VERTIGO - STARTS Residencies - Public dataset

1 - Summary

This archive contains a set of texts produced in the framework of the VERTIGO European project in charge of the STARTS Residencies program. More details about VERTIGO and STARTS Residencies are given in the following section. 

The STARTS Residencies program of art-science residencies was organised at an unprecedented scale and generated new knowledge which may be useful for further studies. This knowledge concerns the methodology it developed for art-science team building (the process of the call), for ensuring their proper execution through a formalised monitoring approach, and detailed information about each of the residencies and of the concerned stakeholders (Artists, Tech Projects, Producers).

These texts are all extracted from the project’s website vertigo.starts.eu and the purpose of this archive is twofold :
• to give long-term access to a set of data which is expected to last beyond the life cycle of the vertigo.starts.eu website
• to provide additional rights of use beyond the website’s copyright terms which limit the use to access. The terms of the license are specified in an attached document.

2 - Introduction to VERTIGO – STARTS Residencies 

VERTIGO is a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) N°732112 under the European H2020 ICT S+T+ARTS initiative, innovation at the nexus of Science Technology, and the ARTS, supported by the European Commission - DG-CONNECT. STARTS promotes the arts as catalysts for efficient conversion of science and technology knowledge into products, services, and processes. 

The period of execution of VERTIGO was from December 2016 to May 2020 (42 months). It was managed by a European consortium including the following partners :
• IRCAM-Centre Pompidou (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique, France) – Project Coordinator : Hugues Vinet (IRCAM)
• Fhg-IUK (ICT Group of the Fraunhofer Institute, Germany)
• EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
• Inova+ (SME, Portugal)
• Artshare (SME, Portugal)
• Libelium (SME, Spain)
• Association Culture Tech (France)

VERTIGO was selected in the framework of the first H2020 ICT Call (ICT36-2016) supporting the STARTS initiative. To achieve its objectives, the STARTS Residencies program managed by VERTIGO has organised and funded artist residencies within Tech Projects - companies, research labs, universities and consortia located in Europe and managing research, development and innovation project, either internal or collaborative. 

The STARTS Residencies program was organised in 3 yearly open calls for proposals which were selected by an international jury. A total budget of 900.000 € has been allocated for funding the participation of artists in 45 residencies. The selected artists were expected to contribute to the innovative aspects of Tech Projects’ research by bringing original perspectives through artistic practices. Those practices would lead to the production of original artwork based on the project technology and featuring novel use-cases with a high potential for innovation. STARTS Residencies also acted as a platform to showcase produced works to the public and actors of innovation in the framework of various public events and communication actions and through the development of the STARTS starts.eu web site.

The three yearly calls for the selection of the residencies stakeholders took place from 2017 to 2019, each of which included two steps: first a call for Tech Projects interested in hosting an artist which resulted in the selection and publication of a list of available Tech Projects, and then a call for artistic residencies based on one Tech project from the list and aiming at producing an artwork based on the Tech Project technology. Artists could apply alone or together with a Producer, an organisation willing to bring additional support (funding, production means) to the residency and the artwork production and dissemination. STARTS Residencies also therefore organised a call for Producers available for considering joint applications with artists. After review of the residencies application by the concerned Tech Projects representatives, an international jury then selected the best STARTS residencies matching the various defined criteria including the congruence with the Tech Project’s expectations, the artistic quality, the technical approach, the potential innovation impact and the relevance of the implementation plan. 
Once residencies were selected, a process of collaboration was started and coordinated by one representative of VERTIGO-STARTS Residencies, following a monitoring methodology defined for all the residencies. This process, which started with the signature of a co-production agreement between all stakeholders (Tech project, artist(s), VERTIGO representative, optional Producer) included 3 formal meetings (inception, mid-term, completion) with defined deliveries for each of them. 

VERTIGO also developed the starts.eu web platform as the main matchmaking hub of the STARTS community. All information about VERTIGO and its STARTS Residencies program is presented in the subdomain vertigo.starts.eu. It contains all public information about the selected residencies, the selected Tech Projects and Producers, the presentation of events in which the residencies were presented, as well as all written public documentation (deliverables, brochure, event programs, etc.).

3 - Contents of the dataset

The dataset contents can be summarised as follows :

• a presentation of each of the 45 residencies with one directory per artist, made of the following elements  :
   o The residency portfolio: produced by the VERTIGO partners at the completion of the residency, it provides all factual information (involved stakeholders, the period of execution), abstracts, and a synthesis on the residency: its elements of specificity, its impact in terms of innovation and public information available (events, publications, etc.); 
   o 3 questions to the artist: asked the artist at the beginning of the residency
   o The residency final public report produced by the artist at the end of the residency

• a presentation of the selected Tech Projects, not only the ones involved in the implemented residencies, but also the ones that published their offer to host a residency without an actual implementation as part of STARTS Residencies. These texts were produced following the same template by all the Tech Projects to be included in the list of available Tech Projects for the artistic calls. They include an abstract, a summary of their main challenges, what they expect from the artists and which resources they foresee to bring them. It should be noted that their situation may have evolved from these initial statements and the moment when they hosted a residency. 

• a presentations of the available Producers: similarly to Tech Projects, texts of presentation of organisations that advertised their availability for co-applying with an artist for an artistic residency.

