THE ART+SCIENCE SALON

We recorded this episode at LAS Art Foundation offices in Berlin to talk about the exhibition WE FELT A STAR DYING by Laure Prouvost, a newly commissioned art installation at Kraftwerk Berlin that explores quantum phenomena and their sensitivity to cosmic and planetary forces. This work was is part of the LAS Sensing Quantum programme, which explores the implications and possibilities of quantum t...

Ariane Koek is a world leader in the field of science and art. The initiator and Founding Director of Arts at CERN (2009-2015), she is a change maker, visionary, strategist, creative force, inspirational speaker, and policy maker. We were so delighted to welcome her to the Salon to discuss her career trajectory, creative inspiration, cultural collisions, scientific ideas as springboards to the ima...

We were delighted to partner with Berlin Science Week again in November 2024 to host a sold out panel event on the “Science of Sex”, featuring panelists whose expertise ranged from cultural anthropology, sexology, slime mould, current German policy on trans-affiriming healthcare, and… Hegelian dialectics! Our thanks to Dr Maria Dębińska (ICI Berlin / Polish Academy of Sciences), Dr Pichit Buspavan...

Welcome to the Salon! We were delighted to be joined by the Provost of Trinity College Dublin, Linda Doyle, for a fascinating conversation about finding the beauty in engineering, cross-disciplinary collaboration, proximal relations between researchers, and her hopes for the future of interdisciplinarity. We also touched on the parallels between quantum concepts and the Irish language (Gaeilge). H...

Welcome to the Salon! In March 2024 we assumed the role of official podcasters of Creative Brain Week: a Global Brain Health Institute innovation at Trinity College Dublin, presented in association with Creative Aging International, the Jameel Arts & Health Lab, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and with support from Creative Ireland and the Atlantic Institute. In our s...

Welcome to the Salon! In March 2024 we assumed the role of official podcasters of Creative Brain Week - a Global Brain Health Institute innovation at Trinity College Dublin, presented in association with Creative Aging International, the Jameel Arts & Health Lab, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and with support from Creative Ireland and the Atlantic Institute. We spok...

Welcome to the Salon! In this episode, we spoke with Barney Steel of Marshmallow Laser Feast about 'Evolver' - an 'immersive 360º audiovisual world' - the Cannes Film Festival selected XR experience guided by the voice of Academy Award-winning actor Cate Blanchett and featuring musical scores by Jonny Greenwood, Meredith Monk, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Howard Skempton and Jon Hopkins. Barney is an artist...

Welcome to the Salon! For this episode, we set up a pop-up podcasting corner in the Digital Lounge at the Digital Hub, where we invited the participants, stakeholders, coordinators, and artists of Beta Festival to stop by and share their thoughts on what it means to facilitate the inaugural year of this fascinating festival of science, art, and technology. We spoke with Julian Ellison (The Digital...