How can 150 thousand office rubber bands help rehabilitate a compromised neural network? What happens to "phobic" water drops? And how are both related to the human psyche? Can 16 violinists prove the Chaos theory?
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Scientists and artists ventured on an explorative journey that culminated in co-created work now on display at the new Nanotechnology Institute at Bar-Ilan University.
The Fetter Museum of Art and Nanoscience offers a new museum experience that features artwork generated as part of the evolving collaboration between artists and scientists. The piece on exhibit expose the visitors to the live, dynamic research at dozens of BIU labs and the dialogue between researchers and artists. The art pieces are on display between the institute's labs, public areas, and elsewhere.
The museum was founded with the vision of allowing researchers and artists to join forces in discussing the invisible nano-world and the far-reaching implications of nano research on our visible world.
On Thursday, July 8, the museum will unveil the "New Languages" exhibit, which features transdisciplinary works that introduce the unique language and syntax that artists and scientists use to communicate. Pieces on show were co-created over the course of three years.
The exhibit features work from the following artist-scientist pairs: Mahmood Kaiss associates wood and the arabesque motif with the spatial formation of nanocarbon tubules researched by Prof. Adi Salomon.
A work by sound artist Elad Schneiderman and Prof. Moti Friedman thwarts the synchronization of 16 violinists, thereby bumping on a new scientific discovery involving human chaos.
Vardi Bobrow's work consists of 15 thousand office rubber bands tied together following research on the growth of defective neurons by Prof. Orit Shefi.
Artist Caroline Maxwell used saltwater from the Dead Sea and Utah Salt Lake, crystallized over several years through nanometric processes, creating a point of departure for new research by Dr. Gili Taguri-Cohen, who uses X-rays to explore crystalline formations.
Eili Levy created a universe for a water drop that moves on hydrophobic surfaces, produced at the lab of Prof. Shlomo Margel. The waterdrop track serves as an allegory for the journeys undertaken by the human soul.
The exposure to research and disease discovery via light projections and using gold nanoparticles at Prof. Dror Fixler's lab motivated artist Ela Goldman to create an engaging installation that offers viewers new experiences with motion and revolutions.
Exhibition curator Tal Yizrael, says, "We ventured on a journey to conceptually and technically distant worlds, which are at the same time very close to the essence of our being. In so doing, we opened a window to the wonderland of the invisible. Like art, nanoscience delves deep into substances and essence, allowing us to discover new phenomena and universes."
The Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and advanced materials (BINA) was founded in 2007 as a scientific community that conceives, invents, and develops concepts, materials, processes, and technologies applied to new methods, approaches, and technologies and applications. BINA comprises 71 world-class laboratories and an innovative scientific service available to the entire scientific community. In addition to academic collaborations, BINA has partnerships with several multinational corporations.
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