Collide @ CERN laureate, Bill Fontana, begins residency at CERN
Geneva, 26 June 2013. The second winner of Prix Ars Electronica Collide @ CERN , American sound sculptor, Bill Fontana2, begins his arts residency at CERN3 on 4 July 2013. Matching a great artist with a great scientist, Bill Fontana will start working with theorist Subodh Patil, his science inspiration partner during his time at CERN. Fontana will explore the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, along with other aspects of the CERN site in his project entitled 'Acoustic Time Travel'. A presentation of the artist's work and that of his inspiration partner, as well as insight into their future collaboration, will be revealed at CERN's Globe of Science and Innovation on 4 July. Doors open at 6:30pm. "The sounds of the Large Hadron Collider and its technology will best be captured and sculpted by one of the world's leading sound artists," said CERN Director General Rolf Heuer.
