Public Engagement
The MSUFCU Arts Power Up Art Residency at FRIB Program is a collaboration between FRIB; the MSU Museum; the STEAMpower Project, Michigan State University’s art, science and culture collaborative; and Arts MSU.
About the MSUFCU Arts Power Up Arts Residency at FRIB program
This residency fosters collaboration, exploration, experimentation and innovation on MSU’s campus, culminating in the creation of artworks at the intersection of art, science, and technology. The program is supported by an endowed gift from the Michigan State University Federal Credit Union, with contributions from the MSU Museum and FRIB. The resident artists immerse themselves in the FRIB laboratory environment and explore nuclear science through their boundary-pushing work.
After their residencies, artists have the unique opportunity to showcase their works in an exhibition coordinated by the MSU Museum CoLab Studio, an experimental division within the MSU Museum that fosters the development of novel programming and community engagement initiatives.
The artists
Abel Korinsky
- Abel Korinsky (representative of Studio Korinsky) of Berlin, Germany
- Residence period: Spring 2024 semester
- Korinsky is one half of Studio Korinsky. Along with Carlo Korinsky, the two media artists conduct research into the reciprocal dynamics among sound, light and architecture, with a focus on how time-based media can be harnessed to create and transform the atmosphere of a space.
- Korinsky created an art installation called Monumentum that was hosted by the MSU Museum CoLab Studio in downtown East Lansing. Monumentum portrayed of the creation of humanity through an artistic lens, while simultaneously reflecting distinctive aspects of the current state of nuclear astrophysics.
- Photo gallery: Artist Talk and Reception with Abel Korinsky (MSU Museum), 23 March 2024.
- Watch Convergence: Fusing Arts and Sciences at MSU to learn more about Korinsky’s residency.
Violeta López López
- Violeta López López of Ávila, Spain
- Residence period: Fall 2024 semester
- López is an interdisciplinary artist who takes a multimedia approach to her practice, merging analog and digital through visuals, sound and words. The resulting work explores language, literature and science from a poetic perspective.
- López created a hands-on, immersive exhibition that draws on concepts from particle physics and linguistics combined with the aesthetics of video games. Hosted by the MSU Museum CoLab Studio, this interactive installation invites visitors to explore unexpected connections.
- Explore the interactive installations—SEPHOR, Quantum Morphodynamics, and The m-process—on the Bloomberg Connects app
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday | 10:00AM - 5:00PM Location: 311 Abbot (6th floor), downtown East Lansing Looking at physics from the perspective of linguistics may sound like an act of black magic or the definitive detachment of reality, but, behind the invisibility cloak of particles, it is possible to find the secret verses where both intertwine their labyrinths. Physical Spells [The Wor(l)d in the Atom] explores unexpected ways of understanding physics as if it were language, leading to the discovery of its own linguistic layer. Phonetics arising from the voice of the experimental areas at FRIB where particles trace their routes, morphology revealed in the realm of quarks, syntax writing metaphors in the processes of metamorphose of isotopes. The exhibition proposes an interactive exploration of this world of words in the world of atoms, making the public a key element that activates the processes and dialogues with the artworks, delving into their own research.
MSU Museum | 6th Floor, 311 Abbot Road, East Lansing Thursday, September 4 at 4-6pm Join us for the opening reception of Physical Spell [The Wor(l)d in the Atom], a hands-on, immersive exhibition by MSUFCU Arts Power Up artist-in-residence Violeta López López. Step into a playful world where language and physics collide. Drawing on the aesthetics of video games, this interactive installation invites you to explore unexpected connections between atoms and words, quarks and sentences. Movement, curiosity, and collaboration unlock layers of meaning throughout the space. Be among the first to experience this experimental exhibition and meet the artist. Light refreshments will be served. Free and open to all.
As part of Michigan State University’s 2024 MSUFCU Arts Power Up artists-in-residence, Abel Korinsky of Berlin, Germany, is in residence during the spring semester. This inaugural open call for artists is a collaboration between the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams; the MSU Museum; the STEAMpower Project, Michigan State University’s art, science and culture collaborative; and Arts MSU. This new residency fosters collaboration, exploration, experimentation, and innovation on MSU’s vibrant campus, culminating in the creation of groundbreaking artworks at the intersection of art, science and technology.
The Michigan State University (MSU) Museum is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition by Berlin-based Studio Korinsky, inspired by Abel Korinsky’s MSUFCU Arts Power Up Artist-in-Residence. The exhibition will launch the Museum’s new temporary space at 311 Abbot in downtown East Lansing. A public opening reception will take place on Saturday, 5 October 2024, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM. Artist Abel Korinsky spent three transformative months in residence at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), a world-unique rare isotope research facility.
New resident artist Violeta López López is the second artist to participate in the MSUFCU Arts Power Up Arts Residency at FRIB Program. The young initiative offers an innovative combination of art and science, encouraging students to explore both from new perspectives.
