Why to organize Art & Science projects at Nencki Institute?

• Authors: Adam Szewczyk , Hanna Fabczak , Marek A. Olszyński
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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In this paper we described three Art & Science projects organized by the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology (Polish Academy of Sciences), Marcel Nencki Foundation for the Support of Biological Sciences and the Art Department of the University of Rzeszów. First project, celebrating the 100th anniversary of theNencki Institute, was entitled “Biological imaging: inspiration by invisible world” and took place in Mikołajki in 2017. Next two projects were relating to “Art of Biodiversity” (Rzeszów, 2018) and “Power of Biological Structures” (Przeworsk, 2019). The aim of the projects was to introduce ideas of modern experimental biology to artist. All symposia/workshops were followed by few exhibitions at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Art Department of the University of Rzeszów, etc. Some of paintings originated during these projects established Nencki Art Collection, collection of modern art at Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology.

Keywords

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art; science; biology; Nencki Institute

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Nauka
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 4

Dates

published

2019

online

2019-11-18

Contributors

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Adam Szewczyk

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Hanna Fabczak

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Marek A. Olszyński