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The basis of the „European Digital Art and Science Network“ is a big manifold network consisting of scientific mentoring institutions (ESA, CERN, ESO and Fraunhofer MEVIS), the Ars Electronica Futurelab and seven European cultural partners (Center for the promotion of science, RS – DIG Gallery, SK – Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation, ES – Kapelica Gallery / Kersnikova, SI – GV Art, UK – Laboral, ES – Science Gallery, IE. The EU funded project lasted from 2014 to 2017.
The Online Archive of Ars Electronica provides an overview of the individual activities of the network and also delivers information about the network itself, the residency artists and the involved project partners and the jury.

Artist Residency at CERN 2015/2016 - Semiconductor (UK) 2015

Artist Residency at CERN 2015/2016 - Semiconductor (UK)

In 2015, the long-term collaboration of Ars Electronica and CERN became part of the European Digital Art and Science Network and was renamed the Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. The open call for this award was the great opportunity to realize a new science-inspired project in a fully funded residency for up to two months at CERN, in Geneva, and one month at Ars Electronica Futurelab in Linz.

In early July 2015, the Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award jury, formed by Monica Bello, Michael Doser (both CERN), Horst Hörtner, Gerfried Stocker (both Ars Electronica), and Mike Stubbs (Fact), met in Linz. A good range of 161 projects from 53 countries was reviewed by the jury, leading to a great debate, discussing what was of value and who would gain most from the opportunity offered by the Collide@CERN Ars Electronica award.

”The winning artists, the British artist duo Semiconductor, demonstrated in previous projects a broad sense of speculation, complexity and wonder, using strategies of analysis and translation of the phenomena into tangible and often beautiful forms. Semiconductor has a long track record of scientific research and previous collaboration with research institutes, e.g. NASA Space Sciences Laboratory in California and the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Semiconductor embraces processes that remind us of how our experience of science is framed by tools and artifacts. Their work brings together a deep understanding of materiality, data, and models of natural environments and phenomena. We believe that they will be greatly inspired by their time at CERN and the fundamental physics research being carried out there, and that similarly they will have an impact on the researchers working in the laboratory. In the proposal for their project A particular kind of conversation they express a specific interest in exploring quantum phenomena and the subjects of theoretical and experimental practice as carried out at CERN. We foresee multiple outcomes in a variety of media, which we hope will greatly impact the practice and the legacy of science-inspired art.“
Statement of the Jury

In fall 2015, the English artist duo started their two-month residency at CERN. During their residency, Jarman and Gerhardt aimed to create a digital artwork elaborating on the nature of the world and our perception of it, including consideration of how scientific instruments and particle physics discoveries influence our perception of nature.

(Source: The Practice of Art and Science, p. 24-25)
Year of creation
2015

Urls
Interview: Semiconductor gewinnt Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award: https://www.aec.at/aeblog/en/2015/08/13/semiconductor/
Feature: Die Sprache der Wissenschaft erkunden: https://www.aec.at/feature/en/exploring-cern/

http://semiconductorfilms.com/

Start:
Jul 01, 2015
End:
Oct 31, 2016

Semiconductor, Ars Electronica, CERN
Art & Science Introduction Visit at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their introduction visit at CERN in Switzerland, preparing their residency after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Photo is showing Monica Bello (Head of Arts@CERN), Peter Jenni (physicist at CERN), Ruth Jarman, Joe Gerhardt and Claudia Schnugg (Ars Electronica Futurelab) in front of the ATLAS experiment.

Credit: Julian Calo
Art & Science Introduction Visit at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their introduction visit at CERN in Switzerland, preparing their residency after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Picture is showing them in talk with Peter Jenni (physicist at CERN).

Credit: Claudia Schnugg
Art & Science Introduction Visit at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their introduction visit at CERN in Switzerland, preparing their residency after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Picture is showing them in talk with Peter Jenni (physicist at CERN).

Credit: Claudia Schnugg
Art & Science Introduction Visit at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their introduction visit at CERN in Switzerland, preparing their residency after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Picture is showing them in talk with Michael Doser, CERN.

Credit: Claudia Schnugg
Art & Science Introduction Visit at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their introduction visit at CERN in Switzerland, preparing their residency after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Picture is showing them listening to Cosmologist Daniel Figueroa.

Credit: Claudia Schnugg
Art & Science Introduction Visit at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their introduction visit at CERN in Switzerland, preparing their residency after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Picture is showing the Antimatter Factory.

Credit: Claudia Schnugg
Art & Science Residency at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their residency at CERN in Switzerland, after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Picture is showing an impression from CERN site.

Credit: Semiconductor
Art & Science Residency at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their residency at CERN in Switzerland, after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Picture is showing Joe Gerhardt with Luis Alvarez-Gaume, their scientific partner at CERN.

Credit: Semiconductor
Art & Science Residency at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their residency at CERN in Switzerland, after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Picture is showing a facility at CERN.

Credit: Semiconductor
Art & Science Residency at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their residency at CERN in Switzerland, after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Picture is showing Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt.

Credit: Semiconductor
Art & Science Residency at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their residency at CERN in Switzerland, after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Picture is showing their "thinking space" at CERN.

Credit: Semiconductor
Art & Science Introduction Visit at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their introduction visit at CERN in Switzerland, preparing their residency after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Picture is showing the CLIC unit.

Credit: Claudia Schnugg
20Hz / Semiconductor (GB)
Semiconductor is the UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt. Through moving image works they explore the material nature of our world and how we experience it, questioning our place in the physical universe. Their unique approach has won them many awards and prestigious fellowships, most recently the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award
20Hz / Semiconductor (GB)
Semiconductor is the UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt. Through moving image works they explore the material nature of our world and how we experience it, questioning our place in the physical universe. Their unique approach has won them many awards and prestigious fellowships, most recently the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award
Art & Science Residency at CERN
The UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt aka Semiconductor during their residency at CERN in Switzerland, after they have recieved the 2015 Collide@CERN Ars Electronica Award. Picture is showing Joe Gerhardt with the CERN archivist Anita, checking out Bubble Chamber film.

Credit: Semiconductor