Nanoart: First Steps Beyond the Columns of Hercules

Abstract

As in the last century, with all the “-isms” and other nouns and adjectives with which various artistic movements were described, both contemporaneously by the participants, and later by historians and critics, the term Nanoart signifies, in its iconic essence, a new way of “making art”. Nanoart is a creative, aesthetic process, which makes use, in its research and its realisation, of nanotechnology. Nanoart can be compared to a journey Beyond the Pillars of Hercules, to a far-away universe going beyond the limits of our world, where everything is already known, classified and photographed. Artists like Giuliana Cunéaz, Loris Gréaud, Mikael Metthey, Alessandro Scali & Robin Goode, Grit Ruhland, Paul Thomas, Victoria Vesna, Chris Woebken, James King and Michael Burton create a debate around our state of being contemporary. Nanotechnology strongly introduces the notion of Art 2.0. Artworks are the result of a collective creation process that implies synergies between scientist, artist and public. Nanotechnology transforms the imaginary of our bodies from crippled to mutant and modifies our point of view. Imagination prevails over image, desires are already memories.