Opening:
December 11, 2016
5:30 p.m.
Exhibition:
December 11 – 15
Room CR2252, Level 2 (spine), Al-Kindi (bldg. 5)
Open daily 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
The exhibition will present the Swiss artists’ processes and results which they developed during their three-month art-science residency here at KAUST.
Beneath the Red Sea, a New Form of Reef
Marie Griesmar (Professor Voolstra Lab, Red Sea Research Center)
Griesmar investigated the aesthetics of underwater ecological constructions in the Red Sea. Inspired by the diversity of the organisms – their function and forms, she created a series of sculptures for her long-term underwater experiment. With her intervention, she aims to raise awareness to the importance of coral reef ecosystems.
Into the Blue and Soft and Solid
Sandra Kühne (Professor Jones Lab, Red Sea Research Center)
Kühne created works related to oceanography. She transforms her observations, scientific knowledge and information into aesthetic works with paper, lines, (deep sea) water, ink and ropes. Her experimental arrangements show overlaps and gaps, the precision of grids and the poetics of uncertainty.
The artists-in-labs program has been running since 2003 and is part of the Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts (ICS) at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). The KAUST Residency Exchange 2016 is a cooperation between KAUST, Pro Helvetia and the artists-in-labs program.
