Science, Art and Technique will be the main themes of the European Researchers' Night – NEI 2015, at the Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos (CCVL), on the 25th of September, starting at 20:30.
For NEI Science and NEI Art, the Center invited three professionals with different profiles than usual at the European Researchers' Night. Thus, from 21 pm, the CCVL opens its doors for presentations, exhibition of works and practical demonstrations by Andreia Rollot Miguel (jewel artist), Rudolfo Quintas (digital artist) and Fernando Afonso (Maker).
The Investigators' Night will also be used by CCV Lagos to present its new Educational Offer 2015/2016.
Jewelry artist Andreia Rollot Miguel will present The Scientific Dimension in Jewelry, in a conversation where the physical and mechanical properties of the materials he uses, casting techniques, transformation, joining and surface treatment, inspirational research from the biological world, technical drawings, ergonomic, functional and aesthetic principles, the design and execution of a piece of jewelry. From various metals, to stones, acrylic paints or rubbers, the range of materials used in his works is vast.
Digital artist and Rudolfo Quintas will present a review of their work in the conversation What is Digital Art? By Artist Rudolfo Quintas.
This researcher from Universidade Aberta/Universidade do Algarve will present some of his projects that involve the intersection of Art, Design, Technology and Science, including a more recent creative collaboration that was co-produced by Harvard University.
Fernando Afonso, computer programmer, comes to talk about Being A Maker…?, if it will always be the same as being a contraption of modern times and others of its adventures and experiences.
From 3D printing to toolless construction of real machines, Fernando Afonso will detail what it is to be a Maker that involves from Mathematics to Electronics, from programming to the simple balance of parts but always imbued with a creative and analytical spirit.
Who are the guests:
Andreia Rollot Miguel (Lisbon, 1975)
(Autobiographical text) I was born in 1975, in Lisbon.
In 1985, thread, paint, fabric, pens, nails, pencils, screws, wood, sewing machines, hammers, brushes, saws, paper, scissors, glue, needles… stirred up my creativity. From tools, from learning techniques and materials, from their potential, came ideas.
Research, rethink, invent, reformulate and build are my action verbs. Since 2008, jewelry is the corner where I realize and structure my thoughts. Creativity is overwhelming.
I'm always surprised by the spontaneous way in which new ideas arise, and I feel lucky to be able to express mine through jewelry.
Rodolfo Quintas (Porto, 1980)
Rudolfo Quintas is a Portuguese artist and researcher who develops multidisciplinary projects in the field of digital arts.
Since the late 90s, he has created audiovisual installations, performances and software pieces at the crossroads of art, design, technology and science.
His work explores interactive processes, implying the participation of the public who become co-creators, in a dynamic of intuitive and affective interaction in environments, situations or formally refined and minimal relations, whose composition is determined by strategies of subtle balance between control flows and randomness.
He is currently a doctoral candidate in Digital Media Art at UAb/UALg, and a CIAC collaborator researcher.
In March 2015 his first solo exhibition took place in Lisbon, produced by Artech Internacional, co-produced by Harvard University and co-financed by DGartes.
He has held several artistic residencies and has lectured internationally in various digital arts talks and workshops. Quintas has presented his work internationally in galleries and festivals, including Berlin, Dox Praga, Barcelona, Madrid, Vienna), The Hague, Amsterdam, Istanbul, Helsinki, Sydney, Lisbon and London.
It was awarded the acclaimed award Transmediale Distinction Award of the Transmediale festival in Berlin.
His work has been published in specialty publications such as Performance Research (Routledge), NIME – New Interfaces for Musical Expression and art editions such as “unger Than Jesus: Artist Directory” co-edited by the New Museum New York and Phaidon Press, project that propose to document the best artists, worldwide, under 33 years old.
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