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Artist in Residence Programme

Art and scientific research have several things in common. Artists and researchers investigate the nature of our presence in the world, push boundaries in knowledge and technology, and venture into the unexplored. The questions our researchers study naturally provide inspiration for artistic inquiry, which in turn can offer a fresh perspective of the scientific endeavour. Both disciplines require creativity, curiosity, and imagination, combined with scrutiny, technique and determination.

IRB Barcelona's Artist in Residency Programme aims to connect artists with an interest in interdisciplinary science with the wide range of research, scientists, data and infrastructure available at the Institute. It provides a unique opportunity for artists to immerse themselves in the IRB Barcelona community for a free exchange of ideas and to explore, learn, and form relationships with our scientists and stakeholders. The programme seeks to provide time and space for reflection and inspiration for artists and scientists alike.

CLOSED call

Artist in residence programme

CLOSED CALL

New call will open in the fall of 2024.

Artist in residence programme

Application deadline 31 January 2024

Please submit your application through the following form

Address any enquiries to art@irbbarcelona.org.

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The annual call opens in the fall for artists wishing to participate in the Artist in Residence Programme of the following year. We look for professional artists, with a genuine interest in science who wish to further their art by working alongside our scientists to gain insight and perspective into cutting-edge research in the biomedical sciences. Applications from artists from any discipline are welcome.

Proposals should be focused on a specific theme involving interactions with our researchers, which cover a wide range of disciplines within the life sciences. Read the detailed Terms and conditions.. Now the call is closed.

Address any enquiries to art@irbbarcelona.org.

 

 

The call to participate in the Artist in Residence Programme 2024 is already open. We look for professional artists, with a genuine interest in science who wish to further their art by working alongside our scientists to gain insight and perspective into cutting-edge research in the biomedical sciences. Applications from artists from any discipline are welcome

Proposals should be focused on a specific theme involving interactions with our researchers, which cover a wide range of disciplines within the life sciences. Read the detailed Terms and conditions.

Address any enquiries to art@irbbarcelona.org.

 

 

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Artist in residence 2023

 

 

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Laura Benetton

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2023
Laura Benetton

www.laurabenetton.co.uk

Laura Benetton is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist working at the intersection of art and science. She studied painting at the Academy of Fine Art in Venice (Italy). She then received her Master in Art and Science at Central Saint Martin’s University in London (United Kingdom). Her work is informed by scientific phenomena such as bioluminescence and movement science. Generative in nature, her work spans a wide range of media, including performance, light installation, sculpture and bio-art.

Laura’s abstract paintings and drawings incorporate the language of geometry, where structures are dynamic and entangle color washes, LED lighting, and lines. Often working with institutions and galleries, Laura questions her work on a deepen level investigating every aspect of the process.

In the last years, Laura’s work has been held in private and public collections and commissioned for many private projects including private residences and corporations by art consultants and galleries in the United Kingdom and other countries.

In 2021, she presented “Metamorphosis”, a project that investigated the close relationship between art, nature, and science, where color and movement intersected to generate dynamic and bio art inspired artworks. Her most recent work, the “Bio-Moon Lab”, consists on growing different living organisms, such as algae and bacteria, by transforming and processing their growth where Bio-light is the new terminal. Speculative experimentations are endorsed to creatively manipulating living organisms to establish a new bridge of communication between contemporary art and science.

In her residence at IRB Barcelona, she aims to “ponder, conduct research, and develop a new ambitious, and original art installation”.

 

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Laura Benetton
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Laura Benetton
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Laura Benetton

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