Art and Sub-Atomic Particles Collide at European Organization for Nuclear Research :: Thanks to artdaily.org

“GENEVA (REUTERS).- CERN, focus of research into the Big Bang and what makes the universe tick, on Thursday announced a new program — fusing science with art to encourage painting and music inspired by the wonders of the cosmos.

“Or more prosaically a “policy of engaging with the arts” that will involve giving the European nuclear research centre’s seal of approval for cultural projects influenced by the particle physics at the heart of its work.

“”The arts and science are inextricably linked; both are ways of exploring our existence, what it is to be human and what is our place in the universe,” said CERN director general Rolf Heuer, a German physicist and classical music fan.”

“CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is leading humankind’s efforts “to understand what we are,” said the rising star of international art who creates visions of alien worlds in sculpture, painting and video…

“The 5-member “Cultural Board” — including a top opera company director from France, a museum chief from Switzerland and a CERN physicist specializing in the cosmic search for anti-matter — will select two projects a year for endorsement…

As part of the new policy, the research center will form partnerships with leading world cultural organizations, like the digital arts body Ars Electronica which will put CERN at the heart of its “Origins” festival in Linz, Austria in September.”

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