Distant Brains

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Bridges to the unknown: Crossing Art with Science

Event featuring a video screening about robots interacting in different contexts - factories, universities and hospitals - and a roundtable.

Champalimaud Foundation

Date &amp; Time: January 16th 2026, 8:00pm Duration &amp; Language: Video 40 min (Portuguese, with English subtitles) + Roundtable 45 min (English) Venue: Champalimaud Foundation Auditorium Free entrance with mandatory registration <a href="https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/distant-brains-tickets-1979546489839?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/distant-brains-tickets-1979546489839?aff=oddtdtcreator">here</a> <a href="https://www.nunocera.com/" title="https://www.nunocera.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nuno Cera</a> is a Lisbon-based photographer and video artist. His work operates at the intersection of art and documentary and addresses three fundamental forms of change: natural, spatial and temporal. Between December 2023 and January 2024, Nuno was an artist-in-residence at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, as part of the <a href="" title="" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bridges to the unknown</a> Art-Science residency program. Distant Brains features a video screening (40 min, English subtitles) exploring a sequence of episodes in which robots interact with other intelligent species in different contexts - factories, universities, laboratories, and hospitals. Focusing on the contemporary interaction between robots, humans, and plants, this new artistic research by Nuno Cera is the result of a collaboration with Julia Albani and several authors - scientists, critics, and a musician - and aims to be both an archaeology and a memory of the present time, reflecting a society in transition. The event will also include a roundtable (held in English), with the presence of curator Julia Albani, architect researcher Joana Rafael and principle investigator at the Champalimaud Foundation, Tiago Marques.Entrance is free. More information <a href="https://fchampalimaud.org/distant-brains" title="https://fchampalimaud.org/distant-brains" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

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