Scale Travels. INL Art, Design and Science initiative.

At INL we explore the creative interface of art and design and science through questioning the processes, formal strategies and systems of knowledge that sustain them.

Art and science are both based on the ability to imagine, inventing new methods and drawing connections to elucidate complex topics. For that reason, INL is committed through cutting-edge artistic collaborations igniting the creativity and discovery where science and art collide.

Collaborating can generate new ideas and provide new perspectives and we also hope that these partnerships will also lead to new innovations and solutions to the problems the planet faces today.

INL aims to become the world-wide hub for nanotechnology addressing society’s grand challenges.

The INL International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, located in Braga (North of Portugal), was founded by the governments of Portugal and Spain under an international legal framework and is the only organisation worldwide in the Nanotechnology field.

At INL, scientists and engineers from around the world collaborate in a highly interdisciplinary environment, striving to make INL a global hub for the deployment of nanotechnology that addresses society’s grand challenges.

The INL research programme comprises four strategic fields of application of nanoscience and nanotechnology:

ICT, Life Sciences, Energy and Environment.

Braga was selected as a UNESCO Creative City for the field of Media Arts.

Today, Braga continues this path of innovation with a fluorescent creative energy. A diverse range of cultural agents are merging technology, science, and the arts, pushing the city’s boundaries to an international level. 

Integrated into this visionary and stimulating environment, the INL Art, Design, and Science Initiative explores the creative interface of art, design, and science through questioning the processes, formal strategies, and systems of knowledge that sustain them. The central interest of the initiative is the cross-fertilisation of creative and scientific ideas and exploring their impact in the public domain.

One good example is the collaborative program between gnration and INL, which puts together artistic expressions with science and nanotechnology.