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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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Blade Runner, a talk with Roy Menarini

Join Roy Menarini’s talk on 15 November during the live screening of Blade Runner, exploring timely themes such as AI and identity.
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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.
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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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2025 Fellowship Winners

The IBSA Foundation's 2025 Fellowships awarded seven researchers for their innovative projects, highlighting global scientific talent and commitment to ...
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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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2024 Fellowship Winners

The six winners of IBSA Foundation’s 12th Fellowship edition have been announced. The new call is open, featuring the €5,000 Equity Prize.
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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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2023 Fellowship Winners

The eleventh edition of the IBSA Foundation Fellowships has ended with the awarding of six fellowships. Here are the winners and their projects.
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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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