GROW, COOK, CODE. Rethinking Food Futures

S+T+ARTS project MUSAE has hosted 11 international Residencies to explore the future of food through art, technology, and sustainability. 11 pioneering prototypes, developed through cross-sector collaboration, invite visitors to reimagine the future of food. The exhibition will open following the conference RAAD 2025, held at the same venue from June 18 to 20.

GROW, COOK, CODE is the culmination of MUSAE, a three-year project within the S+T+ARTS initiative, which has developed a Design Futures Art-driven (DFA) Method to integrate artistic collaboration into European Digital Innovation Hubs (E-DIHs) and help companies anticipate innovative products and services for the future of food to improve human and planetary well-being.

Over the last months, 11 international Residencies took place across Europe, placing artists at the heart of developing creative, tech-informed responses to the urgent issues facing our food systems—from biodiversity loss and soil depletion to industrialised production and the erosion of culinary traditions.

GROW, COOK, CODE showcases the results of these 10-month collaborations with small and medium-sized companies: a diverse range of projects that include high-tech tools for soil regeneration, community-led platforms to map local biodiversity, and immersive technologies that connect people to farming through sensory experience. Each work acts as a conversation starter, inviting visitors to explore not just new technologies, but new visions for food.

The exhibition will be hosted by the Palace of Science in Belgrade, which reopened its doors in December 2024, and is the first Centre for Research and Science Popularisation in Serbia. The Palace of Science will also be hosting the RAAD Conference from June 18 to 20.

More info in the attached press release.