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IBSA Foundation engages in a range of scientific and cultural outreach activities to make science more accessible to all.
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Triton by Invernomuto at LAC Lugano

Experience Triton by Invernomuto at LAC Lugano, where art and science converge to create a unique performance that translates nature into sound and light.
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Morestalgia by Riccardo Benassi: the work and the talk with the artist

Explore Riccardo Benassi's Morestalgia installation in Lugano, a thought-provoking reflection on nostalgia in the digital age, and join his talk on November 3.
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Credere alle maschere by Romeo Castellucci: performance and talk

Join Romeo Castellucci and curator Piersandra Di Matteo for an insightful talk at LAC, exploring the intersection of theater and identity through the SciArt ...
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Fluid Boundaries: dialogue and perspectives after the project

At Carlo Cattaneo House, the closing event of Fluid Boundaries combined art, science and indigenous knowledge to reflect on the value of water.
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Quantum intelligence: IBSA Foundation and LAC explore the relationship between human and artificial

Quantum intelligence: IBSA Foundation–LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura explore artificial intelligence, quantum physics and new questions about our idea of humanity.
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Conversation with Chus Martínez

Curator Chus Martínez to be guest of honour at the first SciArt SwitzerlAnd 2025 event dedicated to the relationship between artistic practices and scientific ...
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Stefano Mancuso - Plant beings in the perspective of global sustainability

The meeting with Stefano Mancuso is part of SciArt SwitzerlAnd, a project of IBSA Foundation carried out in collaboration with LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura.
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Guido Tonelli - Art and Science: a history of surprising connections

Lectio magistralis by Guido Tonelli. The meeting is part of SciArt SwitzerlAnd, a project of IBSA Foundation carried out in collaboration with LAC Lugano Arte ...
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Echoes from the Future - Science, Ethics and the Arts

For the 24/25 season, the collaboration between LAC and IBSA Foundation is developed around the thematic path "Science, Ethics and Art".
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Conversation with artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen

Jakob Kudsk Steensen (Denmark, 1987) headlines the first SciArt Switzerland event with a focus on the relationship between art and technology.
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Conversation with artist Ed Atkins

Free event with artist Ed Atkins on the boundaries between real experiences and digital worlds was held Nov. 20, in partnership with IBSA Foundation.
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Conversation with the artist Uriel Orlow

On November 10, 2023 the second SciArt SwitzlerlAnd meeting takes place at the Lac Lugano. With Uriel Orlow, winner of the Swiss Grand Prix d'Art.
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Umberto Galimberti, The Emotions: still a largely unknown territory

On January 27, 2024, as part of IBSA Foundation's SciArt Switzerland project, a meeting with Umberto Galimberti will be held in collaboration with LAC.
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Emanuele Trevi - La casa del mago (The House of the Magician)

On 21 October 2023 at 11:00 a.m., at LAC, the public will have a chance to meet the author and essayist Emanuele Trevi, winner of the 2021 Premio Strega.
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Digital Aesthetics: The Wall of Sound di panGenerator

The work The Wall of Sound by panGenerator is part of the Digital Aesthetics project with the aim of making people reflect on digital language.
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Conversation with the artist Olaf Nicolai

On June 5 2023 at Lac in Lugano, SciArt SwitzlerlAnd opens through a conversation on art and science with Olaf Nicolai one of Germany's best-known artists.
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Digital Aesthetics: “La Gabbia” by auroraMeccanica

The work La Gabbia auroraMeccanica is part of the Digital Aesthetics project with the aim of making people think about digital languages.
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La Scienza a regola d'Arte - Julius von Bismarck and Tamara Vázquez Schröder

The artist Julius von Bismarck and the physicist Tamara Vázquez Schröder, are the protagonists of the tenth talk in the La Scienza a regola d'Arte series.
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