MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION, SPANISH GOVERNMENT
Spanish Presidency of the EU – first semester of 2010
EU Informal Competitiveness Council of Ministers

SILICON DREAMS
Art, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

tabakalera donostia – san sebastián

February 9th – March 21th 2010

Silicon Dreams draws attention to the currency for transdisciplinary
practice across Science, Technology and Art. Aiming to support a  
vision of
the European Union as a leader in Research and Development, the project
highlights emerging art forms, exploring creative influences,
experimentation and innovation in the field.

The exhibition presents artworks selected from an invited shortlist of
outstanding works in the field. The final selection was undertaken by  
The
Scientific Committee established by the Spanish Ministry of Science and
Innovation for the purpose of the project, and sought to reflect the  
high
level of transdisciplinary research across arts and science. The  
exhibition
represents the complexity and diversity of the field from an ever  
evolving
perspective reflecting broad categories of practice. However, the  
underlying
intention behind the exhibition is not to provide a comprehensive  
survey of
the field, either contemporary or historical in character, but to  
highlight
key moments and outstanding ideas that have been driving the  
development of
creative ideas. In particular, the selection aimed to exemplify:  
advanced
research and innovation demonstrating cross knowledge in the field Art,
Science and Technology; the potential for further collaborations between
artists and scientists; interaction between artistic and scientific
production methods; an influence and challenge to scientific paradigms;
significant public impact; vision and imagination to inspire new  
ideas, new
experiences and to dream our future in new ways.

Selected works:
Camera Lucida, Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfand (2005).
Interactive Plant Growing, Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau
(1993-1997).
Luci - Sin nombre y sin memoria, José Manuel Berenguer (2008).
Mission Eternity: Tamatar. SWARM F71834AA6A9A6586, Etoy (2010).
My Black Cat, Knowbotic Research (2009).
Natural Fuse, Usman Haque (2008).
Probe, Boris Debackere (2008).
Requiem, Marcel.lí Antúnez (1999).
Terrain_01, Ulrique Gabriel (1992-1993).
The exhibition also includes Protrude, Flow by Sachiko Kodama (2008).

Scientific Committee:
Chair: Carlos Martínez Alonso, State Secretary for Research, Ministry of
Science and Innovation
Curatorial Co-ordinator: Dr. Joasia Krysa, Reader in Art and Technology,
KURATOR / University of Plymouth.

Members:
Montserrat Toné Escasany, Director General for International  
Cooperation and
Institutional Affairs, Ministry of Science and Innovation.
Clara Eugenia García, Advisor to the Minister’s Office, Ministry of  
Science
and Innovation.
Lourdes Arana Uli, Director General of FECYT.
Elisa Sáinz, CEO of Development of Design and Innovation, Ministry of
Science and Innovation.
Alex Adriaansens, Director, V2.
Daniel Canogar, Artist.
Fernando Castro Flórez, Art Critic.
David Cuartielles, Artist - Programmer, founder of Arduino.
Dr. Yago Torroja. ETSII School of Industrial Engineering, University
Polytechnic of Madrid.
LaAgencia, Secretary of the Committee

Photographic material: http://laagencia.org/SiliconDreams_fotos_Folder.zip
<http://laagencia.org/SiliconDreams_fotos_Folder.zip>


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