Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs in Art and Science
Falling Walls Finalist for Science Breakthrough of the Year 2021 in Art and Science
Falling Walls Berlin
7–9 November 2021
The Falling Walls award honors artists whose work is inspired and influenced by science across a wide range of subjects (from the humanities to life sciences, technology and more), which sheds light on societal issues, natural phenomena or simply the wonder of scientific discoveries, and which highlights the unique relationship between these apparently opposite but often highly complementary disciplines.
Selection Criteria
- International contemporary artists and projects that reflect, present, convey or process current phenomena, developments and discoveries in all scientific disciplines, or which present them in artistic forms
- Artists and works that address global social challenges via scientific references, methods or practices
- Artists and works that set new standards in the intersection of art and science and stand out artistically as well as methodologically
Art & Science Finalists
- Alejandro Duran
- Anna Dumitriu, University of Hertfordshire and Brighton / Sussex Medical School
- David Ibbett, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Derek Curry & Jennifer Gradecki, Northeastern University
- Doris Sung, University of Southern California / DOSU Studio Architecture
- Gerhard Widmer, Johannes Kepler University Linz
- Gjino Šutić & Maja Smrekar, Universal Research Institute
- Gloria Benedikt, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM)
- Guillermo Bert
- Haseeb Ahmed, Harlan Levey Projects
- Jiabao Li, Harvard University / Apple
- Julie Dorsey, Yale University / Mental Canvas, Inc.
- Julieta Gil
- Laura Splan
- Masaaki Miyasako, Tokyo University of the Arts
- Melissa Dubbin & Aaron S. Davidson, Pratt Institute / The New School
- Michael Schultheis, Michael Schultheis Art, LLC
- Michael Sedbon, Studio Michael Sedbon
- OUCHHH STUDIO
- Paul Vanouse, University at Buffalo
- Pei-Ying Lin, Garden of Forking Paths
- Rasa Smite & Raitis Smits, RIXC Art Science Center
- Rejane Cantoni
- Robert Lisek, Institute of Advanced Study CEU
- Robertina Šebjanič
- Sonia Levy
- Suzanne Treister
- Theodore Spyropoulos, Minimaforms
- Ursula Damm, Bauhaus Universität Weimar
- Xin Liu, slow immediate LLC / MIY Media Lab
Jury for Art & Science
- Julian Adenauer, Retune Festival
- Judith Barry, Mit
- Horst Bredekamp, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin
- Bettina Kames, Las
- Topi Lehtipuu, Artistic Director And Opera Singer
- Andrea Ling, Eth Zurich
- Arthur I. Miller, University College London
- Katja Naie, Schering Stiftung
- Kostya Novoselov, National University Of Singapore
- Jochen Sandig, Radialsystem
