We Are All On The Periphery
On September 23-24, Global Periphery symposium was exploring the contemporary imaginaries of space through examples of artistic creations from the space sector with voices from multiple continents and locations.
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Space art and culture in Brazil: Three years of activities at the National Institute for Space Research (2/2)
Since 2019, Fabiane M. Borges curates a research platform on Art and Space Culture at the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE). On the occasion of the 73d International Astronautical Congress in Paris, she comes back on the last three years of the program. Second part.
Space art and culture in Brazil: Three years of activities at the National Institute for Space Research (1/2)
Since 2019, Fabiane M. Borges curates a research platform on Art and Space Culture at the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE). On the occasion of the 73d International Astronautical Congress in Paris, she comes back on the last three years of the program. First part.
Adriana Knouf: “I launched fragments of my hormone replacement medications to the ISS”
On March 6, 2020, five research payloads from the MIT Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative were sent to the International Space Station. Among them, the Sojourner 2020 project, a payload of artworks selected by SEI’s arts curator Xin Liu. Adriana Knouf’s TX-1 is one of the curated projects.
Field Notes explores “The Heavens” in Sub-Arctic Lapland (1/3)
Field Notes is an art&science field laboratory organised from September 15-22 by the Bioart Society at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Lapland/Finland. First part of the logbook.
Japanese Earthlings probe “Proto-Alien” synthesis
Gathered for a day at Tama Art University in Tokyo, seven professors and researchers in arts and sciences shared their perspectives on life, from biosemiotics to extraterrestrial agents.
Marko Peljhan’s hypersonic hyperstitions at Venice Biennale
At the 2019 Venice Biennale, whistleblowing artist Marko Peljhan’s System 317 calls attention to the rise of hypersonic weapons.
Shooting stars, Made on Earth
In Tokyo, a small startup is preparing a dazzling spectacle of shooting stars to launch above western Japan in spring 2020. Makery visited ALE a few weeks before it launches its first satellite into orbit.
“It’s official: I have an artwork in outer space“
On June 29, the Mexican artist Nahum sent an interactive artwork to the International Space Station—a personal experience through a real-time manipulation protocol from Earth.