PROJECTS

projects

MediaFutures ran a support programme for startups, SMEs and artists, selected through a total of three Open Calls and divided in three tracks: Startups for Citizens, Startup meets Artist, and Artists for Media.

1st Cohort Projects

  • The 1st Open Call was launched the 23 of November 2020 until the 28 of January 2021.
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  • The project teams graduated in September 2021, during the 1st MediaFutures DemoDays online.
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2nd Cohort Projects

  • The 2nd Open Call was launched the 25 of November 2021 until the 27 of January 2022.
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  • The project teams graduated in October 2022, during the 2nd MediaFutures DemoDays in Paris.
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3rd Cohort Projects

  • The 3rd Open Call was launched the 28 of June 2022 until the 30 of August 2022.
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  • The project teams graduated in June 2023, during the 3rd MediaFutures DemoDays in Hamburg.
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Open Call
All Cohort Projects
1st Cohort Projects
2nd Cohort Projects
3rd Cohort Projects
Tracks
All Tracks
Startup meets artist
Startups for citizens
Artists for media
Status
All Status
Start
Build
Graduated

START phase: artists and startups selected to work and refine projects (1 month)
BUILD phase: artists selected for a 6-months residency programme
GRADUATED: artists and startups that reached the required percentage of KPI and showcased the artworks during a demo day

730 Hours of Violence

1st Cohort

Artist for Media

Graduated

Atmospheres – Hum Studio interactive

1st Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Start

BKYNDR
(former DEEP)

1st Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Graduated

Hammer & Egg

3rd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Build

B-Ray: a SaaS solution to reveal the social media bots anatomy

2nd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Start

Citizens Economy Dashboard

2nd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Graduated

Community of Conversation

1st Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

Contemporary Tab

1st Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Start

Critical Climate Machine

1st Cohort

Artists for Media

Graduated

Ctrl.Alt.Img.

3rd Cohort

Artists for Media

Build

Cut the BS out

2nd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Start

Dark Listening: Deconstructing Content Discovery Algorithms in Music

3rd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Build

Dataninja
Open the Box

1st Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Start

DATAWARE

3rd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

Disinformation Early Warning Data Tool (DEWARD)

3rd Cohort

Startups for Citizens

Start

DOPPELGÄNGER

2nd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Graduated

Best artists in
Artists for Media track

Edit Wars

2nd Cohort

Artists for Media

Graduated

Ekometic ‘DUBB・E’

3rd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

EPIPHANY: this reality does not exist

2nd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

Factinsect Aquarium

2nd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

Best startup in
Startups for Citizens track

FACTIVERSE – Searching for the truth

2nd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Graduated

FakingNE.WS: video discussions about post-truth

3rd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Build

Best startup in
Startups for Citizens track

GoKind

1st Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Graduated

Best startup in
startup meets Artist track

Truth Detectives (Head Radio)

3rd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Build

Honest Signals

3rd Cohort

Artists for Media

Build

How many heartbeats to send a love email?

2nd Cohort

Artists for Media

Graduated

How to read a Library

1st Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Graduated

HYPERViz

1st Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Graduated

I (be)come

3rd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

infodote – the antidote to misinformation

1st Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

Invisible Voice

2nd Cohort

Artists for Media

Graduated

ISKA42 – OWN

1st Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Start

JECT-SENSE

1st Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Graduated

MAYA

2nd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

mdAID

2nd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

Metagraffiti

3rd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

Mining Hate

3rd Cohort

Artists for Media

Build

Museum of misinformation and disinformation

2nd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Graduated

Museum of
re-information

2nd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

OCHI – Media literacy edutainment App

2nd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Graduated

Online Debate for Impact

3rd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Build

Our Tribune

2nd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Start

Overtone: Misinformation based on Article DNA

3rd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Build

People Supported Intelligence

1st Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Graduated

Polltix – depolarising discussions

2nd Cohort

3rd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Build

PONTE – Participative Open Narrative Transformation and Exchange

1st Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Graduated

PTOLEMY: a history application for a deeper tourism

2nd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Start

Best startup in
Startups for Citizens track

Self

3rd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Build

Questvertising as an alternative for hard paywalls that keeps the reliable content open to the general public.

3rd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Start

Rainbow rights

3rd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Start

Relevanzreporter: Community and data-driven research with the citizens in our city

2nd Cohort

Startup for Citizens

Start

RELU (dancing with REaL and Unreal)

3rd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

SciArt Checker: The Stage on the Screen

2nd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

SINE: Internalizing Science through Art and Visualization of Data from the Natural World

1st Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

Social Sandwich

1st Cohort

Artists for Media

Graduated

Best artists in
Artists for Media track

Sock Puppet Theater

3rd Cohort

Artists for Media

Build

Best artists in
Artists for Media track

Soft Evidence

1st Cohort

Artists for Media

Graduated

Someone Must Have Been Telling Lies

3rd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Start

Synthetic Identity Speculations

2nd Cohort

Artists for Media

Graduated

The Evil Magic Mirror

1st Cohort

Artists for Media

Graduated

The more the better / Two truths and a lie

2nd Cohort

Artists for Media

Graduated

Best startup and best artist in Startup meets Artist track

The oracle network

2nd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Graduated

Time-lapse migration

2nd Cohort

Startup meets Artist

Graduated

Trolls vs Elves. I-doc

3rd Cohort

Artists for Media

Build

VEÏNS – Neighbours

3rd Cohort

Startups for Citizens

Start

Viriditas – screen every investment for climate change risk

3rd Cohort

Startups for Citizens

Start