It is our pleasure to announce the beginning of an exciting European research project: Green Atmospheric Plasma Generated Monoatomic OXYgen Technology for Restoration of the Works of Art (MOXY), coordinated by Ghent University, Belgium. The MOXY project stems from NASA and ESA atomic oxygen research and will investigate space materials and technologies for their application for cultural heritage. MOXY aims to be at the cutting edge of the green transformation in CH conservation and will develop highly innovative contactless atomic oxygen technology for cleaning and restoration of works of art and diverse tangible cultural heritage objects in a greener, more effective, and sustainable way. Our international steering committee includes NASA scientists, such as B. Banks, who pioneered atomic oxygen in CH conservation. The MOXY project was funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe in the call Green technologies for Cultural Heritage: HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01-01 (grant agreement ID: 101061336). The Moxy project will be developing groundbreaking space technology, which can have very broad applications combatting eminent threats from climate change, such as soot, smoke, and other contaminants from wildfires and museum fires, vandalism, and environmental pollution. To maximize the impact, we seek to establish contacts, collaborations, and partnerships with ICCROM at an early stage. We would be most interested to discuss partnership ideas in the field of fire damage mitigation and disaster recovery after wildfires or museum fires, where our technology could make far-reaching impacts.
Tomas Markevicius – Postdoctoral (FWO) Researcher / Conservator of Paintings – Scientific Manager Science for Cultural Heritage
MOXY started with a kick-off meeting in Ghent on Nov 7, 2022, our updates will appear on www.moxyproject.eu which is our temporary website, (Instagram @moxy.project, Twitter @project_MOXY) The synopsis of the project can be downloaded from www.moxyproject.eu – Please find attached the MOXY project press release.
