5th Mai – 4th August | Leonardo, Salt Lake City
Opening: Friday, 4th Mai 2012 8 pm | with electro-acoustic performance by Alexandre Joly at 8:30 pm
Artists: Monika Codourey, Christian Gonzenbach, Alexandre Joly, Roman Keller, Pe Lang, Wenfeng Liao, Alina Mnatsakanian, Nicole Ottiger
In Salt Lake City a selection of eight works will be shown from a total of twenty-four artists who have participated in the Swiss artists-in-labs program since 2007. Two of these works were realised during the Sino-Swiss residency exchange between artists and scientists in Switzerland and China in 2009/10.
The exhibition not only tries to build a bridge between different cultures of knowledge, but moreover points towards promising exchanges between art and science on a global scale.
Saturday, 5th of Mai the Leonardo and the exhibition invite the visitors to take part at various activities as:
12:00 pm: Landscape of Identities Workshop with Alina Mnatskanian
2:00 pm: Sound Landscape Workshop with Alexandre Joly
5:30 pm: When Art Meets Science Panel Discussion. Speakers: Irene Hediger, Curator, Think Art -Act Science, Alina Mnatskanian, Participating Artist, Swiss artists-in-labs, Dr. Nalini Nadkarni, American Ecologist and Rainforest Expert, Ellen Bromberg, Founding Director, Modern Dance Department, University of Utah
Curated by:
Irène Hediger
Catalogue: Think Art – Act Science ed. ACTAR Barcelona New York
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22. September – 12. November | San Francisco Art Institute | Impressions
artists: Monika Codourey, Christian Gonzenbach, Alexandre Joly, Roman Keller, Pe Lang, Wenfeng Liao, Alina Mnatsakanian, Nicole Ottiger
In San Francisco a selection of eight works was shown from a total of twenty-four artists who have participated in the Swiss artists-in-labs program since 2007. Two of these works were realised during the Sino-Swiss residency exchange between artists and scientists in Switzerland and China in 2009/10. Below you will find some impressions.
Impressions Events
Events as part of the Bay Area Science Festival 2011
As part of our exhibition Think Art – Act Science at the San Francisco Art Institute/SFAI (23.9.-12.11.) the following events of the surrounding program will take place this week:
Nov 2 – 6pm (SFAI) Lecture/Performance BEST OF LASER with artist Christian Gonzenbach and scientist Martin Pohl (CERN) as part of the Bay Area Science Festival 2011
Nov 3 – 2pm (SFAI) student workshop REMAKING THE UNIVERSE USING PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ART with artist Christian Gonzenbach and scientist Martin Pohl (CERN)
Nov 3 – 6pm (SFAI) Lecture/Perfromance REMAKING THE UNIVERSE USING PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ART with artist Christian Gonzenbach and scientist Martin Pohl (CERN) as part of the Bay Area Science Festival 2011
For more Information visit: bayareascience.org | thinkartactscience.com