R+D+i

Through this line, the Foundation develops co-creation workshops that take as their starting point challenges or theories proposed by scientists, experts or researchers. The processes close with a performance based on the knowledge provided by the latter and a debate in which the public participates actively. This line of activities encourages the transfer of knowledge to society and promotes the inclusion of artistic disciplines as a fundamental part of the research processes. Through these activities, experts can collect data, information or ideas that allow them to continue working on their studies, research and laboratories.

Projects

Workshop #20 - Neural Networks

04/03/2024

Neural networks - Workshop #20 is an art and science workshop that is part of the project Conexiones en la Frontera co-funded by the FECYT. Co-led by Épica and the IGTP, the project is based on the combination of scientific excellence and the performing arts as a common language. In addition to the IGTP, the project involves research groups from the CSIC and the Computer Vision Centre.

REGIONAL S+T+ARTS Centres | AIR for European Resilience

12/07/2023

AIR for European Resilience, a project of the S+T+ARTS Regional Centres initiative, is an initiative led by the Media Solution Center BW that proposes, through the creation of a consortium of 8 partners from 5 different European countries, the creation of 4 S+T+ARTS Regional Centres in Germany, Spain, Italy and Slovenia.

SCENE

01/02/2023

Searchable multi-dimensional Data Lakes supporting Cognitive Film Production & Distribution for the Promotion of the EuropeaN Cultural HeritagE, is a project funded by the European Commission and led by CERTH that aims to create a globally competitive European film industry through AI and cultural heritage.

FECYT's White Paper

16/06/2023

Conceptualization process, design and development of the new format for the update of the White Paper on the Interrelation between Art, Science, Technology and Society in Spain of the Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT).

Workshop #19 - Neurotransmitters

24/03/2023

Co-creation workshop between art and science that serves as a laboratory for invited experts and scientists to develop their studies and research both during the public presentation and during the creative process. The aim of the project, focusing in this edition on Neurotransmitters as a framework concept, is to validate the role of art in R&D&I processes, together with science and technology.

Épica in The Next Renaissance | ZKM

10/03/2023

The Epica Foundation La Fura dels Baus is participating in the programme of activities on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition "Renaissance 3.0" at the ZKM on 24 and 25 March 2023. The programme, framed within the platform of "The Next Renaissance" EIT Culture and Creativity, will feature speakers such as Bernd Fesel, Michael Resch, Alexander Mankowsky, Daria Tataj, among others.

Survival vs Resilience

11/07/2022

Co-creation workshop between art and science that serves as a laboratory for invited experts and scientists to develop their studies and research both during the public presentation and during the creative process. The objective of the project is to validate the role of art in R+D+i processes, together with science and technology.

UNESCO: Media Arts Creative Cities Forum 2021

07/10/2021

2021 Net Play Beyond Network Performance: This is Not a Game is a collaborative, real-time distributed digital experiment created to be showcased during the UNESCO Digital Arts Creative Cities Network Policy Forum 2021.

European Performing Science Night

01/05/2021

Initiative framed in the European Night of Researchers whose main objective is to bring researchers closer to the public and promote their recognition, their work and the value they bring to society.

La Tempestad en Casa

02/09/2020

Collective, virtual and remote experiment carried out in co-production with the International Cervantino Festival, the National Theater Company of Mexico, with the participation of the stable cast of the CNT and Young Creators of FONCA.

¿Quién gana la corona?/ Bodas de Sangre

25/05/2020

Virtual and interactive performance cycle created with the aim of exploring participation with the audience through gamification techniques and collaborative work.

La Maldición de la Corona

13/04/2020

Collective, virtual and remote experiment born during the confinement by COVID-19. The project, in which 30 creatives and 3 research groups have participated, proposes a reflection on how to approach creativity in confinement.

Complex systems

30/11/2019

Our cells collide, collaborate, chain, camouflage, commit suicide, strategize, rebel, conceive, fight, work as a team, and give rise to extraordinary phenomena. And we? This project proposes collaborative work between science, art and technology based on scientific knowledge and challenges: cancer, neuromuscular diseases, gaming and neuroscience.

Collaboration FIB-UPC

15/01/2019

Periodic collaboration with the Faculty of Computer Engineering of the UPC to work around a crossmedia application and its interconnection with the Internet of Things and Smart Cities, for personalized communication in large audiences in a show.

Information vs Memory

18/12/2018

Multidisciplinary co-creation workshop whose result is a public exhibition of the result of the creation process based on challenges of researchers in neuroscience, biology, gastronomy, supercomputing, active aging... The CVC, IDIBELL, Mugaritz and the Department of Philosophy of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, among others, participated in the project.