Science&Art Lab at Technical University of Braunschweig

Science&Art Lab brings together cutting-edge research with art in their various forms of expression and media and inspires a dialog. The aim is to enable different approaches to research questions and an exchange between science, art and audiences. Science&Art Lab is open to experiments, transfer thinking, new formats and ideas. The aim is to give space to the dialog between art and science and to fill this space with life, with talks, exhibitions, screenings and other opportunities for encounters.

As one key aspect of Science&Art Lab they are realizing an international artist in residency program to connect partners who are interested in same or similar topics from different points of view. Against the background of quantum research, artists are invited to apply with their own project. Convinced of the mutual inspiration of both
fields, the organisers look forward to ideas that can be linked to quantum topics in a variety of ways. (Keywords: Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Epitaxy, Lasers, LEDs, Light, Metrology, Physics, Quantum Engineering and Quantum Technology, Semiconductors, Semiconductor Technology, Wafers).

In 2024 Science&Art Residency will be based at the Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers and specifically at the Institute of Semiconductor Technology. Scientists open their laboratories to the artist and grant access to their studies, working material and technical equipment. The core of the residency is the exchange between the various fields of work and research and the process that results from this. It is therefore not necessarily about producing an artwork in the narrow sense.

Duration of the residency: 8 weeks (autumn 2024), individual time segments are possible within this period. The residency will provide:

• Artist fee 2400 Euro (gross) per month, travel costs, accommodation
• Production budget of 3000 Euro (gross)
• Access to the Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers
• Access to new technologies in the laboratories of Quantum Frontiers, i.e. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Physics and Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology LENA
• Contact to the Braunschweig University of Art (HBK Braunschweig)
• Participation in a public event, including the presentation of the artwork
• Visibility through communication activities by TU Braunschweig, Science&Art Lab, and Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers
   

The application deadline is June 9, 2024. Your application should include the following:

• ARTIST STATEMENT: write a statement about your work (250 words or less)
• STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: describe your potential project, ideas and expectations
  in the context of the residency (250 words or less). In this context, you can address the following questions, for example: What are you hoping to research, develop or create?; In what way your project is developed with Quantum/ LED / Laser technologies or about these techniques?; How might the context of Quantum Frontiers be inspiring / useful for
  your work?
• A proposed production budget of up to 3500 Euros relating to the described project
  (max 1 page). Please note: Submitting a proposed production budget does not guarantee that all costs will be covered, depending on what can be realized on-site.
• CV / artist bio including your contact details and links to previous works and projects
  of yours (max. 2 pages)

Please combine all pages in one PDF file (max 25 MB) and send with your name and the term residency in the subject line it to [email protected].