CAPHE is an international, four-year research project aimed at exploring, developing, and expanding a new model of somatic interaction and participation within hybrid environments—spaces that merge physical and virtual layers—between artists and communities rooted in both traditional and digital cultural contexts.
The project advances the concept of Extended Reality Participation by building integrated theoretical and practical frameworks that use new technologies to mediate dialogue, co- creation, and community building. Its goal is to deepen aesthetic experiences within environments where physical and digital worlds intersect.

Project activities include international mobilities focused on knowledge exchange in the fields of humanities, arts, technology, and education. The research examines contemporary forms of social and artistic participation in digital contexts and is carried out in collaboration with academic institutions, cultural organisations, and enterprises from Poland, Portugal, Italy, Greece, the United Kingdom, and Kenya.

Within CAPHE, partners conduct workshops, training sessions, artistic exhibitions, field research, and interviews—both in physical spaces and virtual environments. Collaboration takes place online using Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Extended Reality (XR) technologies. The research team works in experimental hybrid settings that support the stimulation and analysis of socio-artistic interactions, offering a space for reflection on new forms of participation, expression, and co-creation in the digital age.
PUNO is one of the project partners, engaged in research, artistic, and educational activities, supporting the development of innovative creative methods in hybrid physical-virtual environments, as well as disseminating project outcomes within academic and artistic communities.