Blurring the boundaries

摘要

With sci-art collaborations on the rise, this refreshing exhibition stands out as a reflection on how both parties can benefit from the tensions and challenges in such meetings of minds. Think Art - Act Science is the first exhibition to showcase art that has come out of the Swiss 'artists-in-labs' programme, a joint project of the Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts at the Zurich University of the Arts and the federal culture ministry. Since 2003,28 artists, most from Switzerland, have been placed in labs there and, since 2009, in China. This exhibition of'prototypes' by nine of them looks at how interdisciplinary collaborations work, and how the ideas they spark can best be conveyed to the public. Showing at Arts Santa Monica in Barcelona, Spain, until 15 May, the exhibition then tours several US cities and Ireland.