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Cris Orfescu Founder NanoArt21 |
Abstract:
I am pleased to present in a two-parts article the Top 10 artists in the 3rd edition of the international online competition for NanoArt, a new discipline at the art-science-technology intersections and a reflection of the Nanotechnology development.
April 24th, 2009
NanoArt 2008 International Online Competition - Top 10 - Part 1
The worldwide competition NanoArt 2008 was open to all artists 18 years and older. At this edition, 105 artworks were submitted by 34 nanoartists representing 11 countries. The online exhibition is open for public viewing at http://nanoart21.org/nanoart2006/index.php?cat=13 and includes all artworks entered in the contest. The judges for this edition were Jeanne Brasile, artist, director and primary curator of the Walsh Gallery at the Seton Hall University and Rocky Rawstern, artist and consultant, former editor of Nanotechnology Now, awarded with the 2005 Foresight Institute Prize in Communication. The Top 10 artists are also presented in a multimedia work by Cris Orfescu on http://www.nanoart21.org Here are the contest winners:
1st Place - Jan Schmoranzer is currently a group leader and head of BioImaging facility at the Molecular Cancer Research Center of Charite Berlin. He earned his Master degree in Physics from Germany, pursued his Ph.D. in Cellular Biophysics at Rockefeller University, New York and his postdoctoral research in Cell Biology at Columbia University, New York. There he has made significant impact by building a novel type of microscope to visualize in real-time how cells secrete molecules from the inside to the outside, and how cells ‘orient' toward certain biochemical cues on a molecular basis, both processes that are essential for all cell types. Beside his research he has developed vivid interest in the visual arts: he had multiple exhibitions in photography and all of the micrographs displayed here received awards in international microscopy competitions. "Seeing the beauty of cellular structures, like microtubules, after many hours of tiring and repetitive lab-work often gives me the kick to go on. I am glad that scientist like me receive public attention for display of scientific imagery and I am excited to expand on projects like ‘Cell Portraits' by exploring different cellular structures and cell types. I believe that visualizing science - the process of research as well as its end products - will gain importance in the future, not only to draw attention to a particular scientific subject, but also for science education itself."
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Jan Schmoranzer, 'Starved Fibroblasts 2' |
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Chris Robinson, 'Untitled (Maine Fibroblasts)' |
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Frances Geesin, 'Silver Rolls' |
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Elena Lucia Constantinescu, 'Sunk in Pink' |
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Philip Brun Del Re, 'Bubble Divide' |
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