Exhibition focuses on the link between science and art in AZ Delta

Nick Ervinck, artist: “I have always been fascinated by science. Specifically by anatomy. But of course also by technology. 3D printing for example, which also quickly makes that connection with the medical world. And of course I dream of a kind of imaginary organs or of the cyborgs of the future.”

Cyborgs, fantasy creatures half man and half machine, they are central to this series of heads and busts: from sketches to the elaboration, printed in 3D. “In order to enter into a dialogue in the hospital in this way: where do we come from, where are we going. It is a kind of fantasy image from games and science fiction, but also an image that is becoming reality.”

In the footsteps of Da Vinci

And that is precisely the aim of this project. Bringing art and science together here in radar, that is the innovation center of AZ Delta. Pieterjan Durnez, Rad-Art: “Because we saw that art and science are not always far apart. We look at Da Vinci who was one of the forerunners of bringing art and science together. And to that extent we also thought to bringing this concept together within Radar.”

The free exhibition, featuring work by Nick Ervinck, runs until October 20.