FAST45 Interviews with Stakeholders

In the first part of the FAST45 project, we conducted over 50 stakeholder interviews, talking with experts from all over Europe about their perspectives on the now and possible futures. Here is a list of some of the full-text interviews for you to read!


Interview with Ankna Arockiam, PhD student at the Royal Conservatory of Scotland in Glasgow, founder of a south Asian women's singing group, co-founder of "shared narratives", a platform for researchers of colour in the performing arts, involved in quality enhancement and assurance in higher education, music and arts institutions


Interview with Tere Badia, Secretary General of Culture Action Europe


Interview with Benjamin Benedict, head of High-End Drama and CEO of UFA GmbH fiction


Interview with Antje Boetius, polar and marine researcher with a focus on deep-sea microbiology, ecology and how climate change impacts the oceans. Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Germany


Interview with CJ Carr and Zack Zukowksi, ai specialists, hackers, metalheads, and founders of Dadabots, based in Boston and Sacramento, US


Interview with Yves Citton, director of the University Research School ARTEC for Art, Digital Technology Human Mediation and Creation, Paris 8-Vincennes - St Denis, France


Interview with Frank Feinbube and Pit Humke, both representatives of SAP, Germany. Dr. Frank Feinbube is Head of Strategic Frontrunner Apps & Showcases, SAP Technology & Innovation. Pit Humke is an Expert Software Engineer at SAP Technology & Innovation


Interview with Sean Gregory, director of innovation and engagement, for the Barbican and the Guildhall School, UK


Interview with Sophie Griffon, electronic musician and intervening artist


Interview with Eik Hermann, lecturer of the practice-based theory and philosophy at the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Ehituskunst magazine


Interview with Horst Hörtner, director of the Ars Electronica Futurelab, within the context of the Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria


Interview with Alexander Hollensteiner, general manager of the Kammerakademie Potsdam, Germany


Interview with Flo Kasearu, artist


Interview with Silke Lange, Associate Dean for Learning, Teaching, and Enhancement and Reader in Hybrid and Participatory Pedagogies at University of the Arts, London


Interview with Paalabres, art collective


Interview with Jaime de los Ríos, new media artist, electronic engineer and professor of Applied Design Science and Technology in the design degrees at Kunsthal IED


Interview with Tim Rodenbröker, creative coder and lecturer in several institutions


Interview with Gabriel Rouet, professional support in the SMAC 109 and coordinator of the pop music department at the conservatory of Montluçon


Interview with Susanne Stürmer, president of the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany


Interview with Jiří Tintěra, architect, municipality architect, and senior lecturer. Tintěra has a master's degree in civil engineering and architecture from Prague University of Technology and graduated with a doctorate in civil engineering from Tallinn University of Technology


Interview with Airi Triisberg, freelance art worker, educator and political organizer


Interview with Emmanuel Verges, cultural engineer, co-director of the observatory of cultural policies and director of the Office, France