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Create a Minor Disturbance Dec 8 to Lasso 2I/Borisov with carbon nanotube ropes

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Colleaguesour friends and colleagues michael punt Rita ,Cachao, Edith Doove, Hannah Drayson  urge all of us to create a minor disturbance on Dec 8 They urge you to corral the forces of the universe together with 2I/Borisov, an interstellar comet which will be visiting the solar system (lassoos and lassos are acceptable  for texans if …

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Micro Art Science Actions ( MASA) or a continuous conundrum, conimbrum, quonundrum,conuncrum, and quadundrum

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Colleagues HAPPY THANKSGIVING in the USA- though we always have misgiving about giving thanks to our colonial ancestors who decimated the indianpopulations in “New England” !!  there must be someone else to thank in our cultures ! I would like to draw your attention to the current YASMIN WWWASP discussion (the Who, what where of …

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Can creativity in Zero Gravity help us solve hard problems on earth ?

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CREATIVE PERFORMANCE IN ZERO GRAVITY ?? Kathryn Hays and Roger Malina are working on an article for a forthcoming book :  Creative Performance in Extreme Human Environments: Astronauts and Space. (Editor Herie De Vries) We would be delighted to involve anyone interested. Contact roger.malina@utdallas.edu As humans expand on their exploration of the universe, the need …

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wwwasp: the who, what where of our artscience community of practice- lets trans-logue on YASMIN

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Announcing a YASMIN discussion with an international group of exprt discussants October 28th and will be moderated by Guillermo Muñoz, Spanish physic researcher working in the fields of Nanotechnology and Quantum Photonics, with a number of invited The YASMIN moderators are pleased to announce our next discussion on the Yasmin Discussion list: https://ntlab.gr/mailman/listinfo/yasmin_discussions_ntlab.gr “The Who/When/Where/Why …

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Celebrate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s passing UCLA Oct 18/19 2019

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Colleagues I am on my way to los angeles for the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo Da Vinci. Hope to see you there. I will be speaking on Saturday. Here is the fascinating schedule: https://cmrs.ucla.edu/conference/leonardo/schedule/ On May 2, 1519, a great mind was extinguished. Leonardo da Vinci, polymath and true genius of the …

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Blindfolded Texas chess grand-champion wins chess games blindfolded: just listening to the designed sounds of the pieces and moves

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It is with amazement that we report that Zura Javakhadze, https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=13603647 Texas grand master chess champion, in rehearsal was able to win three games totally blindfolded with no-one whispering in his ear. Scot Gresham Lancaster, Sharath Chandra Ram and the Data Stethoscope team used our theoretical taxonomy of data sonification.(details below). Each piece had a …

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Putting Theory into Practice- blinded chess grandmaster zura javakhadre Oct 5 in Dallas

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Please come to our re-imagining chess performance in honor of john cage and marcel duchamp details: http://malina.diatrope.com/2019/09/17/oct-5-you-are-invited-to-play-chess-against-blindfolded-texas-chess-champion-zurabi-javakhadre-in-dallas/ And we are proud to announce the publication of our Grey Paper which provides the theoretical taxonomy for the ways we will be sonifying the data from the digital chess board- this is part of our initiative with …

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Geologist James Carter , expert on moon minerals, died yesterday

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Colleagues It is with sadness that we inform you of the passing of Dr James Carter. Among other discoveries, Carter examined thousands of samples of moon dust that were brought back to earth and was the expert on how minerals were formed on the moon. Because of the very different history of the moon and …

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Oct 5 :YOU are invited to play chess against blindfolded Texas Chess Champion Zurabi Javakhadre in Dallas

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Announcing Re-Imagining Chess: Nine Evenings Reunion 3  Oct 5 2011  Nine Evenings Three: Theater and Engineering  GOOD MOVES: A group exhibition and auction dedicated to the game of chess September 6—October 5, 2019  Press Release The Power Station, Dallas  is proud to present ‘Good Moves’, an exhibition dedicated to the game of chess. ‘Good Moves’ features artist made chess sets and other chess related artworks, …

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Re-Imagining Chess: Reunion 3: A multimedia experimental AI chess performance in Dallas Power Station art gallery

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Watch this space- on october 5 saturday 2019 in dallas texas On october 5 you are invited to the experimental multimedia AI assisted performance: RE-IMAGINING CHESS at the Dallas Power Station :http://powerstationdallas.com/ as part of the Good Moves Art Exhibit. There is a public auction open to benefit the Vogel Alcove for homeless children in …

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