NUCLEAR SESSIONS: Sense, perceive and transcribe radioactivity

As a closing act of the workshop Radioactive Traces: feeling, perceiving and transcribing radioactivity given by Fernando Cremades (artist) and Agnès Villette (research artist), a round table will be organized on March 2 with the participation of three speakers specialized in the nuclear field: Néstor Herran (historian of science, Spain/France), Elise Alloin (artist, France) and Grit Rutland (artist, Germany). The guests will present their work and afterwards the debate will be open to the public.

Bio of guests:

Dr. Grit Ruhland
Grit Ruhland graduated in Fine Arts in 2005 at the HfBK Dresden and received her doctorate at the Bauhaus Universität Weimar. In 2007 she became "Meisterschülerin" of Professor Martin Honert. Her artistic works include projects within community arts, public art, sound art and interaction with institutes and scientific subjects. Key words are cognition, space, technology, landscape and participation. He has taught at the art faculties of the universities of Wuppertal and Dresden.

Nestor Herran
Full Professor of History of Science at the Sorbonne University. His current research deals with the history of nuclear technology and environmental sciences in the Cold War.

Elise Alloin
She develops her plastic work in a dynamic of research through art exploring the links we have with radioactivity. Her transdisciplinary practice is based on collaboration with teams of researchers in Nuclear Physics, Life Sciences and Human Sciences. Élise Alloin was born in 1971 in Paris. She lives and works in Strasbourg.