LASER panel discussion: “Constructive Disturbances of Art in Science”

SinFonia partner Biofaction hosted a Leonardo LASER Talk (an acronym for Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) on May 15 at designforum Wien, MQ in Vienna, Austria. “Constructive Disturbances of Art in Science” introduced some truly cross-disciplinary science-art collaborations: synthetic biology, artificial intelligence in chemistry, plant based photography aka phytography, quantum computing, and slime mold meet music composition, visual arts, film,…

New Art-Science book out!

In “Grain & Noise – Artists in Synthetic Biology Labs”, SinFonia partner Biofaction presents collaborations between scientists and artists in the form of Artist-in-Lab residencies. These residencies may not only cause a productive disturbance for a day’s work in the laboratory, but also reveal new ways of understanding. Biofaction brought together four artists and synthetic biologists throughout Europe in a residence program…

Our artist in residence has been revealed!

Biofaction organized an open call for our new Artist in Residence programm. The call received 166 submissions from 43 countries in total and around 30 submissions for SinFonia. The jury panel had the difficult task of selecting one artist for SinFonia among many interesting choices. We congratulate the winning artist Eduardo Miranda. He will be working at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University…

Call for Artists

We are looking for artists who want to take part in our Artist in Residence programme at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark. Musicians and composers are especially welcome to apply for this programme. The selected artist will actively engage with Sinfonia scientists and delve into the fascinating area of cell factories for four to six weeks.  Here are some…