Art x Science Office

The Art x Science Office will present the transdisciplinary project "Design for all Species" at the Zurich Design Weeks 2024. The exhibition will not only showcase results but also documents a successful international and transdisciplinary collaboration between veterinary research at the University of Zurich and product and fashion design at Hongik University, Seoul. From September 12 to 29, 2024, at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.

On 16 May 2024, world-renowned artist SAYPE unveiled his monumental artwork at the University of Zurich in support of SOS MEDITERRANEE's mission. SAYPE's eco-friendly artworks highlight contemporary societal challenges through everyday depictions and immense scale.

The internationally renowned media artist, director, and pioneer in the aesthetics of data and machine intelligence Refik Anadol held an Art x Science Talk on 3 May.

The Pavilion of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) Shanghai opened its doors to the public with the exhibition Mirror of Nature. See below for insights from international media on the exhibition.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai (MoCA) presented the exhibition Mirror of Nature from 15 December 2023 to 15 January 2024. In this multifaceted art and science project, the Swiss artists and illustrators Karoline Schreiber, Sophie Hengartner, Ida Künzle, Alexandra Kaufmann, Helena Klein und Kerstin Zemp collaborated with Chinese scenographer Zhu Yunyan.

The international network of Science Galleries opened a new science museum in the heart of Bengaluru, India on November 28th 2023. At the grand inaugural exhibition CARBON, the University of Zurich is represented with two Art x Science projects. Visitors can experience a music-video installation by Swiss musician Nicolas Buzzi in collaboration with Prof. Kathelijne Koops, as well as the Travel Edition of Triggered by Motion.

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and South Korea, the Art x Science video installation Triggered by Motion is traveling to Seoul. It will be on display starting May 11, 2023, as part of the exhibition TRAVEL ACROSS BOUNDARIES, in cooperation with the Science & Technology Office Seoul at the Swiss-Korean Innovation Week held at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP).

Design For All Species: a unique experiment combining veterinary medicine with fashion and product design. The project is based on a collaboration between the University of Zurich and Hongik University.

With the first special exhibition at the newly reimagined National Park Center in Zernez, the University of Zurich showcases the use of modern technologies in ecology. The exhibition will be on display from June 4th 2023, to March 9th 2024.