Public Engagement
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.
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Intersection Conversation: Stellar Connections between Art and Science
The Syntax of Science
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.
