The project «Pop-up Lab: State of the Art – Science and Art in Practice» originated from a collaboration of representatives from different fields of scientific research (physics, genetics, computer science, cognition and environmental science) and artists (poetry, media-art, sculpture, performance), which formed an exceptional consortium.
During an immersive nine-month residency in a scientific research institute as part of the artists-in-labs program (ICS / ZHdK), the consortium members have all been engaging in a long-term creative dialogue between artists and scientists in the scientific community.
Driven by this cross-disciplinary experience and the intention to raise awareness of the contributions both artists and scientists can make to the larger challenges of our time. The consortium aimed to extend and explore the dialogue and creative process with society and broader publics. The idea was to take scientific and artistic processes out of the lab/studio and bring them directly into the public domain – to explore the interconnections and develop participatory workshops, activities and events.
Therefore an innovative way of communication was developed to invite visitors and offer «hands-on» access to the latest developments in quantum physics, body consciousness and human/machine interaction together with the scientists and artists. Also, visitors were challenged to think about issues such as ecology and environment.
Each encounter was an experimental, interactive event and had a particular and different theme. These events then evolved into a sequence of art-science research projects, including participatory public activities spilling out into the public space and working with local groups.
The website artistsinlabs.ch/en provides detailed information on the projects and participants of «Pop-up Lab: State of the Art – Science and Art in Practice»
Events:
- Book launch and light- and sound installation: Publication «artist-in-labs: Recomposing Art and Science» and light- and sound installation «you are variations, version 08 (prototype 02)» – from Christina Della Giustina and Florian Bachmann and Marcus Pericin (colour-light-center ZHdK), 24th September 2016, Toni Areal, Zurich
- Group exhibition and artists laboratory: R-Climate data as light- and soundscapes: «(in)visible transitions», 30th November 2015, Botanical Garden Zurich, official event of COP21 Paris
- Concert: «Nous sommes des arbres – you are variations», 18th July 2015, Petit Palais, Montreux Jazz Festival
- Concert: «Wier sii d'Böüm», 1st May 2015, Tanzzentrum Sosta, Leuk
- Performance: «Shooting Moments», 4th November 2014, Parenthesis: Unconference – A space to share processes in artistic research, HEAD, Geneva
- «Death of the Author: Poetry of Sleep | Science of Sleep», 27th September 2014, Schule für Dichtung, Vienna
- «Video Ergo Sum. Self-Representations in Art», 14th September 2014, Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendez-Vous (LASER), Pratt Institute in New York City
- Art-Science School Workshop «The Ball», 24th March 2014, Schule Hüenerweid, Dietlikon
- Art and Science on Stage: «The poetry of sleep» and «tune of trees at Lake Leman – 4 songs from inside a tree», 18th July 2013, Petit Palais, Montreux Jazz Festival