artworks

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.

Sensing the Forest seminar series

Semiconductor talk as part of the AHRC Sensing the Forest project’s fortnightly online seminar series with experts related to artistic, social and scientific interventions in the forest or other natural landscapes with a special focus on acoustic phenomena. The seminar series includes talks by Semiconductor, Peter Sinclair, Saloni Shah, Jones/Bulley, Liz O’Brien and Alice Eldridge. Wednesday 18 October, 15:00 – 16:30 UK time, free and online, bookings via eventbrite. More info here: sensingtheforest.github.io/seminars/

Royal Holloway Analogue Modelling Lab

Residency at the Analogue Modelling lab, Royal Holloway University, extending research begun in 2016 when making Earthworks. The lab uses a technique of pressure and motion to simulate tectonic and seismic forces; reproducing the generation and evolution of landscapes over thousands of years. Working with the lab equipment Semiconductor will create a series of tests for new works exploring how we might model future geologies.

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/

CERN 10th Anniversary Podcast

Launch of the #ArtsatCERN10 Podcast in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Arts at CERN. For the podcast Semiconductor are in conversation with CERN theoretical physicist (and previous Semiconductor collaborator) John Ellis. The podcast explores the works which resulted from Semiconductor’s time at CERN – the large scale installation HALO and the film The View from Nowhere – the use of data as artistic material and the limits of scientific research.
Hosted by Ana Prendes, Communications and Content Producer at Arts at CERN.
Listen to the episode here: https://bit.ly/ArtsatCERNpodcast or via Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts.

FEAT

Semiconductor have been awarded a FEAT (Future Emerging Art and Technology) residency, a collaboration between eutema (Vienna), Waag Society (Amsterdam) and Youris (Brussels), working with artist/curator Anna Dumitriu. Over the next nine months they will carry out in depth research with a FET (Future Emerging Technology) science laboratory and produce new work as a result.