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LASER Talks in Pasadena

The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 40 cities around the world.

 


 

SKY Stories: Cosmologists Occupy an Art Space

 

What's the connection between the personal and the universal? Between art and science? In SKY Stories: Cosmologists Occupy an Art Space, three cosmologists immerse themselves in SKY, a virtual and physical exhibition in ArtCenter's Williamson Gallery. In the following series of three videos, the exhibition's artworks become a portal through which the scientists explore how the sky and other elements in the natural world led to their chosen careers studying the cosmos for truths both scientific and poetic.

"SKY features works of contemporary art and science artifacts challenging provincial stereotypes of what lies above," says Stephen Nowlin, vice president, ArtCenter Exhibitions who conceived the collaboration between NASA/JPL scientists, Caltech Theater Arts Director, Brian Brophy and a team of ArtCenter filmmakers. "SKY Stories becomes a duet in three parts, each astrophysicist's influences, journeys and puzzlements reach harmonies with the surrounding exhibition."

Watch the series of three video talks by young women astrophysicists that were filmed inside the gallery's Sky Stories exhibition! 

WATCH HERE!

 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

- NASA/JPL astrophysicist Alina Kiessling investigates how a childhood dream of looking down into Earth's archaeological history blossomed into an adult career spent looking up to the stars.

- NASA/JPL astrophysicist Dida Markovic reveals how her desire to build rockets for space exploration has led her to design space-bound telescopes that will gaze into the deep reaches of the cosmos.

- NASA/JPL astrophysicist Agnès Ferté investigates how her intergalactic teenage flights of fancy led her all across the world researching dark energy and the mysteries of the universe.

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The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 40 cities around the world. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. @lasertalks

When
January 15th, 2021 8:00 AM to February 28th, 2021 11:00 PM
Location
1700 Lida St
ArtCenter College of Design
Los Angeles
Online / Pasadena, LA, CA 91103
United States