Colleagues here is a discussion for Astronomers without Borders about the space arts AstroArt panel: Contemporary Arts Practice and Outer Space: Art After Sputnik http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mMvBSlIDKI&feature=g-high-u Roger Malina
IAF TORONTO CANADA Sept 29- october 3 2014 http://www.casi.ca/iac-2014 E5.4 Session Title and Description – revised March 20, 2013 Contemporary Artistic/Arts Practice and Space Since the late 1970s, a number of artists have been negotiating access to space facilities and organisations, critiquing or making experiential the exploration and utilisation of …
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Leonardo is pleased to bring to your attention as part of the Leonardo Lovely Weather project: http://www.olats.org/fcm/artclimat/artclimat_eng.php Sound Art Miniatures http://ceiarteuntref.edu.ar/art_climate The Electronic Arts Experimenting and Research Centre (CEIArtE) of the National University of Tres de Febrero in Argentina and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, http://www.climatecentre.org/ with support of the Balance-Unbalance …
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NASA ART; 50 Years of Exploration http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v64/i8/p42_s1?isAuthorized=no Tom D. Crouch, NASA Art: 50 years of Exploration, Physics Today. August 2011, p 42 Has any one on this list seen the exhibition NASA Art: 50 years of Exploration ?. It was at the Washington DC National Air and Space Museum and is travelling to Las Cruces, …
Historical Opinion by Jacques Mandelbrojt Intersenses Jacques Mandelbrojt looks at the challenges and constraints an artist faces while using one work of art to produce a corresponding one in another medium can force the artist to expand his or her creative vocabulary.
Historical Opinion by Paulina Borsook Something about Art Paulina Borsook asks how and if written works created for the Internet differ from works created for print.
Every week LEONARDO THINKS posts in Leonardo Electronic Almanac editorial advocacy statements relevant to the art science technology field http://www.leoalmanac.org/index.php/lea/browse/C52/ The latest editorial is by Laura Cinti on The Sensorial Invisibility Of Plants: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry Through Bio Art And Plant Neurobiology If you are interested in submiting an editorial for publication consideration please send …
Contemporary Opinion by Patricia Olynyk Minding the Gap: Risk Capital and the Myth of Two Cultures Patricia Olynyk argues that if one accepts the premise of “one culture” – of a shared overall world view, then engaging risk capital in the academy could not only prompt a re-evaluation of our target investments but support the …
I just arrived in Capetown ,South Africa where 2000 space professionals are meeting. There is large african delegation. Of note is that 11 Nigerian scientists and engineers have been elected to the International Academy of Astronautics. Here are some art and space items of interest Space Culture Announcements October 7 2011 Water from Space: Societal, …
We are at an interesting time in the history of human exploration of space. The governmental space budgets in the USA and Europe are stagnant and there are large uncertainties about next steps. At the same time other countries such as India, China and Brazil have an increasing interest. Space Applications, such as satellite communications …