Project Description
In the past decades scientific and technological innovations more than expressing
futuristic visions, come to mark a new phase in a mutating reality whose consequences
in real-time we are having difficulties to comprehend. The desire to explore, and
culturally metabolize, the meanings we can derive of these innovations has led many
artists over the recent years to integrate in their work new means of expressions that
originate with these scientific and technological inventions. The goal of the resulting
creative endeavors is to examine and expose the philosophical, political, social
and cultural implications of these innovations on our human existence. Questions
concerning the nature of life, and the mechanisms that comprise them, the limits of the
human cognition, the relationships between the natural and artificial, the limitations on
representation, and also regarding new definitions of time and space, are at the center
of the artwork of these artists.
The exhibition Art, Science and Technology – An Israeli perspective displays
artworks that were made in Israel by artists adopting practices from the fields of
science and technology, some in cooperation with researchers and professionals from
these fields, working on co-authored projects. Among the artworks presented some
are based on studies conducted in the fields of robotics, brain research, information
technology and artificial intelligence, others are exploring alternative models of
interaction and perception, all the while developing new means of production and the
sensibility of a new aesthetic language
Israel is characterized by a strong and mature Hi-Tech industry accompanied by an
extensive field of scientific research. Both profoundly affect its cultural atmosphere
and climate. The artworks presented in the framework of this exhibition give voice to a
diverse range of activities taking place in these contexts. Some attempt to innovate and
explore the changing boundaries of the artistic practice, while others articulate a critical
perspective at the new reality created.
Project Details
Curation and Exhibition Design: Dr. Yael Eylat Van-Essen, Arch. Lila Chitayat, Dr. Sayfan Burgini
Producer: Daniil Kondratyev
Graphic Design: Avi Buchbut