Since primitive times, art and its many expressions have been tools to examine, analyze and record what happens around us. In a similar way, science has contributed tremendously to the understanding of different phenomena throughout history. However, each of these disciplines seemed to always work as opposites. Well, until now. This is when Art Lab comes in.

The subjective dimension of art and the rigorous nature of science are the two natures that come together in UNIT Art Lab. The project is promoted by UNIT, a company dedicated to the development of artificial intelligence solutions and aims to generate new views on technology and the fate of life on Earth.

Along these lines, digital platforms offer us the possibility of creating imaginary spaces or environments that traditional art has barely managed to explore. This is why they are the protagonists of this project.

To achieve this, data analysis tools are used in a crossover with media arts techniques. The result is different visualizations and figures that the visual artist Sergio Mora-Díaz created from the data of more than 600 patients, who were monitored for two years to evaluate the evolution of their blood based on the INR indicator of blood coagulation. This, from the VOYAGER project promoted by UNIT.

“My artistic work is closely linked to space and, mainly, to the generation of experiences. Being able to discover new technologies to propose new types of sensory experiences is a great opportunity of which I am very happy to be a part of”, explains Mora-Díaz.

“Much of my work is based on the use of algorithms, that is, mathematical data, to be able to create geometric figures or interactive environments. For example, through sensors capable of capturing information from the environment and translating it into light, sound or image”, the artist points out.

“Universal intelligence includes art as its most influential means of expression, since it connects and articulates, in different ways, creative thinking, vision and intimate sensations of the world around us. In this way, Art Lab allows a further arrival in the transcendent thinking of our community, complementing our rational base of analytical tools and software”, assures Juan Larenas, CEO of UNIT.

Open call

You are an artist? Would you like to be part of this experiment? Find more information in the following link.