Eleni Chatzi and Janiv Oron

Prof. Eleni Chatzi (Structural Mechanics and Monitoring) and artist Janiv Oron speak in the context of the exhibition AAA Experiments about their work and research. They collaborate, in order to transform data that Chatzi and her research team measure with various sensors from the structure and mechanisms of bridges, windmills, trains and other installations, into sound installations. Thus, as Chatzi puts it, 'people can experience what they measure'.

Following their discussion, Oron will play the first test concert to emerge from this collaboration.

The evening is moderated by Adrian Notz; the discussion shall take place in English.

These talks are public and free; they take place on Thursdays between the 10 October and 19 December 2024, starting each week at 7 pm.

Eleni Chatzi received her PhD (2010) from the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University, New York. She is currently a Full Professor and Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring at the Institute of Structural Engineering of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering of ETH Zürich. She is the President of the European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE). Her research interests include the fields of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), hybrid modelling for digital twinning, and data-driven decision support for engineered systems. She is an author of over 350 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, and further serves as an editor for international journals in the domains of Dynamics and SHM, including the Journal of Sound and Vibration, the Data-Centric Engineering journal, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, the Journal of Engineering Mechanics, as well as (nature) Scientific Reports. Her work in the domain of self-aware infrastructure was recognized with a ERC Starting grant (2016), the 2020 Walter L. Huber Research prize, awarded by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). She is further recipient of the 2020 EASD Junior Research Prize in the area of Computational Structural Dynamics, the JM Ko Award and the 2024 SHM Person of the Year award.

Janiv Oron (born 1975, IL/CH) is a media artist and DJ living and working in Basel. He is a member of the Goldfinger Brothers, performer, composer of experimental electronic music and active in different formations. He has a master’s degree in Contemporary Arts Practice from Bern University of Arts. Recent exhibitions and performances have been at the Art Encounter Biennal Timisoara, Romania; Don Boscos Garden with the Kammerorchester Basel; at Contemporary Istanbul with Öktem Aykut Art Gallery; with the Sinfonietta Basel; at Nationale Opera & Ballet Amsterdam; at Tretyakov Art Gallery Moscow; at Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros Mexico; Teatro Arriaga Bilbao, Café Oto London and so on. In edition to his practice as a visual artist, he is known internationally as a DJ for battles, club nights, concerts, open-airs and parades, as well as on the radio. Whizz-kid in a word, he launched numerous successful party series and had his own show on Swiss Radio SRF to boot.