Polytech.Science.Art

Polytechnic Museum in Moscow, Russia, announces the launch of the 'Polytech.Science.Art' program dedicated to one of the most significant phenomenon of contemporary culture – interdisciplinary collaboration between artists, scientists and technology specialists.

The program starts in 2014 with a series of workshops and lectures of international and Russian experts, artists, researchers, including influential representatives of science art, the experts acknowledged by international scientific community and granted with numerous awards and prizes, as well as young professionals. Many of them will present their projects in Russia for the first time.

'Polytech.Science.Art' program experts will help to formulate a comprehensive idea on the synthesis of science, art and technology as an artistic method, a space for innovation, will present art projects showing scientific and technological approaches, innovative methods. The experts and Russian participants' collaboration results will be not only of artistic, but also theoretical significance as every project of the program is a research of interaction between science, art and technology.

'Polytech.Science.Art' in 2014 is a unique series of workshops embracing such scientific disciplines as information technology, neurobiology, physics, psychoacoustics, fibertronics and others. Each workshop lasts from 3 to 5 days and consists of lecture and practical sessions. There will be open call before every workshop to select from 8 to 15 participants. For those who is selected by the experts, participation is free of charge. In the end of each event an open-attendance presentation (exhibition, performance) will be held. Open access will be provided for a number of lectures within the framework of the program.

'Polytech.Science.Art' program curator - Natalia Fuchs.

The first workshop opening the program is OTHERNET by Danja Vasiliev. Danja Vasiliev is a Russian media artist based in Berlin. Danja has been awarded by the Europe’s most representative new technologies art award Prix Ars Electronica in the nomination Cyberart (Newstweek project). Danja Vasiliev’s OTHERNET workshop debuted in January, 2014 in Berlin during Transmediale, one of the largest festivals of digital art and technology advancements. OTHERNET is dedicated to information technology in arts, tactics and technical realization of independent, hidden networks, avant-garde media and hacktivism within the framework of “Post- Internet now” concept.