S+T+ARTS Regional Centers – Repairing the present

From June 2021 to December 2022, 12 new STARTS Regional Centers come together from 11 different countries with a common mission: Repairing the Present. Onassis Stegi collaborates with 11 European organizations to address the unintended consequences of steadfast technological development resulting in the European continent’s present social, economic, and environmental challenges. Together these organisms will propose ways of tapping into the potential of artists to act as catalysts for change and actively contribute to innovation.

The programs explore the possibility of Repairing the Present through resource, urban, ICT & art-powered transformations at a regional level. By creating the context for innovation processes at the nexus of science, technology, and the arts, the projects encourage a critique of the present, an exploration beyond its current limitations, and the reimagination of other possible futures. While the challenges addressed are pan-European or global, the solutions require a focus on specific local problems. Thus, in Repairing the Present the partners think globally but act locally, by defining challenges that need to be urgently addressed within their localities.

S+T+ARTS is an initiative of the European Commission to foster alliances of science, technology, and the arts, that effectively implement a European approach to technological innovation centered on human needs and values.