Exhibiting Brilliant Noise as part of From Amber to the Stars, alongside M.K. Čiurlionis: Now and Then, 20 March – 12 October 2025, at the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania. (Photo: Shaun Waugh)
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Visiones cuánticas / Quantum Visions, Tabakalera
New series of drawings showing as part of Visiones cuánticas / Quantum Visions at Tabakalera, Donostia, San Sebastián, 21 February – 8 June 2025.
CERN Art and Science Summit 2025
The View from Nowhere screening at the CERN Art and Science Summit 2025, CERN Science Gateway, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 February 2025.
In Conversation with Professor Sarah Cook
SYMPTOMATICA | HORIZON, Beijing
Exhibiting as part of SYMPTOMATICA | HORIZON, at 798CUBE, Beijing, 11 January – 30 April 2025, curated by VESTIGE (Jungyeon Park, Menger Chu and Yunchul Kim).
Brilliant Noise screening at The Gene Siskel Film Center
Brilliant Noise (2006) screening as part of Video Data Bank (VDB) Presents: Roundabout Featuring Light Cone, Thursday 12 December, 6.00pm at The Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago.
LA FilmForum, Experimentations 3: Between Land and Sky
LA FilmForum’s Experimentations: Imag(in)ing Knowledge in Film screening Brilliant Noise as part of film programme Experimentations 3: Between Land and Sky, Accounting for the In-Between. Part of the Getty Foundation Initiative PST: Art & Science Collide! 19 September, 7:30pm, at the Eagle Theatre at Vidiots.
Seeing the Unseeable: Data, Design, Art, group exhibition
Semiconductor exhibit Spectral Constellations at PST ART: Art & Science Collide as part of the Seeing the Unseeable: Data, Design, Art exhibition at Artcenter College of Design, Pasadena, California. Curated by Stephen Nowlin. The exhibition runs 20 September 2024 – 15 February 2025.
UMWELT at Fondazione Modena Arti Visive
UMWELT, curated by Marco Mancuso, at Fondazione Modena Arti Visive – Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena, Italy, from 13 September 2024 to 12 January 2025, Semiconductor with Forensic Architecture, CROSSLUCID, James Bridle, Entangled Others, Robertina Sjebianic, Anna Ridler, Eryk Salvaggio. (image: opening UMWELT, 13.09.2024, curated by Marco Mancuso, Palazzo S. Margherita, Fondazione AGO, Modena(IT), photo ©D.Sabattini)
Pulse of the Hinterland – The 4th Xinjiang International Arts Biennial
20Hz showing as part of Pulse of the Hinterland – Digital Station, at The 4th Xinjiang International Art Biennial, China. 28 July – 15 October 2024. Curated by Diane Xing.
Cosmos Archeology, group exhibition
Exhibiting as part of group exhibition Cosmos Archeology, Exploring the Universe through Art & Science, Shanghai Astronomy Museum, China, 18 May – 17 November 2024 (exhibition extended). Co-curated by Sarah Kenderdine from the EPFL Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+) and EPFL Pavilions, Jean-Paul Kneib from EPFL’s Laboratory of Astrophysics (LASTRO), and independent curator Iris Long.
CERN Art Science Summit 2024 – talk online
Unveiling the Universe: CERN Art and Science Summit talk by Semiconductor and panel discussion available to view online here.
The talk was streamed live on 30 January 2024.
Spectral Constellations acquired by VU ART Collection, Vrije University Amsterdam
Following its inclusion in Creating the Commons at the VU Art Science Gallery, Amsterdam, Spectral Constellationshas been acquired for the VU Art Collection – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The artwork will be permanently installed in a new Vrije University Research Building, housing the departments of Astronomy, Physics, Neurosciences, Earth Sciences and Human Health & Life Sciences.
Black Rain at IFFR
Black Rain (2009) showing at International Film Festival Rotterdam, as part of the DINAMO: Disinformation programme, Saturday 27th January 2024, more information about the film screening here: iffr.com/en/iffr/2024/films/black-rain.
