Grants for creation between art and science from the Épica Foundation La Fura dels Baus

Would you like to take part in a process of creation between art and science? Have you heard of the survival of the fittest? Of evolutionary life? Of eugenics? Or natural selection? Are you interested in anticipating the future of society? Would you like to face scientific challenges? The Épica Foundation La Fura dels Baus is offering 30 scholarship places to participate in its new workshop "Survival vs. resilience", which will take place from 30 May to 11 June 2022 in Badalona.

Supervivència vs. resiliència
13/04/2022 - 11:36 h - Culture and leisure Octavi Planells

The call is aimed at artists, science or technology professionals, and especially those multidisciplinary and hybrid profiles who want to be part of a disruptive and innovative experience. Registration will be open from 1 to 30 April, both included. Attendance is free and the registration form is already available on this website.

Research groups from the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), among others, are collaborating in the project. The workshop will culminate with a final presentation based on scientific challenges proposed by the collaborating experts.

Adaptation, fortitude, the ability to overcome, eugenics, disease, failure, ruin or poverty, in short “Survival vs. resilience”, are the concepts that will be worked on in this workshop. In addition to being a space for co-creation around the performing arts, the workshop is also a laboratory. Here, the invited experts and science professionals will develop their studies and research both during the public presentation and during the creative process. Thus, by participating in the process, you will be part of an experiment. Data on immediate response, group collaboration, leadership, active participation, excellence, effort, innovation, etc. will be extracted and studied.

It will be two intensive weeks in which, together with the Foundation’s team, actions and proposals will be developed to design a performance that meets the requirements of the challenges launched. The aim is to validate the role of art in R&D&I processes, together with science and technology.