Human-Centred Design Shaping the Future of XR and AI in the Arts
Human-Centred Design Shaping the Future of XR and AI in the Arts Katrien De Moor, David Palma and Ibrahim el Shemy 6 october 2025 New digital tools powered by XR technology and AI are transforming creative processes and how people connect through music and art across the cultural and creative industries (CCIs). These innovation can […]
Exploring the Creative Frontier: A Deep Dive into AI and XR with AMPLIFY & TRANSMIXR
Get ready to explore the new frontier where art, technology, and ethics collide. We are thrilled to announce the “Beyond Reality: Immersive Tech Series,” a three-part webinar event co-organized by the EU-funded AMPLIFY and TRANSMIXR projects. This series is a unique opportunity to learn from leading experts about how Extended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence […]
Reflections from the 3rd Co-Design Session – Music with Babies
Exploring Technology with Care: Reflections from the 3rd Co-Design Session Paulo Lameiro CooperativaParedes de Vitória, 12 September 2025 In 12 September 2025, the AMPLIFY project held its third co-design session with artists, at Mina, Paredes da Vitória, Portugal. This gathering brought together an inspiring group of participants, musicians, a ballerina, production and communication staff, […]
NEXT STAGE Written Interview – Toscana Produzione Musica
Toscana Produzione Musica talks about AMPLIFY by Francesco Mariotti from Toscana Produzione Musica, Pilot Leader for NEXT STAGE 1 September 2025 What is Toscana Produzione Musica’s role in the NEXT STAGE pilot?Toscana Produzione Musica’s role will be to connect the various stakeholders – musicians, audiences, technicians, and organizers – and to coordinate the activities. The […]
La rosa dels set pètals posters, a co-creation process – LICEU
LICEU. La rosa dels set pètals posters, a co-creation process Irene Calvis, 25 July 2025 In 2018, the LiceuApropa social program started a new line of community opera creation, Opera Prima, to develop a production every three years, in which the communities involved participate jointly in its co-creation. Each community project reflects the identity […]
The Rise of Immersive Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges
Beyond the spectacle: rethinking immersion in culture Nicolás Madoery, July 2025 Summary Culture is being reshaped, not only in what we create, but in how we experience and share it. Immersion is one of the most powerful, and contested, tools in this shift. But to make real sense, we must ask not what these […]
The first baby composers in concert
The first baby composers in concert Musicalmente and Paulo Lameiro CooperativePhotos by Joaquim DâmasoInterviews conducted by Jessica GermanoLeiria, 6th July 2025 Yesterday, on 6th July, those who will be the first baby composers in the AMPLIFY project met for the first time in a concert setting at the Miguel Franco Theatre in Leiria, Portugal. A […]
Remote Performance
Remote Performance François Matarasso, July 2025 Going online One of the ways the Covid-19 pandemic changed us was in making it ordinary to communicate online. During the weeks and months of enforced confinement it became normal to sit at a computer and participate in business meetings, university lectures and school lessons. The cultural sector […]
Why AMPLIFY?
Why AMPLIFY? François Matarasso, June 2025 The early days of the Internet were driven by utopian dreams that it would be ‘a tool to empower humanity’,[i] giving people the means to access, create and share knowledge for the universal good. Thirty years later, Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, wrote that ‘for […]
AMPLIFY consortium takes on the Isle of Lewis: forging tomorrow’s cultural landscape
AMPLIFY consortium takes on the Isle of Lewis: forging tomorrow’s cultural landscape North Bragar, Isle of Lewis: 20–21 May 2025 Partners from across Europe came together in the stunning landscapes of the Outer Hebrides last week for the second in-person consortium meeting of the AMPLIFY project. Hosted by Scottish Gaelic arts organisation and AMPLIFY […]
