Past Breakthroughs | Art & Science
2025 BREAKTHROUGH
Marco Barotti: Breaking the Wall of Ecological Healing Through Sound
With Coral Sonic Resilience, Marco Barotti, a Berlin media artist, merged art and science: 3D-printed, solar-powered sculptures that emit the sounds of healthy coral reefs into damaged ecosystems to support their regeneration. This project transforms art into an active tool for environmental protection.
2025 BREAKTHROUGH
Marco Barotti: Breaking the Wall of Ecological Healing Through Sound
With Coral Sonic Resilience, Marco Barotti, a Berlin media artist, merged art and science: 3D-printed, solar-powered sculptures that emit the sounds of healthy coral reefs into damaged ecosystems to support their regeneration. This project transforms art into an active tool for environmental protection.
2024 BREAKTHROUGH
Tiange Wang: Breaking the Wall of Multisensory Data
Tiange Wang, a multidisciplinary designer, created DataWagashi, an innovative project that transforms complex data into multisensory experiences using traditional Japanese Wagashi art. By integrating taste, smell, and texture, Wang's work makes data more tangible and engaging, offering a unique way to experience and understand information.
2024 BREAKTHROUGH
Tiange Wang: Breaking the Wall of Multisensory Data
Tiange Wang, a multidisciplinary designer, created DataWagashi, an innovative project that transforms complex data into multisensory experiences using traditional Japanese Wagashi art. By integrating taste, smell, and texture, Wang's work makes data more tangible and engaging, offering a unique way to experience and understand information.
2023 BREAKTHROUGH
Elaine Chew: Breaking the Wall to Musical Medicine
Elaine Chew harnessed her background in mathematics to delve into the intricacies of how music impacts the heart and is pivotal for harnessing its potential in cardiovascular therapies, thereby alleviating the societal burden imposed by cardiovascular ailments.
2023 BREAKTHROUGH
Elaine Chew: Breaking the Wall to Musical Medicine
Elaine Chew harnessed her background in mathematics to delve into the intricacies of how music impacts the heart and is pivotal for harnessing its potential in cardiovascular therapies, thereby alleviating the societal burden imposed by cardiovascular ailments.
2022 BREAKTHROUGH
Monika Seyfried, Cyrus Clarke: Breaking the Wall to Storing Data in Plants
Data Garden is an organism-based data center and an interactive installation of a carbon negative data infrastructure that features tobacco plants and Arabidopsis containing text, image, and sound files in their DNA.
2022 BREAKTHROUGH
Monika Seyfried, Cyrus Clarke: Breaking the Wall to Storing Data in Plants
Data Garden is an organism-based data center and an interactive installation of a carbon negative data infrastructure that features tobacco plants and Arabidopsis containing text, image, and sound files in their DNA.