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Art & Science

Working Group

IGrav Update

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Art & Science WG - Summary of September 2022 Meeting

Attendees: 8 people (link to minutes)

Co-chairs: Isa Cordero Carrión, Hannah Middleton

  • Art/science ideas for the IGrav website:
    • collect contacts of people interested in art/science collaboration
    • share examples of art/science projects and events
    • collect artistic contests related to science - e.g. logo competitions
  • Idea of a LinkedIn account - would this be useful to create a network?
  • IGrav logo
    • competition for the IGrav logo
    • plan to ask advice from the LISA Consortium team, who recently ran a logo competition
  • Discussions of possible projects, events, collaborations.

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Since September 2022

Into the Quadrivium

An art/science collaboration between researchers at the University of Birmingham, led by Alice Bonino, and musicians from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Sell-out performance in March 2023!

Researchers: Alice Bonino, Swetha Bhagwat, Hannah Middleton, Nathan Steinle.

Musicians / artists: Molly Welling, Holly Gowland, Isabella Ennes, Chan Chak Hang, Charlie Woodhouse, Camila Valerio, Oliver Clayton, Aoife Fahey, Clare Welling, Camille Tota.

Into the Quadrivium - the sound of gravitational waves

Ground-breaking research into black holes and gravitational waves, complemented by an immersive soundscape of baroque and contemporary works.

Performed in March 2023

https://www.instagram.com/intothequadrivium/

(Poster by Camille Tota)