Philippe Rixhon Associates Ltd

Philippe Rixhon Associates Ltd is an arts & media lab using engineering expertise to advance the arts and artistic creativity to develop technical solutions. 1983: Establishment of the company and launch of the tech division – over the years, we contributed substantially to the global positioning system, logistics simulation, computer integrated manufacturing, knowledge-based configuration and diagnostic systems, predictive maintenance, embedded systems, data mining and analytics, and next generation networks. 2005: Launch of the arts division “L’atelier Spectaculaire” - we focus on performing arts creation, production, and publishing. In 2023-24, we worked on “Landscapes, Writing and Memory”, a literary project at Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, and on “Partnership for Artistic Research in Technology and Sustainability (P+ARTS)” at Accademia di Belle Arti di Bari. 2008-2018: The Aarya project – we designed and deployed new ways to engage fans and audiences including augmented simulcasts, participatory concerts, online, mobile and in-video commerce. 2009-2023: The copyright conundrum – we envisioned the synchronization of content access and authors’ remuneration. We then conducted a series of related researches leading to the “Study on copyright and new technologies” published by the European Commission and a contribution to “Enabling the Internet of Value” published by Springer. 2023: Spin-off of Valunode OÜ, a company intermediating trustworthy data and verifiable credentials to facilitate rights protection and monetisation.