Arts at CERN

The exhibition features artworks by Semiconductor and Yunchul Kim, former CERN residents, Ralf Baecker and Richard Vijgen, which capture, reveal and imagine the unseen processes constantly at work in the world around us

The full complexity of the universe is invisible to human perception, filled with undetectable matter that follows astonishing rules and patterns. Questioning and searching for invisible or hidden dimensions has long been the pursuit and occupation of cultures, the sciences and the humanities. In this exhibition, four artists engage with science and technology to reveal a series of spellbinding, invisible landscapes.

Ancient cosmology was rooted in the meticulous and often poetic observation and interpretation of natural patterns and phenomena. Hundreds of thousands of years in the making, the most sensitive, sophisticated, and flexible instrument of observation may still be us; our frail bodies and creative minds. Evolving science and technologies allow us to extend our crude biologies, creating prosthetics and strategies that help us see beyond human perception into the dark reaches of space, through time and into the heart of matter. To this end, we have devised ways to capture invisible cosmic particles and proposed theories of dark energy and dark matter.

Through extraordinary work in the scientific realm, these award-winning artists capture and reveal the indivisible nature of our invisible and visible world. Four captivating landscapes recall the potential of creative minds to imagine new ways of seeing.