Art and Space Exploration Organizations Convene to Discuss Future Collaborations
Workshop on Space Artist’s Residencies and Collaborations
10 – 12 February, 2005
San Francisco, California — 25 January, 2005 — For three days in February, artists and scientists from several prominent national and international institutions will convene at the Carnegie Mellon University West Coast Campus at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, to discuss and prepare for future collaborative work in space. The Workshop, which is being organized by the Zero Gravity Arts Consortium, The STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University, the Center for Science Education at Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, and artists and scientists from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will be open to invited participants on Thursday, February 10, 2005, and will conclude with a public event at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, at 8 pm on Saturday, February 12.
Participants in the workshop sessions will include artists, curators, writers on science and technology, NASA and SETI personnel, and international representatives of the space art community. Topics to be discussed include The Arts and the Evolution of Space Culture, Space Art History, Artists’ Residences, and Future Public Integration through Education, Exhibition, Media and Symposia. At 8 pm on the final night of the workshop, a public Space Art event will be presented at the SETI Institute. This event, hosted by The SETI Institute and sponsored by Zero One: The Art and Technology Network, will present results of the Workshop to the public, accompanied by space art works created by artists participating in the Workshop On Space Artist’s Residencies and Collaborations.
Workshop on Space Artist’s Residencies and Collaborations
10 – 12 February, 2005
Carnegie Mellon University West
at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
WORKSHOP SPONSORS
- Aerospace Education Research Operations Institute
- The Arts Catalyst
- The California Space Grant Consortium
- Center for Science Education @ Space Science Laboratory (CSE@SSL), UC Berkeley
- Foundation for Space Exploration
- The Leonardo Space Arts Work Group
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- The OURS Foundation
- STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
- Zero Gravity Arts Consortium
- ZeroOne: The Art and Technology Network
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Annick Bureaud, Leonardo Space Arts Working Group, Paris, France
- James D. Burke, International Space University, Sierra Madre, CA
- Burke Fort, President, Foundation For Space Exploration and the
Director, Texas Space Grant Consortium, University of Texas, Center For
Space Research, Austin, TX
- Richard Clar, Leonardo Space Arts Working Group, Paris, France
- Laura Knott, Zero Gravity Arts Consortium and the Center For Advanced
Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
- Alan Ladwig, Zero Gravity Corporation, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Debar Ladwig, National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
Washington, D.C.
- Rob LaFrenais, Arts Catalyst, London, United Kingdom
- Richard Lowenberg, Davis Community Network, Davis, CA
- Roger Malina, Leonardo Space Arts Working Group, Paris, France
- Margaret Myers, Associate Director, STUDIO For Creative Inquiry,
College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
- David Raitt, European Space Agency Research and Technology Center,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Dr. Guenter Riegler, Executive Director of Space Science, NASA Ames
Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
- Chiori Santiago, the Zero Gravity Arts Consortium, Berkeley, CA
- Jean-Luc Sorret, Space Arts Working Group, Paris, France
- Nicola Triscott, Arts Catalyst, London, United Kingdom
- Michael Wiskerchen, Director, California Space Grant Consortium,
California Space Institute, University of California, San Diego, CA
- Arthur Woods, Leonardo Space Arts Working Group, Basel, Switzerland
WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
- Lowry Burgess
Dean, Professor, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University
Distinguished Fellow, the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry and Member for the
Center For Arts and Society, Carnegie Mellon University; Co-Organizer,
International Workshop on Space Artist’s Residencies and Collaborations
Pittsburgh, PA
- James D. Burk
International Space University
Sierra Madre, CA
- Greg Cajete
Director, Native American Studies, University of New Mexico
- Edward George
Flow Motion
London, United Kingdom – See Anna Piva Below For Details
- Dan Goods
Artist In Residence, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Co-Organizer,
International Workshop on Space Artist’s Residencies and Collaborations
Pasadena, CA
- Dr. Isabel Hawkins
Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
- Dr. Holly Henry
California State University, San Bernardino
Member of Space Generation Advisory Council
San Bedrnardino, CA
- Steven M. Jones
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
- Joseph Landon
Yuri's Night: The World Space Party
Los Angeles, CA
- Karen Lau
creativ xplorer, Designer and Art Director
ºLau Design Lab,
Yuri's Night: World Space Party, Space
Generation Congress
Glendale, CA
- Michael Light
Michael Light Studio
San Francisco, CA
- Lorelei Lisowsky
Performance Artist, Co-Founder and Co-Assistant Director, Zero Gravity
Arts Consortium; Founder and Director, Zero G Arts Lab; Co-Organizer,
International Workshop on Space Artist’s Residencies and Collaborations
UK and USA
- Richard Lowenberg
Cultural Agent
Davis, CA
- Dr. Ioannis MICHALOU(di)S
Visual Artist, Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Center for Advanced Visual Studies
Cambridge, MA
- Margaret Myers
Associate Director, the STUDIO For Creative Inquiry,
College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
- Ayako Ono
Artist, MFA in Oil Painting. Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and
Music
Tokyo, Japan
- Frank Pietronigro
Interdisciplinary Artist
Co-Organizer, International Workshop on Space Artist’s Residencies and
Collaborations; Co-Founder and Project Director, Zero Gravity Arts Consortium
Associate Fellow, the STUDIO For Creative InquiryCollege of Fine Arts,
Carnegie Mellon University
San Francisco, CA
- Claire Pillsbury
Program Manager, Chabot Space and Science Center
Oakland, CA
- Brad Pitts
MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS); MIT Man-Vehicle Lab
MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Cambridge, MA
- Anna Piva & Edward George
Flow Motion/Hallucinator
United Kingdom
- Karen Randall
Director of Special Project, the SETI Institute
Mountain View, CA
- Peter Richards
Senior Artist at the Exploratorium
A Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception
San Francisco, CA
- Dr. Guenter Riegler
Director of Science, NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA
- Todd Rising
Zero Gravity Arts Consortium, Documentation and Ephemera
San Francisco, CA
- Chris Robinson
Department of Art/NanoCenter
University of South Carolina
- David Ethan Sanders
Director/Cinematographer
- Chiori Santiago
Arts Writer, Advisory Board Member, Zero Gravity Arts Consortium
Berkeley, CA
- Joel Slayton
Chair, ISEA 2006 Symposium, Director, CADRE Laboratory for New Media,
President, C5 Corporation
- Jean-Luc Soret
Curator and President of SpaceArtOne
Paris, France
- Beau Takahara
Founding Director, ZeroOne: The Art and Technology Network
San Jose, CA
- Fumiaki Tanigaki
Associate Senior Engineer
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Space Environment Utilization
Center
Tsukuba, Japan
- Meredith Tromble
San Francisco Art Institute, Co-Publisher, Stretcher
San Francisco, CA
- Douglas Vakoch
Director of Interstellar Message Composition, SETI Institute
Deputy Chair, International Academy of Astronautics Study Group on
Interstellar Message Construction
- Natasha Vita-More
Founder, Transhumanist Arts and Culture, President, Extropy Institute
- Michael J. Wiskerchen, Ph.D.
Director - California Space Grant Consortium, University of California,
San Diego
La Jolla, CA
- Jackie Wong
Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California
Berkeley, CA
For further information, contact workshop co-organizer Frank Pietronigro at +1 415-695-0933 or frankp@andres.cmu.edu.