MUSAE: Fusion of art and technology to address challenges in food and health

Aoife O'Gorman, McMahon Lauryn, Tatiana Efremenko, Marita Canina, Petia Ivanova Redava, Luis Eloy Puig, Angelo Cangelosi, Francesco Ferro, Francesco Dellino, Ramona Van Gansbeke, Maria Bulgheroni, Kosta Jovanovic, Lorraine Brennan

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Abstract

There is an urgent need to transform our current food system to improve population health/wellbeing and planetary health. A number of challenges exist in order to achieve this. Artists, with their innate ability to use imagination to envision future needs and solve problems, represent a key group in this transformation. The project MUSAE brings together artists with experts from different disciplines to define an innovative model to integrate artistic collaboration in the (European) Digital innovation hubs (E-DIHs). They will employ the Design Futures Art-Driven (DFA) methods to enable artists and a range of companies involved in food production and distribution to develop innovative products and services that address key issues in the food system. MUSAE will run two residencies involving 23 artists and 11 SMEs working with three main technologies—Artificial Intelligence, Wearables and Robotics—to envision the future scenarios for societal needs and technology applications, as well as develop future-driven prototypes, thus opening new markets and innovations in the area of food.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)120-131
JournalNutrition Bulletin
Volume50
Issue number1
Early online date26 Nov 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2025

Keywords

  • design futures art-driven
  • digital and sustainable transformation
  • food as medicine
  • health and wellbeing

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