Swiss artists-in-labs

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Projektbeschreibung

Das Swiss artists-in-labs Programm ist in der schweizerischen Forschungslandschaft an den Schnittstellen von Kunst und Wissenschaft angesiedelt.

Dazu gehören die Erarbeitung und die Beobachtung der Veränderungen von neuen Tätigkeitsfeldern in einem wissenschaftlichen Umfeld. Kommunikation, Wahrnehmung, Imagination (im Sinne von ästhetischer Erfahrung) stehen im Mittelpunkt des Austauschs und des gemeinsamen Handelns. Das AIL-Projekt lotet das Forschungspotential in der angewandten Forschung an der Schnittstelle von Kunst und Wissenschaft aus und ermöglicht KünstlerInnen und DesignerInnen neue Erfahrungen zu machen.

Diese beinhalten die Erwerbung neuen technischen Know-hows sowie den Zugang zu ungewohnten Werkzeugen und Konzepten in der besonderen Umgebung wissenschaftlicher Labors. Jedes Jahr arbeiten Kulturschaffende in vier Schweizer Wissenschaftslaboren.

Current and past Residencies

Swiss artists-in-labs 2011

Swiss artists-in-labs 2010

Swiss artists-in-labs 2009

Swiss artists-in-labs 2008

Swiss artists-in-labs 2007

Indo-Swiss Residency Exchange 2011

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Sino-Swiss Residency Exchange

For the first time since its inception, a non-Western country has been added to the programme for the period of 2009/2010. Selected artists from China and Switzerland have thus been offered a five months stay in Swiss and Chinese scientific institutions respectively. The focus was on research fields such as environment, water, permafrost and biology. The Sino-Swiss Residency Exchange was conceived and realised by Swiss artists-in-labs program in cooperation with Pro Helvetia Zurich/Shanghai as a part of ist exchange and cooperation program „Swiss Chinese Explorations“.

The created artworks were presented in the exhibition „Shanshui – Both Ways“ in Shanghai and Berne in 2010.

 

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Think Art - Act Science

Link: thinkartactscience.com

Exhibition Concept

"Think Art -Act Science" [in combination with "Shanshui -80th Ways") is an exhibition of works from sixteen artists who have engaged in a long-term creative dialogue with scientists. These artists have all been exposed to specific debates within the scientific research community through an immersive nine month residency. Among them a group of four participated in a specific Sino-Swiss residency exchange with two artists of each country exploring for five month not only a scientific environment, but the sociocultural interaction within the host country.

As science is looking for new ways to interpret itself, so art is thinking about the position and actions of science in society. And just as the art & science collaborations are creating a new paradigm, so too is this exhibition, as the curator aims to visualize the collaborative processes, rather than present finished works. "Think Art -Act Science" explores the manifold dynamics of the collaborations and the resulting works show the communication potential of artists' responses to scientific research. The works investigate the role of technical progress in our information society and how empirical knowledge is situated in a specific time or place, and in doing so position the viewer in a different relationship to science, thus making critical scientific issues more transparent.

Perceptions that science is literal, and art figurative are blurred,  and fixed notions of cultural cartography in art and science are  questioned.

The exhibition is arranged around three main research themes addressed by artistic investigations:

  • Ecology and Environment
  • Spatial Awareness and Emotions
  • Exploration of New Technologies

Research History

From 2003-2005, the artists-in-labs project, was an international pilot project initiated by Prof. Dr. Jill Scott, Rene Stettler and Marille Hahne. It was financed by the KTI/CTI (Ministry for innovation and Technology) Switzerland and 12 artists were awarded residencies in 9 Swiss Science Labs. This project raised awareness about complex scientific information and the public's access to this information. Pertinent comparisons were conducted about the differences in methods and methodologies and this caused an increase in conceptual and social discourse. The scientists changed their perspectives about art and the know-how transfer between artists and scientists was greatly expanded. The project also raised many critical questions about the need to share skills and the potentials of Trans-disciplinary education.

Publications

Project Financing

  • Bundesamt für Kultur BAK/ Sitemapping
  • ICS

Leading House

  • ICS/ZHdK