In science as in art, knowledge comes from practiceįamiliar with these hybrid territories, IK has been driven for years by the conviction that science and art share a common stake in knowledge based on practice. The relevance of this new residency project was thus confirmed, and the artist has been working on it since the beginning of 2020. It also highlighted the potential contribution for the researchers of her observation outside the canons of science, and the opportunity to gain complementary knowledge by introducing a shift in perspective at the core of expertise. This first round of observation, which would have been impossible without the curiosity of the research directors and their openness to possible friction with other disciplines, raised their confidence in IK’s approach and demonstrated her understanding of the time and resources issues in a long-term collaboration. The encounter with Stefano Tiozzo, Research Director at the Villefranche-sur-mer Developmental Biology Laboratory (LBDV), and then with Eric Röttinger, Research Director at the IRCAN (Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging, in Nice) together with the support of the Université Côte d’Azur gave a decisive turn to events, making this adventure possible at the crossroads between scientific research and artistic experimentation.ĭuring her first immersion period in the laboratory, in the winter of 2019, the artist was able to familiarize herself with the respective study topics of the two teams, their points of convergence and the research protocols for invertebrate marine creatures. Since her first visit to Nice in late 2017 to prepare her solo exhibition at the MAMAC (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), we have been planning to include her research in the fertile territory of marine studies and this unique Mediterranean ecosystem. I’m about to discover one of the laboratories she is working with and meet her contacts. I have an appointment with artist Irene Kopelman, who has become a familiar figure in the area for the past month. The boat masts clatter in the harbour that stretches out below the marine station.
The wind is blowing in Villefranche-sur-Mer.
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