Inge Herrmann and Liat Grayver

Prof Inge Herrmann (Nanoparticles Systems Engineering Lab, D-MAVT) and artist Liat Grayver speak in the context of the exhibition AAA Experiments about their work and research. Herrmann and Grayver have worked together on various projects since 2022, when they first met at a talk. Amongst other works, they realised an installation composed of Egyptian Blue pigments that Herrmann and her team use in their research. They are currently developing an art installation with painting robots and electromicroscopic images of placenta cells, devoted to the still under-researched field of 'women's health'.

The evening is moderated by Adrian Notz; the discussion will 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.

Liat Grayver (1986, Kfar Yehezkel, Israel) is a Berlin-based cross-disciplinary painter and media artist, investigating methods to redefine one of the primitive forms of art – painting – within the current technology-based era. Grayver currently serves as the Artistic Director and works as an Artistic Researcher within the project EACVA - Embodied Agents in Contemporary Visual Art - a multidisciplinary collaboration between artists, philosophers, psychologists and computer / robotics engineers dedicated to exploring the use of robots as an interactive painterly tool and their influence on creativity, authorship and agency in artificial systems. EACVA, co-founded by Grayver in 2022, has successfully secured multi-year funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). This funding supports a cross-disciplinary collaboration hosted by Goldsmiths, University of London (UK), and the University of Konstanz (Germany). In 2022–23, Grayver was a Junior Fellow at the Collegium Helveticum (ETH), and since January 2016 she has been collaborating with the University of Konstanz on the development of the e-David painting robot, exploring various approaches to integrate robotic and computer languages in the processes of painting and creative image-making. She is an active member of SALOON — Network for Women of Berlin's Art Scene and an associate artist research at the Epistemologien ästhetischer Praktiken program at the ZHdK and ETH Zürich. Grayver's work has been exhibited internationally and featured in both art and science publications.

Inge Herrmann, an ETH Zurich engineer, is a Professor of Medical Technology Innovation at the University of Zurich, Balgrist University Hospital and Swiss Federal Labs. Her lab focuses on developing the tools and technologies shaping the future of medicine. These innovaKons advance diagnostics and therapy, translating into clinical applications and successful ventures. Her achievements include the Eccellenza Professorial Award, Latsis Prize and Largiader Award.