Submit Nominations for Collide Residency Award

Deadline: 22-Nov-21

CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva, and the city of Barcelona are proud to launch a new edition of the Collide Residency Award.

Since 2019, the Laboratory's arts program Arts at CERN, Barcelona City Council and the Institute of Culture of Barcelona have worked together to nurture dialogue between art and science at the highest level.

CERN is the largest physics laboratory in the world, where the fundamental structure of matter and the origin of the universe are studied. Through Arts at CERN, artists from all over the globe and from all creative disciplines are invited to spend time at CERN and work alongside particle physicists, engineers and staff.

The artists become a part of the lab community and experience how fundamental science pursues the big questions about the universe. Building on these important principles of openness and collaboration, the Collide residency program has flourished, bringing these two creative cultures together, and is now a renowned model for art and science engagement.

Benefits

The award includes the following support and conditions:

15,000 Swiss Francs as a research and artistic production award.
Personal allowance for two months at CERN in Geneva and one month in Barcelona.
Travel and accommodation costs within a fixed budget for the three months of the artistic residency at CERN and in Barcelona.

Eligibility Criteria

Collide is an annual competition that invites artists over 18 years old and of any nationality and artistic discipline to apply with a proposal for a research-led residency in both locations: at CERN in Geneva and in various laboratories and research centers in Barcelona while being hosted at the Hangar Center for Art Research and Production.
Collide invites entries from artists who are interested in interacting with CERN's extraordinary scientific community. The program is targeted at artists with a distinct interest in a transdisciplinary approach, a strong motivation for scientific thinking and an interest in fundamental science. The focus of the residencies is to invite artists into the Laboratory to think, discuss, be informed and be inspired by the challenges of fundamental research and the big questions that inform physics today. Through this process, the artists develop high-quality, innovative engagements with CERN's research and community. Direct interactions with scientists and engineers and curatorial support during the residency are fundamental to the creative process.
Artists interested in applying to Collide are invited to submit a project proposal that combines research and production. The scope of this proposal will include a research period at CERN and a second developmental phase in Barcelona, where the artists will have the opportunity to expand their research through Barcelona's rich scientific and cultural network, as well as to engage with a wide range of communities.
The Collide Call for Entries encourages the participation of artists interested in the ideas, who comply with any of the following criteria:
- Artists interested in the cultural significance of fundamental research and scientific knowledge.
- Artists interested in the processes of fundamental science and particle physics who are able to extrapolate this understanding into art projects of artistic excellence.
- Artists pushing the traditional forms of collaboration between the artistic and scientific fields and asking innovative and provocative questions in this respect.
- Artists interested in the community-driven Hangar Center for Art Research and Production and its interaction with the urban area and its social fabric.