Artist-in-Lab Indo-Swiss Residency Exchange 2012/13

Announcing the names of the recipients of the Artist-in-Lab Indo-Swiss Residency which is supported by swissnex India and Pro Helvetia New Delhi.

Supported by swissnex India and Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council

the artists-in-labs programme  
is a collaboration between the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and the National Center for Biological Sciences, NCBS, in Bangalore, India.

This residency exchange programme will be conducted under the direction of the Artists in Labs research group at ZHdK.

Awardees for 2012/ 2013:

Neha Thakar, an artist from India, will be a resident at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Zurich from 1 November 2012 - 31 January 2013 and 

Dominique Lämmli, an artist from Switzerland, will reside at the National Center for Biological Sciences, NCBS, in Bangalore, India from 4 December 2012- 28 February 2013.

Introduction

Art and science constitute two cultures, which have really grown apart. The Swiss Artistsinlabs program is a cultural program devoted to current debates and discourses that can help art and science to gain a closer understanding of each other. The intention of the ail program is to share common goals, to broaden the dialogue, generate ideas and raise awareness of the contributions both artists and scientists can make to the larger challenges of our time. Providing a research environment where these experiments can take place makes all the difference.

The ail co-operation with Swiss Science laboratories is a conscious attempt to encourage the development of the primary creative forces shared by both disciplines: the quest for interpretations of nature, matter and human desire as well as the interest to comprehend, explore, reveal, sustain, create and build.

Aims

The aims of the residency programme are:

to give artists the opportunity to be immersed inside the culture of scientific research in order to develop their interpretations and inspire their content.

to allow the artists to have an actual “hands on” access to the solid raw materials, pertinent debates and scientific tools to encourage unique potentials and allow them to attend relevant lectures and conferences held by the scientists themselves.

to help scientists gain some insight into the world of contemporary art, aesthetic development and the semiotics of communication that are used by artists in order to reach the general public.

to encourage further collaboration between both parties including an extension of discourse and an exchange of research practices and methodologies.

Focus

Science Disciplines: life sciences, physics, cognition, engineering and computing

Art Disciplines: art researchers-film, video, new media, sound art, sculpture, architecture, theatre and dance.

More: http://artistsinlabs.ch/lang/en/