open your eyes: world-class science meets world-class photography
8 Sep - 15 Oct 2023 - The heart of Zurich will transform into a unique open-air photo exhibition focusing on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ETH Zurich is the scientific partner of open your eyes 2023.
"open your eyes: Transforming our World," encapsulates an extraordinary combination of world-renowned photography and groundbreaking research. This remarkable event will be shown in Zurich as an open-air exhibition from September 8th to October 15th, 2023.
Open-air installations will gracefully intertwine the realms of documentary photography and scientific knowledge across 17 exhibition islands. The result is a resounding call for peace, tolerance, and unity, aligned with the spirit of the external page2030 Agenda for Global Sustainable Development. Public spaces become a stage for a comprehensive work of art, infused with the essence of research findings that resonate within us all. The outcome is an array of astonishing perspectives brimming with creativity.
Stop. Think. Feel. Act.
The primary objective of open your eyes is to enthrall visitors and encourage them to engage with the pressing issues of our time, fostering empathy and eliciting awe through exceptional imagery. This extraordinary experience transcends boundaries, weaving together nature, beauty, art, and profound insights, ultimately inspiring contemplation of our world and empowering us to shape it sustainably.
ETH Zurich adds about 50 contributions from its own universe of science and innovation to the visual works. The projects and solutions selected by ETH Zurich for each of the SDGs provide guidance for action. In terms of content, this means making the successes of our civilisation visible. And further, it means triggering national and international media communication to strengthen the SDGs as a frame of reference for peaceful and just co-existence in a global society.
The selected ETH Zurich contributions can be found here.
ETH Zurich events in connection with the open your eyes photofestival
20.9. Lecture & exhibition tour "Understanding the Universe": Was haben das Higgs-Boson und Alzheimer-Früherkennung gemeinsam?
Prof. Dr. Günther Dissertori, Rector ETH Zurich. More information here. In German.
21.9. ETH Global Lecture: BO BELOW: On National Geograohic Assignment with David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes. More information here. In English.
28.9. Lecture & exhibition tour "Understanding the Universe": Quarks, Higgs und Co.: Neues vom Large Hadron Collider. Prof. Dr. Rainer Wallny, Head of Institute for Particle and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich. More information here. In German.
3.10. Lecture & exhibition tour "Understanding the Universe": Grosse Kameras für kleine Teilchen. Prof. Dr. Lea Caminada, Professor of Physics at the University of Zurich and Head of the High Energy Physics Group at the Paul Scherrer Institute. More information here. In German.
11.10. Lecture & exhibition tour "Understanding the Universe": Das Rätsel der Antimaterie. Dr. Katharina Müller, Head of Particle Physics, University of Zurich. More information here. In German.