Arts at CERN

The exhibition features works by the recipients of the three editions of Collide Copenhagen, Joan Heemskerk, Alice Bucknell, and Martyna Marciniak, alongside a new commission by Nanna Debois Buhl

Soft Robots presents works by 15 artists and artist duos. From different artistic perspectives, they look at life in the new technological ecology, questioning the future we are shaping for ourselves. Created with or without new technology, they show art’s capacity to explore the world through poetry. Critically, the exhibiting artists search for the breath and soul that may be hiding in the landscapes of the future, among doppelgängers, digital avatars and seductive machines.

The exhibition presents works by Joan Heemskerk, Alice Bucknell, and Martyna Marciniak as part of Collide, Arts at CERN’s residency programme in collaboration with Copenhagen Contemporary (2023–2025). Their contributions are joined by a new commission from Danish artist Nanna Debois-Buhl. Engaging with CERN scientists and experiments, the works explore quantum communication, paradoxes of black holes, and climate futures through material, aesthetic, and speculative approaches.