1 - 概述

本归档文件包含由负责STARTS驻留计划（STARTS Residencies）的欧洲VERTIGO项目（VERTIGO）所产出的一系列文本。关于VERTIGO项目与STARTS驻留计划的更多详情，请参见后续章节。

STARTS驻留计划作为艺术-科学驻留项目，以空前的规模开展，并生成了可供后续研究参考的全新知识成果。这些知识成果涵盖其为艺术-科学团队组建（即提案征集流程）所开发的方法论、通过标准化监测流程保障驻留计划顺利实施的方法，以及每一项驻留项目与相关参与方（艺术家、技术项目方（Tech Projects）、合作方（Producer））的详细信息。

所有文本均从项目官网vertigo.starts.eu提取，本归档文件的设置目标有二：
• 为该数据集提供长期访问渠道，使其存续时间超出vertigo.starts.eu官网的生命周期；
• 提供超出官网版权限制的额外使用权限——官网版权仅允许访问使用。本归档的许可条款详见随附文档。

2 - VERTIGO项目与STARTS驻留计划简介

VERTIGO是欧盟地平线2020计划（Horizon 2020）下ICT S+T+ARTS倡议（聚焦科学、技术与艺术交叉领域的创新）所属的协调与支持行动（Coordination and Support Action, CSA），项目编号为732112，由欧盟委员会DG-CONNECT总司资助。STARTS倡议将艺术视为推动科学技术知识高效转化为产品、服务与流程的催化剂。

VERTIGO项目的执行周期为2016年12月至2020年5月（共42个月），由包含以下合作方的欧洲合作联合体负责运营：
• 法国声学与音乐研究协调中心（IRCAM，隶属于蓬皮杜中心）——项目牵头方：Hugues Vinet（IRCAM）
• 德国弗劳恩霍夫研究所ICT业务部（Fhg-IUK）
• 瑞士洛桑联邦理工学院（EPFL）
• 葡萄牙中小企业Inova+
• 葡萄牙中小企业Artshare
• 西班牙中小企业Libelium
• 法国文化科技协会（Association Culture Tech）

VERTIGO项目在首批支持STARTS倡议的欧盟地平线2020 ICT征集计划（ICT36-2016）中成功入选。为达成项目目标，VERTIGO负责运营的STARTS驻留计划在欧洲境内的技术项目方（涵盖企业、研究实验室、高校及合作联合体，负责开展自研或协作式研发创新项目）内部组织并资助了艺术家驻留项目。

STARTS驻留计划共开展了3届年度公开提案征集，由国际评审团负责遴选。本次计划共拨付90万欧元的总预算，用于资助45项驻留项目中的艺术家参与。获选艺术家需通过艺术实践带来原创视角，为技术项目方的研发创新环节贡献价值，相关实践将基于项目技术产出原创艺术作品，并打造具备高创新潜力的全新应用场景。此外，STARTS驻留计划还通过各类公共活动、传播行动以及STARTS官网（starts.eu）的搭建，成为向公众与创新参与者展示产出作品的平台。

驻留计划参与方的年度征集工作于2017年至2019年间开展，每一届征集均包含两个阶段：首先面向有意向承接艺术家驻留的技术项目方开放征集，最终遴选并公布可承接驻留的技术项目清单；随后基于该清单中的技术项目，启动艺术驻留提案征集，旨在依托对应技术项目的技术基础产出艺术作品。艺术家可单独提交申请，或与合作方联合申请——合作方指愿意为驻留项目及艺术作品的制作与传播提供额外支持（包括资金、制作资源）的机构。因此，STARTS驻留计划同时开放了合作方征集通道，招募可与艺术家联合申报的合作机构。在相关技术项目方代表对驻留申请进行初审后，国际评审团将依据多项既定标准遴选优质STARTS驻留项目，评估标准包括与技术项目方预期的契合度、艺术品质、技术路径、潜在创新影响力以及实施计划的合理性。

驻留项目入选后，VERTIGO-STARTS驻留计划将指派专人协调，按照针对所有驻留项目制定的标准化监测流程启动协作流程。该流程以所有参与方（技术项目方、艺术家、VERTIGO代表、可选合作方）签署联合创作协议为起点，包含三次正式会议（启动会、中期会、结项会），每一次会议均有明确的交付物要求。

VERTIGO还搭建了starts.eu网络平台，作为STARTS社区的核心对接枢纽。VERTIGO项目及其STARTS驻留计划的所有相关信息均在子域名vertigo.starts.eu发布，其中包含获选驻留项目、获选技术项目方与合作方的全部公开信息、驻留项目展示活动详情，以及所有公开书面文档（交付物、宣传手册、活动议程等）。

3 - 数据集内容

本数据集的内容可归纳如下：
• 45项驻留项目的详情介绍：每位艺术家对应一个专属目录，包含以下内容：
o 驻留项目卷宗：由VERTIGO合作方在驻留项目结项后编制，涵盖所有事实性信息（涉及的参与方、执行周期）、摘要，以及驻留项目的综合总结：包括其特色亮点、创新影响力及可公开获取的相关信息（活动记录、出版物等）；
o 艺术家驻留初期问卷：驻留启动时向艺术家征集的三个问题；
o 艺术家驻留结束后提交的驻留最终公开报告。
• 获选技术项目方的详情介绍：不仅包含实际承接了驻留项目的技术项目方，还涵盖在STARTS驻留计划中发布了驻留承接意向但未实际开展驻留的技术项目方。所有纳入艺术征集候选清单的技术项目方均按照统一模板编制了介绍文本，内容包括项目摘要、核心挑战总结、对艺术家的预期以及可提供的配套资源。需注意的是，技术项目方的实际情况可能与初始声明存在差异，尤其在其承接驻留项目的阶段。
• 合作方的详情介绍：与技术项目方类似，所有对外宣称可与艺术家联合申报艺术驻留项目的机构均按照统一模板编制了介绍文本。