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As a new art commission by Arts at CERN in partnership with Didier and Martine Primat Foundation and its special fund Odonata, Internationally renowned artist Marielle Neudecker is currently developing a new project at CERN that involves her exploration of nature and in connection with the CLOUD Experiment.

Arts at CERN pioneers new ways of bringing together artists and scientists, lead the conversation about art and science, and support artistic innovation and openness to fundamental research environments.

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The Didier and Martine Primat Foundation is pleased to announce its support for a new series of artist residencies and productions in the field of Art and Environmental Sciences, in partnership with Science Gallery Venice and the Ca’ Foscari University, under the direction of internationally-renowned curator Ariane Koek.

The new prize is entitled ‘Earth, Water, Sky’ and the call for applications is now open. Awarded by Science Gallery Venice, the aim is to recognise artistic creativity around the major environmental issues of the 21st century.

In the first year, the winning artist will enter into a dialogue with Professor Carlo Barbante of Ca’ Foscari University in Venice and his team on the Ice Memory project, with a view to creating an emblematic work representing their exchanges. Ice Memory, also supported by the Didier and Martine Primat Foundation, aims to create a library of ice cores from endangered glaciers in order to archive the scientific data they contain, to be stored in the Antarctic for the science of the future.

The Didier & Martine Primat Foundation and its ‘Odonata’ fund are pleased to announce their new philanthropic partnership agreement with the CERN & Société Foundation and Arts at CERN for the launch of a new series of art commissions in the field of ‘Arts, Science and Nature’.

The aim of the ‘Arts, Science and Nature’ series is to fund the production of symbolic works reflecting on Nature in its broadest sense, based on a dialogue set up between artists in residence and scientists at CERN.

Arts at CERN creates new ways for artists and scientists to exchange views, examines the connection between art and science and encourages artistic curiosity and creativity in the world of primary research.

Photo credit: “micro macro”, Ryoji Ikeda, 2014. Collide International artists 2014

Introduction to the CERN & Society Foundation

The CERN & Society Foundation was established in 2014. Its purpose is to promote and support the dissemination of the positive contribution of CERN’s activities to the widest possible audience, through education, public communication and sharing innovation and knowledge, as well as through culture and the arts. It also supports and promotes the development of the Globe of Science and Innovation, particularly in its use as a venue for scientific exhibitions, conferences, meetings and debates open to large audiences. For more information, go to www.cern.ch/giving

CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, is one of the biggest and most prestigious scientific laboratories in the world. Its work focuses on fundamental physics and discovering the constituents and laws of the Universe. CERN uses highly complex scientific instruments to test the ultimate constituents of matter: basic particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists can grasp the laws of Nature.

The Didier & Martine Primat Foundation is pleased to announce its support for the CERN & Société Foundation and the fifth TEDxCERN event entitled ‘The Elephant in the Room’, taking place in Geneva on 20 November 2018.

As the name suggests, the conference will focus on the important but overlooked ethical problems that new technologies pose for humanity, and the changes that are taking place in society. The programme includes research into exoplanets, biotechnology and genomics, artificial intelligence and robotics, fake news and data confidentiality, and environmental challenges in the Anthropocene era.

The event will be webcast live across the world on the TEDxCERN homepage and the CERN homepage.

Photo credit: Maximilien Brice/CERN