Science

INTERVIEW | Bingjie BJ Cui

INTERVIEW | Bingjie BJ Cui

Bingjie B.J. Cui is a multidisciplinary artist whose work reveals the whimsical and ethnic beauties behind our visual world. With an academic background spanning environmental science, urban planning and design, and illustration, she is passionate about interweaving science fiction, poetry, and art to create an inspiring and vibrant visual experience.

INTERVIEW | Asmae Mouayn

INTERVIEW | Asmae Mouayn

Asmae Mouayn, alias ‘Asmyn’, is a Moroccan fractal artist based in Marrakesh. Her artwork attempts to demonstrate that science and art go hand in hand and that equations can be set up to an artistic visualization. By using mathematical formulas, she creates unique fractal art pieces. She wants to arouse the public’s curiosity and push people to imagine the narratives and stories behind every fractal.

INTERVIEW | Yalan Wen

INTERVIEW | Yalan Wen

Yalan Wen is an artist based in New York City who works on computational images, new media installations, and motion graphics. Born and raised in Taiwan, she developed her curiosity about art and science. Her work explores the subtle events that happen beyond the surface, finding the balance between simplicity and nuanced philosophical interpretations.

INTERVIEW | Monika Katterwe

INTERVIEW | Monika Katterwe

Monika Katterwe is a German photographer based in Luckenwalde. Using the Tyndall effect, Monika started by visualizing the light rays in different media and observing the interaction of light with crystals. She questions her observations on the formation of space in the fluid through the comparative analyses with scientific publications on this topic.

INTERVIEW | Chao Wang

INTERVIEW | Chao Wang

Originally from Hangzhou, China, Chao Wang is an artist who now works from New York. Her works are characterized by the presence of both organic and artificial elements, in a fusion that explores the human relationship with technology. Chao Wang is interested in how human-being interact with an increasingly technological society, exploring this through intriguing motifs.

INTERVIEW | Ayse U Akarca

INTERVIEW | Ayse U Akarca

Ayse U Akarca is a Turkish scientist who balances making art with her career in research at one of the world’s leading institutions at UCL. Working with different cancer tissues, faced with the reality of what this disease is and the effect it has on people’s lives, Ayse thinks about mortality – and the fine line that exists between life and death.

INTERVIEW | Cheryl Safren

INTERVIEW | Cheryl Safren

Cheryl Safren has abandoned traditional artistic materials altogether and creates art-employing chemical processes on metal. She cannot get enough of learning about new materials. and harnesses chemistry to create art. To most artists, experimentation is an essential part of finding their voice. For Safren, the process is a central aspect of any artist’s work, but the materials usually employed do not evolve as much as the artists do.