InterLab Art–Science Initiative 2025: Where Art Meets Science
The InterLab Art–Science Initiative is an experimental, interdisciplinary program designed to foster collaboration between artists, scientists, museum professionals, and innovators in the creative economy. Operating at the intersection of art, exact sciences, natural sciences, political sciences, humanities, and cultural studies, the laboratory creates projects that are both scientific investigations and immersive artistic experiences. InterLab is more than a laboratory. It is a space where scientific data becomes a medium, and artistic imagination becomes research.
Project Overview
Launched in 2025, the initiative brings together 12 resident artists and researchers for a series of four intensive cycles over 12 months. Each cycle explores a specific theme — from bio-material innovation to urban environmental sensing and cultural data visualization. Projects range from interactive installations to speculative design prototypes, VR/AR experiences, and open-access datasets.
Key Objectives:
- Develop sustainable frameworks for art–science collaboration.
- Produce experimental prototypes blending creative and scientific approaches.
- Facilitate knowledge exchange via workshops, hacklabs, and public lectures.
- Increase public understanding of science through immersive, participatory art.
Each residency is accompanied by public workshops that allow audiences to engage directly with experiments, providing feedback and data for iterative development. Architects and environmental scientists Architects and environmental scientists create a city model based on real sensor data. Visitors explore the virtual environment, where climate scenarios and urban planning simulations interact with artistic storytelling.
The virtual environment
Launched in 2025, the initiative brings together 12 resident artists and researchers for a series of four intensive cycles over 12 months. Each cycle explores a specific theme — from bio-material innovation to urban environmental sensing and cultural data visualization. Projects range from interactive installations to speculative design prototypes, VR/AR experiences, and open-access datasets.
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Architects and environmental scientists create a city model based on real sensor data. Visitors explore the virtual environment, where climate scenarios and urban planning simulations interact with artistic storytelling.
Methodologies
InterLab applies a combination of practice-based research, data-driven art, speculative design, open science, and experimental museology. Examples include:
- Environmental Sensor Installations: using live data streams from city sensors to generate dynamic visual art.
- Bio-material Experiments: algae-based kinetic sculptures, biodegradable materials testing.
- VR/AR Prototypes: immersive urban futures where participants explore simulated scenarios.
- Open Datasets: released on platforms such as Science Framework and aggle for broader academic use.
Events
Quantum Creators Summit
Humboldt ForumMIT Media Lab, CERN Arts at CERN, University College London (UCL), Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Centre Pompidou
Rock Concert
Rock ClubMIT Media Lab, CERN Arts at CERN, University College London (UCL), Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Centre Pompidou
Launched in 2025, the initiative brings together 12 resident artists and researchers for a series of four intensive cycles over 12 months. Each cycle explores a specific theme — from bio-material innovation to urban environmental sensing and cultural data visualization. Projects range from interactive installations to speculative design prototypes, VR/AR experiences, and open-access datasets. Architects and environmental scientists Architects and environmental scientists create a city model based on real sensor data. Visitors explore the virtual environment, where climate scenarios and urban planning simulations interact with artistic storytelling. Physics / Sound Art Translating quantum particle simulations into sound compositions, merging scientific data and musical experimentation. MIT Media Lab, CERN Arts at CERN, University College London (UCL), Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Centre Pompidou Urban Studies / Architecture / Data Visualization Immersive VR city model based on sensor data, exploring climate scenarios and social dynamics. MIT Media Lab, CERN Arts at CERN, University College London (UCL), Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Centre Pompidou
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Exhibitions
Quantum Music Lab
VR Urban Futures
