Free Astronomy Magazine January-February 2019

32 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2019 SPACE CHRONICLES CERN, ALMA and ESO launch art residency program, Symmetry by ALMAObservatory T he Symmetry program was launched to foster interdiscipli- nary exchange be- tween artists and scientists working or living in Chile and Switzerland. It com- bines the residency of two artists in three of the most fascinating scientific research centers in the world: the Large Hadron Collider, CERN, in Geneva, Switzerland, and the astronomic ob- servatories in Chile: ALMA and the VLT in Cerro Paranal. Symmetry will invite one artist from Chile and one artist from Switzerland to a shared residency in each country. The experience seeks to connect artists with the community of physicists and engineers to further delve into the challenges of contemporary sci- ence through advanced technolo- T he names of the artists who will participate in the first version of the Symmetry residency program were announced at the “Fourth Meeting of Art, Science and Digital Culture” held in the Museum of Visual Arts (MAVI) in Santiago, Chile. In the image, visual concert by Carlos Cabezas, Chilean musician, founder of the band Electrodomésticos, who presented the result of his residency at ALMA. [Benjamin Matte, CChV] gies that explore and observe na- ture. “I am proud to launch Symme- try, which I am sure it will make a significant contribution to the cur- rent challenges in interdisciplinary thinking, by fostering deep conver- sations and dialog between artists and scientists in Chile and Switzer- land,” says Mónica Bello, Head of Arts at CERN.