Art and Nanotechnology

For its Ars Electronica Garden, gnration will present a virtual tour of The Invention of Sense, by German artist Marcel Weber.

The Anthropocene impacts issues of global magnitude, the overcoming of which calls for technological evolution. The fabric of the future is developed at nanoscale, far outside the scope of what human senses can fathom; on a scale no eye can discern, no finger can touch and no nose can scent. Scientific work is thus based on vastly-extended sensing and exciting. As with technological nerve endings, this domain of research pries into another dimension through a new apparatus of understanding developed by its users. The infinitely small requires infinitely high sensitivity.

The exhibition’s pieces explore this extrasensory perception and new sensuality. In the featured works, as well as in their presentation, Sensing, Discovering and Exciting are discussed, stimulated and elevated. Formally, the exhibition takes the premise further by extending the establishedrestrictions of gallery space and turning the room itself into a medium and a stimulating, visceral experience.

This exhibition is held under the program Scale Travels, a collaboration with the International Iberian Nanotechnology Institute (INL).