Technology transfer specifics in the humanities

The conference workshop Technology transfer specifics in the humanities on 10 June, 2022 is a multiplier event of the EHP-CZ-ICP-2-006 project The technology and knowledge transfer based on Norway-Czech cooperation. The project is funded by the EEA Funds 2014-2021 Education Program. Through the EEA Funds, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway are contributing to reducing economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area (EEA) and strengthening cooperation with 15 European countries.“ See the project page for more details.

Speaker: doc. Mgr. art. Ing. Richard Kitta, ArtD. 
Vice Dean for Arts, Science and Research Activities 
Faculty of Arts, Technical university of Košice, Slovakia 

Title of the presentation: Media art platforms for synergistic technology transfer 

Profile: Richard Kitta (1979) is a multimedia artist, theorist, cultural activist and university lecturer. He is man behind the well-established “glocal” art projects of the DIG (Digital Intervention Group), MAO (Media Art Office), Creative Playgrounds, ENTER and Kotolňa space. His participation with the DIG platform in the prestigious EDASN international project with Ars Electronica, Linz (Austria) from 2014 to 2017 significantly contributed to Košice being named the UNESCO – Creative City of Media Arts in 2017. In 2021 he initiated the special technology transfer project CORE (Compact Open Responsive Environment) dedicated to innovative methods of generating and processing artistic multimedia content. 

Outline of the talk: Media art platforms of nowadays offer inspiring original concepts, including specific tools that (in)directly support synergistic technology transfer in the humanities. On the one hand, they offer creative possibilities for individual strategies, on the other hand, in conjunction with technological solutions, they are often suitable prototypes for the development of various humanities and creative industries with overlaps into the socio-cultural or economic zone.