This is our major arts and science residency award in 3-years partnership with a city and a pioneering cultural organisation
No matter where you are, Collide International is open to an artist of any age and any country who has a clear interest in art, science and technology. Currently in partnership with Liverpool-based FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), it offers a two-month fully funded residency at CERN plus one month at the UK’s leading media arts centre.
Collide International runs an annual competition. Currently the application period is closed. Visit us again soon!
ApplySuzanne Treister is a British artist based in London, initially recognized in the 1980s as a painter, she became a pioneer in the digital/new media/web based field from the beginning of the 1990s, making work about emerging technologies, developing fictional worlds and international
View moreUK artists Haroon Mirza and Jack Jelfs founded the studio hrm199 to allow artists from a diverse range of disciplines to collaborate.
View moreThe Japanese artist, Ryoji Ikeda, won the Prix Ars Electronica 2014. His residency at CERN took place in July 2014, and in February 2015. The artist has attributed his time at CERN as a source for the creation of two pieces: "supersymmetry" and "micro | macro".
View moreThe UK-duo Semiconductor, composed by the two English artist Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt, explores the material nature of our world and how we experience it through the lens of science and technology, questioning how they mediate our experiences. Their unique approach has been singled out for recognition with numerous honours and grants such as the Samsung Art + Prize for New Media (2012), a Smithsonian artist research grant, and a NASA space exploration grant.
View moreSouth Korean Yunchul Kim's work focuses on research towards new materiality, the artistic potential of fluid dynamics and metamaterials. During his residency at CERN, he developed his project proposal Cascade, which looks at the possibility of controlling the propagation of light through colloidal suspensions of photonic crystals.
View moreBill Fontana won the second international award in partnership with Ars Electronica, in 2013. His residency took place that summer, when he worked with his scientific partner, theoretical physicist Subodh Patil.
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