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Estación Experimental – CA2M in Madrid

Mónica Boixeda Madrilenian, Only-Be

On the 14th of May, the 2 de Mayo Art Centre in Madrid, and the Laboral Centro de Arte and Creación Industrial opened exhibition “Estación Experimental Investigaciones y Fenómenos Artísticos” at CA2M. The show was commissioned by Virginia Torrente and Andres Mengs, and presents the work of 29 artists who work in relation to scientific investigation. The sciences are an amazing source of inspiration, which have brought man to surpass the limits of creation, and many artists have drawn a lot from this over time. These 29 selected artists all share a particular fascination for the different worlds surrounding the sciences – such as science fiction, the paranormal, or just pure science. Science and art are linked by the journey of discovery, and the search for new challenges in order to establish new paradigms for the interpretation of reality. Both take us to unknown worlds – sometimes real, sometimes imaginary, but always an intellectual challenge which shares a poetic common ground. Science and art have evolved in parallel – the development of one impacts the progress of the other, as we can see in the advance of instruments which serve as artistic expression – in painting, and different materials. There is an unavoidable symbiosis between art and the sciences. During the era of modernity, the role of science increased in terms of human advancements and emancipation. Paul Klee, as a response to the new role of science, and its laws, promoted the meeting between art and science, commenting that “knowledge of the laws of design need not imprison.” Just like Klee, many artists have found in science a route... read more