This competition is for artists of any nationality or age.

From the Arts@CERN website:

Arts@CERN has flourished since its creation in 2011, binding arts, science and technology to contribute to a fast growing cognition-based culture. Today, nosotros are pleased to announce the COLLIDE International Accolade, a major international residency programme and a new collaboration between CERN and FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Applied science, Liverpool).

COLLIDE International Award is a unique opportunity for artists to spend dedicated time in 1 of the nigh important laboratories in the world, where crucial questions about nature are addressed. COLLIDE aims to encourage marvel, offering experimental and open-minded artists an boggling framework to inspire creativity both within the sciences and the humanities. Ultimately, COLLIDE proposes to transform the way art and science encounters are understood, and to challenge new modes of dialogue and enquiry.

As the cradle of the Www and dwelling of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN is an eminent centre of science and technology with nifty relevance in the culture of today. As an international centre of excellence in these fields, CERN is an inspirational identify for artists, designers and creators of any kind to explore and extend their inquiry in the fascinating world of particle physics.

FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) is the Uk's leading media arts centre based in Liverpool, bringing people, fine art and technology together. FACT harnesses the ability of creative engineering science to inspire and enrich lives through a wide ranging program of exhibitions, inquiry and innovation, and community-led projects. FACTLab is FACT's experimental laboratory, a collaborative surround for interdisciplinary do-based enquiry and production operating at the crossroads betwixt art, scientific discipline and technology.

Criteria

The artist's  proposal  should reflect upon encounters between fine art and science, and offer challenging methods of collaboration  with CERN scientists. The scope of this proposal should as well consider a 2d developmental phase at FACT, where the artists volition have the opportunity to expand their research and test its applications through FACTLab's facilities and engagement with a wide range of communities. The ultimate goal for the residency volition exist the research and development of new concepts in laboratory contexts.

COLLIDE Open Phone call for Entries encourages the participation of artists interested in the ideas described above, complying with any of the following criteria:

  • Artists interested in the cultural significance of science.
  • Artists working with digital and scientific media, applied science and concepts as inspiration for their piece of work.
  • Artists engaging with an innovative discourse on contemporary civilization, following ambitious standards of creativity.
  • Artists demonstrating an agile interest in the institutional visions, inquiry methodologies, and cultural appointment of CERN and FACT.
  • Artists interested in the processes of fundamental science and particle physics who are able to extrapolate this understanding into projects of creative excellence.
  • Artists pushing the traditional forms of collaboration between the creative and scientific fields, and asking innovative and provocative questions in this respect.
  • Artists approaching scientific discipline and research from various angles of inquiry, such equally political, upstanding, or sociological perspectives.

Atmospheric condition and participation

COLLIDE International Award grants an artist with a fully funded residency at CERN and FACT. The artist will spend the first ii months at CERN, Geneva, followed by a 1-month stay at FACT, Liverpool (not necessarily consecutively).

The award includes the following weather:

  • 15,000 Swiss Francs as an Accolade.
  • Allowance for two months at CERN, Geneva and one month at FACT, Liverpool.
  • Travel costs and adaptation within a fixed budget for the iii months of the artistic residency at CERN and FACT.

The awarded artist is expected:

  • To work with a scientific partner at CERN, and with the teams of Arts@CERN and FACT during the residency, exploring ideas and research and interacting with various communities in each location.
  • To conduct interventions, talks and/or workshops during the residency, including CERN and FACT staff, every bit well as other relevant communities such as artists, scientists, academics.
  • To communicate the creative process and enquiry developed during the residency through social media platforms, a blog or similar, in order to reach global audiences.
  • To meet regularly with the CERN scientific partner in order to discuss the process of artistic inquiry, exploration and discovery, and to additionally work with other scientists.
  • During the residency at FACT, to establish conversations and explore collaborations with scientists and academics from Liverpool University and Liverpool John Moores University.
  • To communicate regularly with the teams at Arts@CERN and FACT to develop the proposal and ensure its satisfactory completion during the residency.

The main scientific language used at CERN and FACT is English, therefore information technology is essential to speak English language fluently.

FACT and CERN are equal opportunity organisations and are fully committed to a policy of treating all of its collaborators equally.

Submission of proposals

Artists intending to employ shall submit a proposal adhering to the criteria of the telephone call. The proposal should describe, in detail, the project that the creative person intends to undertake during the residency at CERN and FACT. The proposal should be accompanied past a filmed statement (no longer than five minutes), defending the relevance of the intended project.

All documents must be submitted in English. The jury will non review incomplete proposals.

For more information or to submit your work, visit the contest website.