Accelerator of New Moscow

Major scientific discoveries have always set off a wave of creative process and an acceleration of technical progress — leading humanity, in one view, toward a deeper knowledge of the world, and in another, further away from its own nature, and therefore from the very sense of being alive.

Where is the boundary that separates living and non-living matter, both built from identical elementary particles and pierced through by even more elusive neutrinos? On this intangible boundary, art and science come together to study invisible processes and elementary laws.

The project brings together these different communities of researchers on a shared platform for exploring intellectual art and contemporary culture — drawing in concepts of incomparable scale and people of entirely different habits of thought, united by one territory.

The theme of the 2015 project — ‘Chance’ — is close to both artists and scientists alike. Chance can determine the direction of research for years ahead, and the errors made along the way often become the cause of new discoveries. Our relationship to chance has changed substantially over the past 200 years, displacing determinism and opening a platform for studying self-organizing systems.

At the core of the project are invited young authors with a distinctive voice, seeking to use the newest technologies to realize their ideas. In Troitsk, with its unique scientific history, the artists can find worthy counterparts among scientists and create unique works through discussion. The research process is accompanied by an education and discussion programme of lectures and practical creative workshops.