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20/9/2011

Think Art - Act Science

San Francisco Art Institute - SFAI, San Francisco

Featured Artists: Monika Codourey, Christian Gonzenbach, Alexandre Joly, Roman Keller, Pe Lang, Wenfeng Liao, Alina Mnatsakanian, and Nicole Ottiger

Curated by: Irène Hediger in collaboration with Hou Hanru and Mary Ellyn Johnson

A cooperation between the Swiss artists-in-labs program at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), swissnex San Francisco, and the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)

The San Francisco Art Institute is pleased to present Think Art – Act Science, a group exhibition featuring works and collaborative processes by artists who have engaged in long-term creative dialogues with scientists. Free and open to the public (Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 am to 6 pm), the exhibition will be on view from September 22 to November 12, 2011 at SFAI’s Walter and McBean Galleries. The opening reception will be held on Wednesday, September 21 from 5:30–7:30 pm.

Transforming the Walter and McBean Galleries into a working lab, this exhibition is composed of eight artists who took part in the Swiss artists-in-labs program (Zurich University of the Arts/ZHdK), completing an immersive nine-month residency in a scientific research institute or a university science department. During these residencies, the artists were exposed to discourses within the scientific community and gained deep insights into the methodologies and processes of scientific research in areas ranging from biology and biodiversity to cognitive neuroscience and psychology to nanotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence, and physics. The resulting exhibition is arranged around three main themes addressed by the artistic investigations: ecology and environment, spatial awareness and emotions, and explorations of new technologies.

Think Art – Act Science is a part of the New Models of Production section of SFAI’s Exhibitions and Public Programs structure, which manifests new modes of production—both in terms of artistic creation and economic, industrial, and technical productions—in the process of globalization. For more information about the Think Art – Act Science project, visit http://thinkartactscience.com.

Event Schedule

In addition to the exhibition, there will be multiple workshops (student and public), performances, and conferences held both in the Walter and McBean Galleries and at swissnex San Francisco (730 Montgomery Street), including events taking place as part of the Bay Area Science Festival, which runs from October 29 to November 6, 2011.

Events at SFAI:
VISITING ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS LECTURE
September 21, 7:30 pm, lecture hall
Panel discussion led by Hou Hanru with curator Irène Hediger and artists Alexandre Joly, Pe Lang, and Alina Mnatsakanian.

ARTIST-IN-LABS PRESENTATIONS
September 22, noon, SFAI galleries
Exhibition walk-through with curator and artists-in-labs co-director Irène Hediger

October 28, 6 pm, SFAI galleries: New Ways of Documenting Art and Science Projects
Jill Scott (Zurich University of the Arts/ZHdK; artists-in-labs co-director)

PUBLIC WORKSHOPS
September 24, 2 pm, SFAI galleries: Simple Mechanisms Strange Behavior with Pe Lang

October 22, 2 pm, SFAI galleries: Landscape of Identity with Monika Codourey and Alina Mnatsakanian

BAY AREA SCIENCE FESTIVAL
November 3, 6 pm, lecture hall: Remaking the Universe Using Particle Physics and Art
Lecture Performance with Christian Gonzenbach and Martin Pohl (CERN, University of Geneva) and live artistic experiment in interaction with the public

CONFERENCE
November 10, 6 pm, lecture hall: When Artists and Scientists Work Together: Self-portraits, Consciousness, and the Brain
Discussion with Nicole Ottiger and Olaf Blanke (Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain & Mind Institute, EPFL)

Events at swissnex San Francisco:
730 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111

CONFERENCES
September 23, 6:30 pm: How Artists and Scientists Collaborate
Presentations by: Irène Hediger and Pe Lang
Susan Schwartzenberg (Exploratorium)
Joel Slayton (ZER01 – 01SJ Biennial)
Sound performance by Pe Lang, 9 pm: Untitled II

October 20, 6:30 pm: Smarter Air Travel:
Design Approaches for Global Travelersem> Discussion with Monika Codourey and Hou Hanru

BAY AREA SCIENCE FESTIVAL
November 2, 6 pm: Best of LASER
(Leonardo, International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology) with QUARC - Quantum art crystal by Christian Gonzenbach and Martin Pohl (CERN, University of Geneva)

Opening Reception: Wednesday, 21 September, 2011, 5:30 - 7:30pm. Reception includes a performance by Alexandre Joly, 6pm

Walter and McBean Galleries @ SFAI
800 Chestnut St. San Francisco, CA 94133
Hours
Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 6pm
Closed Sunday, Monday

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