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MUSAE Podcast Episode 2 :

Food As Medicine: Shaping a Healthier, Sustainable Future

In this episode, Carmen Bruno shares her deep expertise in leveraging European initiatives that blend creativity with technology to address pressing challenges in the food industry. Our conversation delves into how MUSAE is tackling complex issues, from enhancing nutrition and promoting well-being to creating a more sustainable food supply chain. The project empowers companies to innovate responsibly, offering a visionary framework through residencies and cascade funding opportunities that provide innovators with the resources to drive meaningful change.

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EVENT: MUSAE KICK-OFF | 2nd Art-Tech Experiment

September 2024
Milan, Italy

MUSAE 2nd Residency kick-off in Milan. The residency is designed to help winning teams explore food-as-medicine challenges and develop innovative concepts to improve health outcomes through dietary interventions.

MUSAE Podcast Episode 1:

MUSAE is an EU Horizon funded project developing approaches for art-driven innovation.

In this episode, we hear from the MUSAE project manager Tatiana Efremenko, an AI expert – Prof. Petia Radeva and an artist – Cathrine Kramer, who interacted creatively in this project to address global food related challenges to improve people and the planets well-being.

EVENT: Future Foodscapes Exhibition Overview

9-10 April 2023
Barcelona, Spain

The exhibition “Future Foodscapes”, organized by University of Barcelona, took place in the historic building of the University of Barcelona, located in the heart of the city. The chosen space was the vestibule of this historic building, a feature greatly appreciated by its visitors.

The exhibition aimed to provide artists in the first residency the opportunity to showcase their artworks, prototypes, and research processes to the general public for two days. Following this, the artists had the opportunity to present their projects individually to the general public, SMEs, and cultural agents in Barcelona.

The artworks presented were an extension and synthesis of what had been developed during MUSAE’s first art-tech residency. The artists worked closely with their mentors to formalize and finalize their artworks. The objective was to disseminate each project so that SMEs, companies, DIHs, and cultural entities in Barcelona and Europe could learn more about them. This aimed to generate interest among SMEs, promoting collaboration and support for the projects created during the first residency, thereby providing continuity into the MUSAE S+T+ARTs second residency.

During the preparation of the first phase of the residency, the artists formalized their work based on three initially proposed technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Wearables and Robotics. To materialize their works, the artists used multiple formats such as video, multi-screen, 3D printing, textile printing, programming, art books and performance. Their vision focused on the possible application of their work in the food industry, following the motto “Food as Medicine”. The aim of these projects was the exploration of alternative futures to seek more sustainable and healthy ways of food production, with improvements in labor and environmental policies, and to market quality products that are accessible to all.

Most of the works presented in MUSAE’s first artistic residency were inspired by functional and socio-cultural aspects. This sparked the interest of health and wellness companies, culinary education institutions, and the food industry. The exhibition proposed personalized nutrition solutions, the development of artificial intelligence-driven recipes, and innovations in technologically enhanced kitchen appliances. The food industry, eager to stay ahead of consumer trends, could explore AI- and robotics-driven recipe development to meet the growing demand for innovative and health-friendly culinary offerings.

In the next booklet, you can check each artwork developed by the 12 artists: Chloé Rutzerveld, Lisa Mandemaker, Eleonora Ortolani, Sanja Sikoparija, Nonhuman Nonsense, Baum & Leahy, Peter Andersen, The Center for Genomic Gastronomy, Frederik De Wilde, Maciej Chmara, Katarina Andjelkovic, and Irena Djukanovic.

Photos courtesy: University of Barcelona – Culture Department, 2024
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EVENT: MUSAE Technology Training Workshop

Navigating Sustainable Technology in the Food System through AI, Robotics, and Wearables

November 2023
Barcelona, Spain

MUSAE consortium, together with 10 artists and external guest speakers, met in Barcelona to explore and discuss the impact and opportunities of technologies in the domain of food systems.

External Speakers:

The Ethics of Generative AI – Jordi Vitria

Date: 7-Nov-2023
Time: 10:00 CET

Bio Sketch:
Jordi Vitrià is a Full Professor at Universitat de Barcelona since 2007. He teaches courses on algorithms and data, AI ethics, data science, and deep learning. His research initially focused on digital image analysis and quantitative information extraction when personal computers had limited memory. Over time, his work shifted towards computer vision problems. Currently, he leads a research group working on causal inference, computer vision, and machine learning. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journals and holds international patents. Additionally, he has supervised 14 Ph.D. theses in the field of machine learning and computer vision.

Transcend Binary: Merging Story, AI, and Food Culture by NFB Creator – Alex Boya

Date: 7-Nov-2023
Time: 10:00 CET

Bio Sketch:
Jordi Vitrià is a Full Professor at Universitat de Barcelona since 2007. He teaches courses on algorithms and data, AI ethics, data science, and deep learning. His research initially focused on digital image analysis and quantitative information extraction when personal computers had limited memory. Over time, his work shifted towards computer vision problems. Currently, he leads a research group working on causal inference, computer vision, and machine learning. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journals and holds international patents. Additionally, he has supervised 14 Ph.D. theses in the field of machine learning and computer vision.

EVENT: Visiting the University College Dublin

October 2023
Dublin, Ireland

The training in Food as Medicine took place in University College Dublin over three days (04-06th October 2023) with 10 artists of the first art-technology experiment. The training included explanatory sessions to introduce the topic, information sessions to explore the research environment related to “Food and Medicine”, interactive meetings and individual time slots to reflect. Through activities such as tracking their own diet and participating in the sensory evaluation of food, the artists had a deep dive into key aspects of food and health research. Interactive sessions with researchers to discuss their work spanning from soil to health enabled a broad understanding of key challenges in food and health research.

EVENT: MUSAE Kick-off week

September 2023
Milan, Italy

MUSAE 1st Residency kick-off in Milan. The residency is designed to help artists envision future scenarios related to the food domain to improve people’s and the planet’s well-being.