Yonder
Yonder | Art•Science | Niels Bohr Institute is a program conceived as a playground for discovery – a place “out there” in the far distance, where artistic and scientific methodologies intersect. Through dialogue and experimental methodologies that combine scientific inquiry with aesthetic imagination, Yonder fosters hybrid forms of research and co-creation that challenge the boundaries of accustomed knowledge, both in science – particularly physics – and art.
Yonder | Art•Science | Niels Bohr Institute program for 2026 is generously supported by Villum Fonden and Augustinus Fonden.
Yonder inspires true co-creation by changing the way we think about interdisciplinarity and hybrid forms of knowledge, exploring how merging artistic inquiry with scientific methodology can deepen our understanding of the universe. We want to bridge artistic practice with scientific disciplines, including physics, astronomy, and quantum mechanics, among others, to open pathways for new research formats, where curiosity and playfulness become part of a shared language and a co-evolving field of discovery. Yonder moves beyond the traditional model of “artists interpreting science or scientists using art for outreach”.
Yonder offers a residency programme for artists, thinkers, writers, and scientists to develop new methods of inquiry that blur the boundaries between art and science. We provide dedicated workspaces, ArtScience mentorship programs, and opportunities for public engagement.
Yonder is interested in establishing collaborations with university departments, art institutions, and initiatives aligned with our vision.
Collaborations & Projects
TIME – Residency Program in collaboration with ArtScience Museum, Singapore (2025–2028)
Together with the ArtScience Museum in Singapore, Yonder has launched a series of ArtScience residencies centered on interrogating the notion of time through cosmology, astrophysics, and fundamental physics, as well as across geographies, cultures, religious beliefs, and existential inquiries. Yonder invites artists, curators, and interdisciplinary researchers to engage with scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI), participating in monthly seminars, discussions, and brainstorming sessions that will culminate in a research publication and an exhibition. The exhibition will premiere in 2028 at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore and subsequently tour other locations. The artists invited for 2026 are selected by Yonder’s team together with the curatorial team at the ArtScience Museum.
Yonder × SIMIAN Residency Program (2025–2026)
Together with the Copenhagen art space SIMIAN, whose profile is marked by an interest in scientific research and technological advancement, Yonder is hosting two artists – Cyprien Gaillard and Lea Porsager – who will exhibit in SIMIAN’s spaces in the summer of 2026.
Yonder × Rundetaarn Residency Program (2026)
Yonder will host artists such as Semiconductor, Lea Porsager and Ligia Bouton to support the development and production of works created in connection with their participation in the exhibition "Light Echoes" (October 2026 – January 2027), which will premiere at Rundetaarn in Copenhagen. The program is accompanied by a public program that will host thinkers and scientists in a residency format.
Read more about our projects here.
Light Echoes
Date: Oct 2 – Jan 3, 2027
Locations: Rundetaarn, Copenhagen.
Participants: Jo Verwohlt & Pieter Maria Steyaert (DK/BE), Ligia Bouton (USA), Lea Porsager (DK), and Semiconductor (UK), working in dialogue with astrophysicists from DARK – the cosmology research unit at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen – including Jo Verwohlt, Jens Hjorth, Clara Ferreira Cores, Christa Gall, Marianne Vestergaard, and Radosław Jan Wojtak, among others. Curated by Irene Campolmi, Curator at Large, Yonder Art•Science | Niels Bohr Institute.
"Light Echoes" is both an exhibition and a research project that proposes a shift in how we understand time, visibility, and cosmic knowledge. Drawing on contemporary astrophysics and historical observation, the exhibition approaches light not merely as a carrier of information but as an active agent that shapes how humans perceive, measure, and experience time.
From the rediscovery of Tycho and Sophie Brahe’s 1572 Stella Nova through its light echo in 2008 to contemporary models of dark matter and cosmic voids, the exhibition explores the universe as a layered field of phenomena unfolding across multiple temporalities – simultaneous in origin, yet perceived at different moments rather than as a linear sequence of events. By transforming scientific research into immersive spatial, sonic, and visual experiences, "Light Echoes" invites visitors to adopt a cosmological perspective on light and time – one in which past and present coexist, meaning emerges through light’s long journeys across space and time, and what we can see is not necessarily what we know.
"Light Echoes" is generously supported by Ny Carlsbergfondet and Fonden Dr. N.P. Wieth-Knudsens Observatorium.
Art·Science Collquia Series
Yonder Talks is a colloquia talk series hosted by Yonder Art•Science at the Niels Bohr Institute, where we aim to showcase synergies between art and science.The series is designed to share inspiring stories about the uncharted possibilities that appear when artistic and scientific methodologies intersect. Whatever your discipline, we hope these stories will plant the seeds of something new. Each colloquium will take place in Magrethe Bohr Salen at the Niels Bohr Buidling and will be followed by a reception.
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Semiconductor (June 1st)
UK based artist duo Semiconductor - Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt explore humankind's place in time and space through the languages, systems and tools of science and technology. Their research is rooted in intensive collaborations with scientific institutions which provide direct access to scientists, data, tools and theories at the frontier of knowledge-making. In this presentation they will give an overview of their art practice.