Zero Phase creates immersive art science experiences that make invisible phenomena perceptible. We investigate particles, waves, vibrations, and scientific data, using advanced technology to transform them into sensory environments through sound, visualization, and experimental design. Our practice combines rigorous artistic research with interdisciplinary scientific collaboration. We explore how fundamental processes, often accessible only through instruments, can be experienced directly, asking: What does reality look and sound like beyond the limits of human perception?

Vanane Borian is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher working at the intersection of art, science, and technology. Her practice explores ecological systems, feminist theory, biological fragility, and data driven structures through installation, video, sound, and experimental design. She uses art as a research method to make invisible processes perceptible and to reveal dimensions of reality that scientific data alone cannot express.

Her work often operates within art science contexts, addressing underwater acoustic pollution, reproductive temporality, algorithmic surveillance, and speculative futures. Vanane is the founder of DASEIN Magazine, supported by Creative Europe, AGBU, and the Yerevan Municipality. She is also co-founder of Zero Phase Collective, which translates fundamental processes into sound and visual form, and RABBITVOLLK, a phygital collaboration with Meyer Gal.

She holds an MA in Multidisciplinary Design from Shenkar College (Israel) and conducted PhD research at Moscow State University on feminist art in post-Soviet contexts. Her written work includes peer-reviewed articles on art science collaboration and feminist visual culture.

Selected Exhibitions & Recognition

2025: VEM 2025 / PROYECTOR, Spain & Portugal
2024: AKNEYE Phygital Pavillion during the 60th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2024: STAND (Art Fluent), Boston, USA
2022: Digital Art Fair, Yerevan, Armenia
2020: Women Make History (Haifa Museum of Art), Haifa, Israel
2019: Armenian Art Fair, Yerevan, Armenia
2017: PROYECTOR Video Art Festival, Madrid, Spain
2016: LUMEN Festival, New York, USA
2016: Feminist Art Conference, Toronto, Canada
2016: BANG International Video Art Festival, Barcelona, Spain

She served as a juror for the Apexart International Open Call (2024) and participated in the Neo-Feminist Art Residency in Normandy (2017).
Her work has received extensive international coverage in Designboom, Dezeen, ArtNews, Coindesk, Haaretz, Times of Israel, Grazia, and numerous media outlets across Europe and the Americas.

Professional Activities (Talks, Publications, Workshops, Collaboration)

  • Women in Data Science (WiDS) - Speaker on art, AI, and creative cognition (2023)

  • National Graduate Conference in Art History & Visual Culture - Research presentation on feminist art and transnational identity (2018)

  • Art and Science: A Symbiotic Path Towards a Harmonious Future - Art Style Magazine & International Journal of Science and Research (2024)

  • Founder of Plug In - Armenia’s audiovisual platform collaborating with Goethe-Institut, partnering with Ableton, and hosting workshops with German sound artists; contributed to establishing sound art recognition in Armenia (2018-2020)

  • The Formation of a New Paradigm in Post-Soviet Feminist Art - Nota Bene (2016)

  • “Materiality & Body” Workshop with Naomi Filmer (Shenkar / Central Saint Martins), 2015

  • Go Global: Palestine-Israel Program (Shenkar × Royal College of Art), 2014

Meyer Gal is a multidisciplinary artist and designer working across sound, technology, and experimental object making. His practice explores how minimal engineering, precision, and material clarity shape perception using sound, resonance, and digital physical hybrids to reveal processes normally hidden within technological and social systems. Meyer approaches sound and design as investigative tools that turn vibration, space, and data into perceptual experiences.

He is the founder of KlØR (2024), a high fidelity speaker design project exploring sonic authenticity through engineered minimalism; co-founder of RABBITVOLLK with Vanane Borian, a duo working with phygital and hybrid digital material forms; and co-founder of Zero Phase Collective, an art science practice translating fundamental processes into sound and visual research. Meyer holds an MA from the Armenian National Academy of Fine Arts.

Selected Exhibitions & Recognition

2024: AKNEYE Phygital Pavilion (Live performance), during the 60th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2024: Cerebrum Award Nomination, Best Artist Category, Malta

2019: FF Festival, Lake Sevan, Armenia - Founder, curator, and performer His work has appeared in Designboom, Dezeen, ArtNews, Coindesk, and on BOON TV’s “Line-Up” series, discussing minimalism in sound, artistic process, and contemporary audio culture.

Performances

• Hayfilm Cluster (2024/2025), Armenia: performance within Armenia’s new multifunctional art platform focused on experimental sound and interdisciplinary creation.

• Rambalkoshe Contemporary Art Museum, Armenia: electronic performance exploring spatial sound and improvised structures.

• Sensor Festival (2018): site-specific performance at the historic 54-meter Herouni Radio-Optical Telescope - an iconic sci fi era observatory located at 1711 meters altitude near Yerevan.

• Alteration x Moct (2018): part of Alteration, a self-evolving contemporary art festival in Yerevan presenting experimental sound, visual art, and performance.

• FF Festival (2019) - Founder, curator, performer: international electronic music event at Lake Sevan featuring 32 local and international artists, exploring sound, landscape, and collaborative performance.