Selection criteria
The selection process for the Art in la Doua 2025 will focus on two primary factors:
1. Artistic Quality:
The jury will evaluate the visual and emotional impact of the work. This includes the use of colors, composition, creativity, and how effectively the piece captures the intersection of science and art. Artistic originality and the aesthetic presentation will also play a significant role in the evaluation process.
2. Clarity and Accessibility of Descriptions:
Each submission must be accompanied by both a scientific description and an artistic description. The jury will assess how well these descriptions explain the scientific and creative aspects of the work in a way that is easily understood by non-specialists. Clear, engaging descriptions that bridge the gap between complex scientific concepts and artistic expression will be highly valued.
While the scientific background provides important context for the artwork, the evaluation will not consider the scientific merit or depth of the research itself. The focus is on how effectively the science is communicated artistically and descriptively.
Selection Process
Each submission will undergo the following steps during the selection process:
1. Preliminary Review:
All submissions will be reviewed to ensure they meet the submission guidelines, including file formats, aspect ratios, description length, and intellectual property requirements. Submissions that do not meet these requirements may not proceed to the next stage.
2. Jury Evaluation:
The interdisciplinary jury will evaluate each submission based on the artistic quality and the clarity of the provided descriptions. After the evaluation, the jury will select the most visually striking and clearly communicated works to be included in the exhibition. Prizes will be awarded to the top submissions based on artistic impact and overall communication.
Jury
The "Art in la Doua 2025" will be curated and judged by an interdisciplinary jury composed of both scientists and artists. The jury will review all submissions and select the most compelling and creative works to be featured in the exhibition.
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Mariya El is a multidisciplinary artist and art director at network agency Cheil Worldwide Kazakhstan. In 2016, she started her artistic career and joined the promo collective ZVUK as a resident. She represented Kazakhstan in local and international art competitions, such as Re:Practice Showcase 2023 and Eurobest Young Creatives Competitions '18 and '19. She also won a Yong Lions Kazakhstan '16 and '20 in the categories "Poster" and "Digital Campaigns" and gold and 3 shortlists at the international courses on creative conceptualization MADS'18. From 2018 to 2022, she was invited as art director for "The Future of Universities Thoughtbook" of UIIN (University Industry Innovation Network). |
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Veneta Gerganova is part of the scientific art environment since 2017, when she founded Figure1.A., a non-profit organization specializing in curating and producing of scientific art exhibitions in Switzerland. Currently the organization numbers 18 members and has produced more than 20 exhibitions in the last 8 years. Veneta's background is in biological sciences, with a PhD in bacterial genetics and a postdoc in molecular biology. She specializes in scientific communications, running her own company Gerganova Science Consulting. |
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Antoine Cazes is the director of the physics department in the Faculty of Science at the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. He began his career as a scientist with a doctorate in neutrino physics at the Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire in Orsay, before continuing on the same theme for three and a half years on post-doctoral contracts in Italy, where he was able to do his ‘grand tour’ and learn about art. He was then recruited to Claude Bernard University in 2008. He is very interested in all aspects of scientific mediation, and took up a residency at the Vaulx en Vélin planetarium with artist Sophie Pouille as part of the art and science incubator in 2015. |
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Antoine Bérut is maître de conférences at University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 since 2018. He started his scientific carreer with a PhD in stochastic thermodynamics at the Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon between 2012 and 2015, followed by two post-doc positions: one on plant biomechanics in IUSTI (Marseille), and one on foams stability in IPR (Rennes). Now, he conducts research on soft matter at the Institut Lumière Matière (ILM), and he's teaches material science at the Mechanical Engineering Departement of the IUT Lyon 1. During the last 10 years, he has been involved in several popular science projects, such as "Minecraft Explorer" - a virtual scientific exploration mission, made of researchers, mediators, and artists - in collaboration with the Modern Art Museum of Lyon (macLYON). |
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Angélique Virgone is a scientist, artist, and communicator based in Lyon. She works at a major cancer research center and is also actively involved in cultural initiatives in her community. With a PhD in neuroscience, Angélique authored the popular science book Life and Culture, a Parallel World, which combines scientific insights with artistic illustrations to invite readers into a visually rich exploration of life sciences. Her artistic practice focuses on photography, capturing the beauty of her surroundings. Outside her professional work, she serves as Assistant for Cultural Affairs, where she is dedicated to fostering connections between science and art—her true passion being the creation of meaningful exchanges across disciplines. |
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Anne Pillonnet is a professor at Lyon 1 University, and conducts research at the Institut Lumière Matière (CNRS/Lyon 1 University) on the optics of materials. Her work develops relationships between the university and the arts, in research projects, educational research-creation programs and mediation, in collaboration with contemporary artists and museums. With her team, she invented and published an artistic protocol for a structural blue color obtained without pigments, such as sky blue. Her exploration of the concepts of light diffusion and visual appearance continues to address scientific, historical and ecological issues. She co-founded the interdisciplinary macSUP program in Lyon (INSA Lyon, ENS Lyon, ENSBA Lyon, Université Lyon1, Lyon2, Lyon3 / museum of contemporary art macLYON) to experience research-creation processes through protocols and methods that include chance, freedom and different fields of knowledge. In addition, she was a member of the European project on new advanced practices in research-creation (EFAP), and was director of the Open University of Lyon 1 until 2021, to share advances in science and health research to the general public. |
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Ludivine Boutin is a librarian at INSA Lyon, she specializes in scientific and cultural mediation, organizing events that connect science and culture within the library setting. She is dedicated to making both fields accessible to a wider audience and actively engages with students through training in documentary research. Her role focuses on fostering an understanding of the scientific method and encouraging students to communicate their work effectively. Passionate about making knowledge a public asset, she views both science and culture as shared resources that should enrich the community. |
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Self-taught, Eric Le Roux has been the photographer at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University since 2002. He is particularly interested in humanist photography and reportage, and is particularly passionate about the people he works with. He is responsible for promoting teaching and research within higher education. |
Key Dates
- Submission Deadline: November 14th, 2024
- Jury Review: November 5th - December 15th, 2024
- Final Selection Announcement: Mid December 2024
