RACIF - Robots and Avatars - Collaborative and Intergenerational FuturesAn intercultural, intergenerational and interdisciplinary cultural exploration around a near future world of collaborations between robots, avatars, virtual worlds, telepresence and real time presence within creative places, cultural environments, interactive entertainment and play space. RACIF addresses issues, ethics and concerns for European cultural professionals producing work involving new representational forms of themselves and others in virtual and physical worlds. It examines multi-identity evolutions and virtual mobility in increasing blended virtual/physical domains and the creative collaboration and training methodologies emerging. It explores the emergence of the European (virtual/physical) citizen.Through a distinctive European programme of cultural activities co-ordinator body>data>space (GB) and co-organisers KIBLA (Sl) and AltArt (RO) plus 11 associate partners (from 5 European countries and 1 third country) will engage in a dynamic and deep collaboration process to deliver RACIF. An interwoven set of activities includes artist commissions, a touring exhibition, learning experiences, debates, a camp residency, a website research resource and a book.These activities will engage a wide range of artists, cultural players and recognised experts. The project will network knowledge gained into intergenerational cross sector connections throughout the European Union and internationally. RACIF will embed itself in the proposed 2012 European Year of “Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity” and present into Maribor 2012 - European Capital of Culture. It will be a driver for change and growth, a learning exchange enabling a value chain of shared expertise from research to product to public. The long term aim is a sustained co-operation, a knowledge network that will extend the understanding of working and creating in a C21st world of virtual/physical co-operations.