Artist and researcher George Mahashe has started a two-month residency at IFAE as part of the Platform Dalí programme . During his stay, Mahashe will explore questions related to observation, representation and the construction of images of reality, connecting scientific research with cultural and Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

The residency began with the presentation in the pizza seminar “Platform Dalí at IFAE: Beginning of the Research Stay of George Mahashe”, where he presented the conceptual foundations of his artistic practice and the main lines of inquiry he will develop during his time at the institute. The opening session also included the participation of Mónica Bello, director of the Platform Dalí project.

As part of the first stage of his residency, Mahashe has met with researchers and staff from several IFAE groups and units, including the Quantum Computing Technologies group, with Elia Bertoldo and Guillermo del Riego; the Gamma-ray group, with Oscar Blanch; Cosmology, with Martine Lokken; the Engineering Department, with Laia Cardiel; the Theory group, with Diego Blas, Oriol Pujolàs and Pere Masjuan; the Particle Physics group, with Tamara Vázquez; and PIC, with Jorge Carretero. These exchanges are introducing him to IFAE’s scientific and technical work and opening up possible lines of dialogue around observation, instrumentation, data, images and the ways in which reality is represented in contemporary science.