Free Astronomy Magazine January-February 2019

33 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2019 SPACE CHRONICLES In this first version, 8 artists from each country were in- vited to present their portfo- lios, which were reviewed by members of the participating institutions to select the final candidates to form part of this Residency: Nicole L’Huillier from Chile and Alan Bogana from Switzerland. The an- nouncement of the selected artists was made at the 4th Meeting of Art, Science and Digital Culture in the Museum of Visual Arts (MAVI), in Santi- ago, Chile. The Minister of Culture, Art and Heritage, Consuelo Valdés, who partici- pated in the event and sup- ports the initiative, high- lighted the alliances behind this project and revealed that: “We are convinced that the dialogue be- tween art, science and culture it will nourish us of significant experiences for the cultural development for which we all work“ . Selected artists will visit the remote Chajnantor Plateau in the northern I n the image, the Minister of Culture of Chile talks with the director of the Arts at CERN program, Monica Bello. [Benjamin Matte, CChV] Chilean Andes, where 66 antennas from the ALMA radio telescope are located, and also the Very Large Tel- escope, an Observatory located in Cerro Paranal near Antofagasta. In Switzerland, the artists will be guest residents at CERN in Geneva. “I am very pleased that the VLT and ! A rtist Laura Couto Rosado with sci- entific partner James Beacham at CERN. [Sophia Elizabeth Bennett/CERN] ALMA are part of this initiative, be- cause art and science raise the spirits and remind us of the importance of treasuring the dimension of creativ- ity, curiosity and discovery that, in a sense, defines us as humans and therefore should never be forgot- ten,” adds Claudio Melo, Represen- tative of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile. Symmetry is a collaboration be- tween Arts at CERN, ALMA, ESO and the Chilean Corporation of Video and Electronic Arts, made possible by support from the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the Chilean Ministry of Cultures, Art and Her- itage through its New Media Area. “The shared residency of two artists in two of the most extraordinary re- search centers in the fields of astron- omy and particle physics will enable us to expand and explore the con- nections between new creative forms,” indicates Enrique Rivera, Di- rector of the Chilean Corporation of Video and Electronic Arts.