ASOCIACION ARTE TECNOLOGIA Y SOCIEDAD ARTES

Their core work

A Granada-based arts and technology association that operates at the crossroads of creative practice, digital fabrication, and social innovation. Their work connects maker culture, craft traditions, and generative design with applied research in circular and creative economies. They have also contributed to cultural heritage monitoring projects, bringing a practitioner perspective on how technology serves cultural preservation. In EU research consortia, they appear to serve as a bridge between the arts-and-society community and technically-oriented partners.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first project (Warmest, 2017), the organization was embedded in a technical cultural heritage context — contributing to remote sensing, risk assessment, and predictive maintenance for historical sites. By 2021, with RRREMAKER, the emphasis had shifted entirely toward creative economy: maker culture, craft, generative design, 3D printing, and the orange economy. This is a meaningful pivot — from technology applied to heritage preservation toward technology empowering creative and circular production systems.

This organization is moving steadily toward the intersection of digital fabrication, creative economy policy, and circular production — a space gaining significant traction in EU research funding after 2020.

How they like to work

They have participated in both projects as a consortium partner, never taking a coordinating role — consistent with an association that contributes specialist knowledge rather than managing project administration. Both projects were MSCA-RISE, a mobility-focused scheme that brings together multiple institutions for researcher exchanges, suggesting comfort working within large, internationally distributed teams. With 18 unique partners across 9 countries spread over just two projects, they engage broadly rather than repeatedly relying on the same partners.

Across two projects, they have built connections with 18 distinct partner organizations spanning 9 countries, an unusually wide network for such a small participation record. Their network appears European in scope, consistent with MSCA-RISE mobility consortia that typically span multiple EU and associated countries.

What sets them apart

This association occupies a rare position: a formally structured research participant rooted in arts, craft, and social innovation rather than engineering or natural science. In a CORDIS landscape dominated by universities and technology companies, they represent the practitioner voice of the creative and maker communities. For consortia pursuing Horizon Europe topics around creative industries, cultural heritage, or the social dimensions of circular economy, this profile is genuinely uncommon among Spanish research-registered entities.

Highlights from their portfolio

• RRREMAKER
  Combines AI, circular economy, and maker culture in a single platform — an unusual topic cluster that reflects the organization's distinctive arts-technology identity.
• Warmest
  Their entry into EU research via cultural heritage remote sensing shows an early willingness to engage with technical monitoring methods outside the usual arts-sector comfort zone.