The CRC1225 ISOQUANT is happy to announce the Open Call for the NTMxISOQUANT SciArt Residency.
How can quantum physics be depicted theatrically and translated into artistic processes? From June to December 2025, one or more authors will explore this question in a six-month residency programme jointly organised by the drama department of the Nationaltheater Mannheim (NTM) and ISOQUANT. The aim of the interdisciplinary residency is to create a text in German, which will be presented publicly at the NTM at the end of the residency.
With the NTMxISOQUANT Residency, we want to initiate a curiosity-driven debate between artists, scientists and other members of society, promote a spirit of shared learning and equality and at the same time contribute to the transfer of knowledge through interdisciplinary collaboration. A central component of the residency will be active collaboration and exchange with researchers from ISOQUANT. The approach of the program is to be understood as an open perspective: The form, process and outcome of the residency are completely free and determined by the artists themselves.
The traditional Nationaltheater Mannheim is a theater and opera company (opera, theater, dance, young theater). Outstanding artistic achievements, premieres and world premieres as well as exemplary work with children and young people make the Nationaltheater one of the most important theaters in Germany. Around 1,300 performances for around 330,000 visitors every year are testament to this, as is its national coverage. Its highly acclaimed festivals underline the international appeal of the NTM. The Nationaltheater enjoys a supra-regional reputation as a world premiere theater thanks to the position of an in-house playwright, which is reassigned each year, as well as numerous premieres and first performances.
Further information on the SciArt Residency in general and how to apply can be found here:
https://www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de/kacheln/artikel/ntmxisoquant-sciart-residency-/
We’re delighted to invite you to the grand opening of the exhibition “many-body problem” displaying the artworks of our invited artist in residence Alexandra Hunts.
Date: Thursday, 23rd of November 2023
Time: 7 pm
Place: Foyer, European Institute for Neuromorphic Computing (EINC), Im Neuenheimer Feld 225a, 69120 Heidelberg
Welcome and introductions by:
Dr. Lisa Ringena, Science Communication, CRC 1225 ISOQUANT
Tina Kuka, Coordination, CRC 1225 ISOQUANT
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Berges, Spokesperson, CRC 1225 ISOQUANT
Following drinks and snacks, the exhibition can be viewed. The artist will be present. After the opening event, the art will be displayed for 4 more weeks until the 21st of December 2023.
For planning of the event, we would appreciate your confirmation of participation until Monday, 20th of November 2023 via mail to scicom-isoquant@thphys.uni-heidelberg.de
The exhibition features art works resulting from a Science & Art Collaboration carried out at the Collaborative Research Centre 1225 ISOQUANT. As part of this project, Alexandra Hunts was invited as an artist-in-residence, allowing her to discuss and engage with scientists of the collaboration and to create artworks inspired by the dialogue. Driven by the developments in her home country Ukraine, Hunts decided to connect the collapse and restructuring of quantum states with the collapse of political systems. The artworks will be displayed at two locations, the European Institute for Neuromorphic Computing (EINC) and the Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP), connecting and entangling the historical building of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Philosophenweg and recently inaugurated institute EINC in the Neuenheimer Feld.
Alexandra Hunts, born 1990 in Lviv, Ukraine, holds a bachelor’s degree from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, a master degree from Malmö Art Academy, and is currently resident at Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. Hunts works across various media, including photography, video, installation, and sculpture. Her work has been exhibited among others at KRAFT in Bergen (NO), CODA Apeldoorn (NL), Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (DK) and are part of international public and private collections. Hunts lives and works in Amsterdam.
Looking forward to seeing many of you,
Lisa Ringena & Tina Kuka