVATION in Culture, ZKM Center for Art and Media

The smARTplaces | INNOVATION in Culture conference analyzes possibilities, and also necessities, of digital renewal within culture and spotlights audience development.

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Exhibition

Keywords: Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, exhibition, Itziar Barrio, Johanna Burton, mediation, museum

Azkuna Zentroa presents Itziar Barrio's exhibition By All Means, curated by Johanna Burton, from the 15th of February to the 6th of May 2018. This show is the artist’s first major survey that brings together her work over the last decade.
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Livestream

Keywords: #TheWorkofArt, artists, Azkuna Zentroa, curating, Facebook Live, livestream

Join the first edition of #TheWorkofArt hosted by Azkuna Zentroa on Facebook live.
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Exhibition

Keywords: contemporary art, music, poetry, Saâdane Afif, WIELS

From the 1st of February until the 22nd of April 2018 smARTplaces partner WIELS exhibits Saâdane Afif: Paroles. Saâdane Afif describes himself as a 'talkative conceptual artist'. His diverse practice - shot through with humour - calls upon the savoir-faire of others, whether artisans, musicians, or writers. The exhibition Paroles presents an overview of his work of the past 15 years. 
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Activities

Keywords: robot, Van Abbemuseum

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Festival

Keywords: biodesign, Dortmunder U, Etopia Center for Art and Technology, festival, Innovative Citizen, joint activity, maker culture, urban development

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Festival

Keywords: Azkuna Zentroa, AzPlay, Dortmunder U, Etopia Center for Art and Technology, video ames

This year the AzPlay International Festival of Independent Games will hold its 8th edition. The Festival organised by Azkuna Zentroa continues with its bet on videogames as an ever more important cultural and industrial phenomenon for yet another year.
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Steering Group Meeting

Keywords: change management, content management, Liechtenstein National Museum, Steering Group Meeting

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Exhibition

The Collection pop-up exhibition present six photographs of Stefan Bremer. Iconic artworks about the dancers are the pearl of the collection. These photographs will be reflected with digital projectors to temporary screens and visible for the audience through the windows. The exhibition space which has large windows will seem like a lighted rectangle in the polar night.
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Exhibition

Keywords: Azkuna Zentroa, exhibition, feminist art, local activity, mediation

Azkuna Zentroa presents Margaret Harrison. Dialogues between sex, class and violence, curated by Xabier Arakistain from the 20th of October 2017 to the 14th of January 2018. It is the first large format retrospective exhibition of this British artist, pioneer in feminist art.
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Exhibition

Keywords: Dortmunder U, Emerging Artists, maker culture

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Virtual event

Keywords: joint activity, robot, Van Abbemuseum, virtual event, ZKM Center for Art and Media

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Festival

Dance and New Media Lab: bringing together choreographic creation and technological experimentation, heading for new directions in contemporary dance.
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Festival

Keywords: Dortmund, festival, Summer at the U

Summer’s back again, so Summer at the U goes to the next round! For the fourth time running, the ship containers in front of Dortmunder U will open their doors from June to August and host a series of art, music and culture events
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Festival

Keywords: Etopia Center for Art and Technology, Radical dB

Radical dB: from the 11th until the 20th of May2017, Etopia Center for Art and Technology presented the most innovative artists in experimental music context.
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Festival

Keywords: Azkuna Zentroa, festival, Gutun Zuria, literature

Gutun Zuria is an International Literature Festival where writers take the floor to reflect on present-day society through their own personal and artistic experiences.
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Exhibition

To mark its 10th anniversary, WIELS presents a large-scale exhibition with existing works and new productions by about 45 contemporary and historical artists that will face, translate and interpret the challenges of museums today, as well as the communities they inspire.
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Social Media Youth Exchange

Youth groups from 4 partner institutions in 3 countries exchange artistic tasks and the results via Instagram without knowing each other personally.
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Livestream

Keywords: #TheWorkofArt, Musée de Picardie

For the final installment of #TheWorkofArt, smARTplaces partner Musée de Picardie takes us behing the scenes of the temporary exhibition 'L'Histoire a... musée du Musée de Picardie' with set designer Alexandra Maringer.
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