ESOF2020 News

180 events and 26 exhibitions scheduled: theater performances, monologues in the city squares, scientific tastings, dance performances, collective works, aperitifs with scientists, science fiction films and much, much more. All this is Science in the city Festival, organized as part of ESOF2020 Trieste and intended for the general public.

The Magazzino 26 is one of the most suggestive buildings of the Trieste’s Old Port, approximately 30.000 sqm of a splendid warehouse dating back to the 19th century. Parts of it have been renovated and are now employed as a museum and an event centre…

In the era of artificial intelligence and robotics, is it still possible to determine where nature ends and technology begins? Can we draw such a line when it comes to our body, the natural object that technology imitates the most? These are just some of the questions that are explored in “Cyborn. The dawn of an artificial world”, the exhibition that visitors will find at Salone degli Incanti in Trieste during Science in the City Festival. Art and science came together to investigate such complex and crucial themes: the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) in partnership with the Trieste Municipality, the Trieste International Foundation for Scientific Progress and Freedom (FIT) and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) presents a spectacular set up thanks to the involvement of Cameranebbia, an Italian art group who creates highly technological interactive installations that use science to create art, and art to discuss science.

During the Science in the City Festival visitors will be able to attend dozens of conferences and talks on various topics related to science and its relationship with society, art and more. Some of them will take place in different venues all over Trieste, some will be held in presence with streaming, and others will be held online only...