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STARTS is an initiative of the European Commission to foster alliances of technology and artistic practice. As part of this initiative, the STARTS residencies foster pioneering collaborations and the STARTS Prize honors the most inspired results in the field of creativity and innovation at the crossings of science and technology with the arts. STARTS is funded through various schemes provided by the European Commission.

S+T+ARTS Residency S+T+ARTS Residency STARTS4Water 2022

Watercapitalism

Anna Ridler
S+T+ARTS Residency STARTS4Water

Keywords: water scarcity, the commodification of water; blockchain, nature cultures, social equity

Links: https://starts.eu/challenge-water-capitalism-s4w/
This residency is hosted by LUCA School of Arts and GLUON, with the support of Snowball, Frys, De Watergroep, Antea Group, North Sea Port, Smappee, Timelab, Vlakwa and VITO.
Anna Ridler is an artist and researcher who works with systems of knowledge and how technologies are created in order to better understand the world. She is particularly interested in ideas around measurement and quantification and how this relates to the natural world. Her process involves working with collections of information or data, particularly data sets, exploring how they are created in order to better understand society and the world. She holds an MA in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art and a BA in English Literature and Language from Oxford University along with fellowships at the Creative Computing Institute at University of the Arts London (UAL), Edinburgh University and the Delfina Foundation. Her work has been exhibited at cultural institutions worldwide including Tate Modern, the Barbican Centre, Centre Pompidou, HeK Basel, the ZKM Karlsruhe, Ars Electronica, and the Leverhulme Centre for Future Intelligence. Ridler lives and works in London.