Unheimlich Fantastisch: E.T.A. Hoffmann 2022
Exhibiting as part of touring exhibition Unheimlich Fantastisch: E.T.A. Hoffmann 2022, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Hoffmann’s death 2022 at:
Ausstellungsräume Staatsbibliothek Bamberg: 25 July – 22 October 2022
Stabi Kulturwerk Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin: 17 August – 02 November 2022
Deutsches Romantik-Museum Frankfurt am Main: 24 November 2022 – 12 February 2023 https://etahoffmann.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/etah2022/
Extreme Light Group Residency
Semiconductor artists-in-residence with the Extreme Light Group, University of Glasgow, School of Physics & Astronomy. Lead scientific partner: Prof. Daniele Faccio, residency curator: Sarah Cook.
Wired Middle East
Semiconductor feature in Wired Middle East on Spectral Constellations, February 2022 issue
Digital Arts Exchange Forum, Jordan
Invited to speak at a 3-day online Digital Arts exchange forum created by Future Everything & the British Council, bringing together art professionals from the UK & Jordan to explore arts and digital practices, 21st February 2022
Mills Observatory, Dundee
Spectral Constellations. Solo Show. Mills Observatory, Dundee.
Tolbooth
Semiconductor, Tolbooth Gallery, Stirling, Scotland. Solo show. Exhibiting Parting the Waves and Black Rain.
Nemo
Au-delà du réel ?, Nemo Festival, 104-Paris, France. Group show exhibiting, Earthworks, 20Hz and Where Shapes Come From.
JHG HALO
HALO exhibition presented by John Hansard Gallery at MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton, UK.
The Art of Science
Semiconductor included in The Art of Science publication by
HALO Brighton Festival

HALO’s UK premiere at Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA), University of Sussex, Brighton as part of Brighton Festival.
Leap then Look
We are excited to be collaborating with Leap Then Look, Lighthouse, University of Brighton and ACCA to present a programme of free online workshops and events to accompany the HALO exhibition.
In conversation with Laura McDermott (Fabrica)
In conversation with Laura McDermott from Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts for our Fabrica Earthworks exhibition, watch the full talk here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M9MEP6ZiYP4
Earthworks Fabrica
Solo exhibition at Fabrica, Brighton, 10 October – 22 November 2020 featuring Earthworks
Eco data – RIXC
Ecodata-Ecomedia-Ecoaesthetics, RIXC Art Science Festival 2020, Riga (Latvia), 8 October – 17 November 2020, The National Library of Latvia
Making of HALO on SOTSEF and JHG website
Making of HALO film featured as part of Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF) Goes Digital and also online as part of John Hansard Gallery’s digital programme in advance of John Hansard Gallery presenting HALO in 2021
HALO ACCA
UK premiere of HALO at Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, as part of Brighton Festival, 2 – 6 May 2020 – Unfortunately this has been postponed due to coronavirus
Rewire Festival, The Hague
Fracture Patterns, our collaboration with Eartheater will be performed at Rewire Festival, The Hague.
Invisible, Science Galery Dublin
Semiconductor will be exhibiting in Invisible, Science Gallery Dublin, 13 March – 31 May 2020 [re-scheduled due to Coronavirus for July 2020, dates tbc]
Antony Gormley Panel
Semiconductor will take part in From Creativity to Cosmology: Understanding Space Through Art panel discussion, as part of Where Language Ends: Antony Gormley exhibition events series, Royal Academy of Arts, Chaired by John O’Shea Head of Programming Science Gallery London, £15/£19 Wednesday 27 November, 18.30 – 19.45
InScience
The View From Nowhere has been selected to be screened at the fifth edition of InScience (international science film festival). The festival will take place from 6 to 10 November 2019, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Semiconductor CNAC
Semiconductor solo exhibition as part of the The 14th Media Art Biennale Santiago, Chile. Semiconductor at the National Center of Contemporary Arts, (CNAC), Santiago, Chile.
