Tag: Arts at CERN
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Alice Bucknell wins the second edition of the Collide Copenhagen residency award
Following an international open call launched in collaboration with Copenhagen Contemporary in January, Arts at CERN announced today that the artist Alice Bucknell is the recipient of the second Collide Copenhagen residency award. Established in 2012, Collide is Arts at CERN’s international residency award, where the residency is a unique opportunity for artists working in the crossovers between art, science and technology to…
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CERN and the Swiss Arts Council announce the artists selected for the sixth edition of Connect
Connect is an art residency programme launched by Arts at CERN and Pro Helvetia in 2021. Dedicated to Swiss-based artists working at the intersection of science and artistic research, this research-led residency invites them to come to CERN to explore ideas and develop new work. The selected duo is composed of Robin Meier Wiratunga and Vimala Pons. Meier Wiratunga is…
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CERN and Pro Helvetia announce selected artists for the Connect Chile residency
Connect is a biannual juried award that supports outstanding practice by artists at any stage of their career who are interested in the dialogue between art and science. Connect Chile invited a selection of artists to propose ideas for a residency in both locations. The two honorees will complete a dual residency, spending three weeks at CERN,…
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Joan Heemskerk wins CERN’s Collide Copenhagen residency award
Following an international open call launched in collaboration with Copenhagen Contemporary in March, Arts at CERN announced today that Dutch artist Joan Heemskerk is the winner of the first Collide Copenhagen residency award. Collide is the flagship programme of Arts at CERN, which invites artists worldwide from all creative disciplines to submit proposals for a research-led residency grounded on interactions with CERN’s scientific community. The eleventh edition of Collide, and the…
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Ten years on, Arts at CERN cements its role fostering dialogue between physics and art
This summer, Arts at CERN launched an open call for scientists to take part in conversations with artists. Artists all over the world are eager to engage with the big questions pursued by fundamental science, and one of the main goals of Arts at CERN is to facilitate these connections. Having received more than 60…
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Tania Candiani starts her residency and art commission
Tania Candiani starts her research stay at CERN as part of the Guest Artists programme, aiming to interweave the narrative of quantum physics and ancestral Indigenous knowledge. Mexican artist Tania Candiani works with various media and practices, engaging with association narratives by rearranging, remixing and playing with correspondences between technology, knowledge and thought. In 2020,…
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Dorota Gaweda and Egle Kulbokaite win Collide residency award
The Polish–Lithuanian duo, based in Switzerland, were selected as the winners of this year’s edition alongside three Honorary Mentions. Polish artist Dorota Gawęda and Lithuanian artist Eglė Kulbokaitė, a duo based in Basel, Switzerland, have been selected as the winners of this year’s edition of the Collide award alongside three Honorary Mentions. Collide is the flagship programme…
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CERN’s newly appointed Cultural Advisory Board holds its first meeting
On Thursday, 25 November CERN will convene the first meeting of its newly appointed Cultural Advisory Board. Comprising experts and leaders from the arts and science sectors, the Board will provide advice to shape the Laboratory’s arts programme and promote CERN’s engagement with art in collaboration with leading cultural organisations. The CERN Cultural Advisory Board…
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Collide residency award launches new call for entries
Today, Arts at CERN launches a new call for Collide, its flagship residency programme, in partnership with the City of Barcelona. Artists from all around the world are invited to submit their proposals for a research-led residency. The laureate, an individual artist or artistic collective, will be invited to spend three months dedicated to artistic research and exploration…
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Arts at CERN and Pro Helvetia extend their partnership with the launch of “Connect”
Since 2014, Arts at CERN and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia have been working together to foster experimentation through the arts in connection with fundamental research. For the next four years, this partnership will be taken to the next level as part of Pro Helvetia’s “Arts, Science and Technology” focus to support artistic exploration…