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Synapsis: Science and Art in Spain, from Ramón y Cajal to the 21st century

Synapsis: Science and Art in Spain, from Ramón y Cajal to the 21st century

The exhibition is organized by the Embassy of Spain in Sweden and AECID, with the support of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Ministry of Education and Professional Training, Acción Cultural Española, Instituto Cervantes, Provincial Council of Huesca and with the collaboration of the Museum of the Stockholm Nobel Laureates. Its objective is to disseminate the advances of science in Spain, incorporating the point of view of artists. The exhibition takes as its starting point the drawings of neurons by the Nobel Prize in Medicine Santiago Ramón y Cajal, an internationally recognized example of the relationship between art and science, while at the same time reflecting his influence on artists who were his contemporaries, such as José Luis García Lorca or Salvador Dalí.

Next, the exhibition delves into the work of five leading research centers in their field, which are linked to a work by a contemporary artist. The project “Cajal Blue Brain” directed by Javier de Felipe (Instituto Cajal, CSIC) together with the photographs by Paula Anta, “Bosque neuronal”; the site of the Sierra de Atapuerca with the photograph of José Manuel Ballester; the pioneering work of the Instituto de Astrología de Canarias with a photograph by Carlos Schwartz; the work of the Exomars mission in dialogue with Regina Giménez's work on the cosmos; and, finally, the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), the work of Margarita Salas, reinterpreted with the graphic work of Eva Lootz.

Finally, an audiovisual "How do we look?", allows the visitor to reflect on the contributions of science to the world through various interviews with the five participating scientists.

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