PROCESS
“Test drives”
An open call for artists from any art form
Keywords: arts to STEM, creative process, arts as a way to communicate
Who?
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the Science Museum of Venice.
Artist: Haseeb Ahmed.
What?
Often working collaboratively Ahmed Haseeb, a research-based artist from the US, now based in Brussels, produces objects, site-specific installations, films, and writes, integrates methodologies from the hard sciences into his art production. His recently completed ‘Wind Egg’ Trilogy blends art and aeronautics, myth and technology, to create new narratives for the present. His work with wind and science began during his Masters from the MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology completed in 2010. He is currently an artist in residence at Science Gallery Venice. The focus of his research is the wind, one of the invisible forces which shapes the city of Venice and its maritime history.
Nurturing a game concept is by no means a simple task.
Why?
This case teaches individuals to observe the world by observing artwork and how research can make the process visible by engaging emotions or questions.
Results
About the main results, the artist’s research into the wonders of wind, including the dust-laden Sirocco which blows in from the Sahara, is to lead to the creation of an art piece to be showcased during the Venice Biennale in 2022. The final piece will combine sculpture, architecture, performance and the people of Venice in an artistic work which will also have a digital life.
Earth Water Sky is Science Gallery Venice’s 3-year residency programme for artists interested in the environment and the latest in cutting edge environmental knowledge. Every year there is an open call for artists from any art form – digital arts, painting, sculpture, dance, performance, music, multimedia, video, film, photography, writing, drawing – to apply for a two-month fully funded residency in Venice. The winning artists will work with leading scientists from Ca’ Foscari University and the Veneto region. The main concept of this interesting project is the connection to the history of Earth written in the rocks and sediment in the landscape and which have been used for human culture. From the distinctive white Istrian stone and pink marble used to build the Doges Palace in Venice, to ancient organisms, plants and invertebrates preserved as fossils in sedimentary rock, where rocks are the Earth’s timekeepers, their history is the witness and record of all activities on our Planet.
Sources
CafoscariNEWS. 2020. Haseeb Ahmed is the winner of the 2nd Earth Water Sky residency programme. [online] Available at: https://www.unive.it/pag/16584/?tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=8749&cHash=23c20a779ef3c0a16f98da261233f255 [Accessed 18 March 2022].
Ahmed, H., 2022. Earth Water Sky Residency, Science Gallery Venice. [online] Wind-residency-venice.com. Available at: https://wind-residency-venice.com/ [Accessed 31 March 2022].
Ahmed, H., 2022. www.haseebahmed.com. [online] Haseebahmed.com. Available at: https://haseebahmed.com/ [Accessed 18 March 2022].