The Art and Science Symposia of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) aim to promote dialogue between artists and scientists, and are part of the CNIO Arte initiative. The CNIO Art 2024 edition will feature the pair formed by Dora García, winner of the 2021 National Visual Arts Award, and David Nogués-Bravo, macroecologist at the Globe Institute in Copenhagen. Under the theme of climate change and the loss of biodiversity, Dora García has created an audiovisual piece, END (two prologues), based on the trip to the archipelago of Svalbard, in the Arctic, which the scientist and the artist undertook together.
Both are taking part in the 5th Art and Science Symposium to be held on 21 February in collaboration with the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, entitled ‘Art, science and ecology in the face of climate change’, which will also feature presentations by other experts such as Carlos Jiménez, professor emeritus of Aesthetics at the European University of Madrid, historian and art critic; Esther Pizarro, multidisciplinary artist, researcher and professor at the European University of Madrid; Anna Traveset, biologist and researcher at the CSIC, and Jaime Vindel, art and culture historian and researcher at the CSIC.
After their presentations, the speakers will participate with Maria Blasco and Juan de Nieves, director and curator of CNIO Arte, respectively, in a round table discussion.