ABSTRACT
Ongoing digital transformation is profoundly changing industry, science and technology. Linking technology and artistic practice is today being considered a win-win exchange between European innovation policies and the art world, up to the point that it would be counterproductive to restrict artistic freedom and independence through the current linear and incrementally oriented patterns of invention and production. It is evident that the Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the biggest game changers for modern societies, whereby the IoT deployment is highly challenging when it comes to address all the industrial domains and the needs of the stakeholders and end-users. And here it is precisely where artists and artistic practices can team up with product and process innovators, because their stimulating ideas and out-of-the-box thinking contribute to a successful transfer into the era of a hyper-connected and potentially more sustainable society.
