This summer Argonne is hosting ART ENERGY FUTURE, a collaborative contemporary art exhibit curated in connection with a 2012 United Nations global awareness campaign about the importance of increasing sustainable access to energy, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. The traveling exhibit debuted last summer at the Turin Museum of Natural History and will be on display at Argonne through September 13.
ART ENERGY FUTURE, curated by Chicago gallery owner and artist Sergio Gomez, features artworks by Italian and American artists, which include Argonne computer scientist Mark Hereld. Mark, a member of the ALCF research staff, directs science teams in the analysis and visualization of their computer simulation data, and is well versed in the collaborative exchange between artistic practices and scientific investigations. As an artist, Mark works with various media and collaborators and recently designed the large-scale mural “skin” for ALCF’s new petascale supercomputer that showcases the computational science going on at the lab.
The summer art show is the first in a series of engaging exhibits that Argonne will rotate through the lobby of its main administrative building for the enjoyment of its employees and guests.