Science Gallery, Dark Matter
Semiconductor will be exhibiting at the Science Gallery London as part of the Dark Matter exhibition from 6 June to 26 August 2019
2019 Art and Science President for the British Science Association
Semiconductor are the 2019 Art and Science President for the British Science Association. They are giving the presidential talk at the British Science Festival, Coventry, 12pm-1pm, Tuesday 10th September (free, booking required), the festival runs from 10 – 13 September 2019
Arttech forum
Semiconductor presentation at Arttech Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. With Monica Bello, Head of Arts at CERN.
Strata: Rocks, Dust, Stars
Strata: Rocks, Dust, Stars, York Art Gallery in partnership with FACT. Group show exhibiting Worlds in the Making.
AB
Semiconductor HALO launch, the 4th Audemars Piguet Commission at Art Basel, created through their residency at CERN
Sydney Biennale
Semiconductor will be exhibiting two works at the 21st Biennale of Sydney in March 2018.
The View from Nowhere
The View from Nowhere, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France. Solo Show.
Feat Brussels
Semiconductor will be exhibiting with Future Emerging Art and Technology at BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels this September
Axiom, Tokyo
Semiconductor have a forthcoming solo show at Axiom in Tokyo, Japan, 1st July – 26th August 2017.
CENART, Mexico City
Semiconductor are exhibiting in the group show Infosphere at Centro National de las Artes (CENART) in Mexico City, 26th May – 3rd September 2017. Exhibiting Magnetic Movie and 20Hz.
FEAT
Semiconductor will be taking part in a forthcoming group show Future Emerging Art and Technology at LifeSpace, Science Art Research Gallery, Dundee, 13th April- 17th June 2017.
Cosmos publication, Phaidon Press
Semiconductor’s work will be featured in the forthcoming art and astronomy book Cosmos: Exploring the Universe, Phaidon Press, Autumn 2017.
Phoenix Leicester
Where Shapes Come From, Phoenix, Leicester. Solo show of our two-channel moving image work Where Shapes Come From.
MAAT
Our new two-channel moving image work Where Shapes Come From premieres at the Museum of Art Architecture and Technology (MAAT), Lisbon, as part of the grand opening. Group Show featuring; Haroon Mirza, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Rioji Ikeda and Nuno da Luz.
SónarPLANTA
Semiconductor have been awarded the SónarPLANTA 2016 commission. The multi-channel moving image work will premiere at Sónar Festival, Barcelona, June 2016. Previous commissions include Unidisplay by Carsten Nicolai and RGB|CMY Kinetic by Art+Com.
Mori Art Museum
The Universe and Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. Group show exhibiting Black Rain and multi-channel Brilliant Noise.
Turner Contemporary Margate
Seeing Round Corners, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK. Group show exhibiting 20Hz.
photo story of CERN
Photo story of our Collide@CERN residency.
MIRAJ now online
Now on-line, Moving Image Review & Art Journal, Volume 2 Number 2, Intellect Journals. Semiconductor article. Read the article: The meta-physics of data: Philosophical science in Semiconductor’s animated videos by Lilly Husbands.
ArtScience Museum Singapore
Semiconductor have been commissioned by ArtScience Museum, Singapore to realise a new installation work Catching the Light, as part of the exhibition Da Vinci: Shaping the Future.
Open Jerwood Forest launch
Semiconductor will launch their first public sculpture, commissioned by Jerwood Open Forest, October 2014.
Technoetic Arts Inge essay
Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, Volume 12, 2014, Intellect Journals. Semiconductor Article: Semiconductor’s landscapes as sound-sculptured time- based visualizations by Inge Hinterwaldner.
Semiconductor article in Moving Image Review & Art Journal
Moving Image Review & Art Journal, Volume 2 Number 2, Intellect Journals. Semiconductor article. Read the article here: The meta-physics of data: Philosophical science in Semiconductor’s animated videos by Lilly Husbands