Thanks Honor, Danny, Julainne That reminds me - Jill Scott also gave a quick overview of your work, Honor, when she discussed the artists-in-labs projects. This bit was a little blurry for me as I was nervous just before my talk! I would like to hear more about your current work sometime...
Yes - several scientists did come to "expanding the space" from the International Astronautical Congress. Unfortunately the free afternoon for the public at the IAC was the only day I had for a bit more city exploring. I tried to get to Roger Malina's lecture at the IAC about his father Frank's legacy but just missed it. At "expanding" US astronomer Seth Shostak discussed the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence ( SETI) and Karl Doetsch (Athena Global) discussed the potential for human migration into space. Karl disappeared rather rapidly back for the IAC conference but Seth stayed for the workshop session on the last day and had some interesting things to say about the ethical protocols that SETI has designed, if contact is made with alien life. ( The main gist of this is - before a reply is made there should be international agreement on a message - a little idealistic perhaps!) He also wondered why no European Space agencies were invloved in SETI. mmmm. The discussion became a little heated later on over the nature of perception - and if ESP exists... Also - Scientist Bernard Foing from the European Space Agency (ESA) who heads the Smart1 moon mission gave a (sometimes) speculative presentation on projects for lunar exploration which include the potential for setting up a "robot village" on the moon. Stations from different countries could be set up on certain moon sites for research and to investigate the possibilities for human life there. The future colonisation of space was discussed as a reality (but not thoroughly critiqued in further sessions.) It would haev been good to have more discussion at this point - Ramon was mumbling that no one was mentioning the military purposes of these lunar stations and I was also feeling that the "robotic village" notion had overtones of the seventies commune "village" that were somewhat inappropriate. Students were attending the conference from both art and science faculties at the University of Valencia. I also met a Valenciano attending who was a Latin teacher, another an employment lawyer, so the smallish audience was pretty diverse. cheers Janine >>> honor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 18/10/06 10:41 PM >>> Janine, I second Danny's comments. Thank you so much for your report on 'Expanding the Space'. I hadn't read a review of the event anywhere else, and I was really interested to see how it went. Did you also make it to the IAC (International Astronautics Congress)? Were there any scientists / engineers from the IAC at Expanding the Space? It is so great to see that Ada people are attending these events! Thanks again. Best wishes Honor >Hey Janine > >These notes are awesome, thanks! A real treat to hear about this from >NZ, and also seeing familiar faces in the notes is a good reminder of >the value of the various networks ADA is helping establish. > >Mauri ora, > >Danny > > >On 17/10/2006, at 11:21 AM, Janine Randerson wrote: > >> Hola Ada >> >> I have just returned from Valencia and the conference "Expanding >> the Space" (3-7 October) organised by the fledgling Spanish arts >> organization the Octubre Centre and the Leonardo/Olats. Despite >> sensorial overload in a gorgeous city I did manage to go indoors, >> don my translation headset and settle into some excellent papers at >> the "palau de pineda" in Valencia's historic centre. > > > >-- >Danny Butt >[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.dannybutt.net >Suma Media Consulting | http://www.sumamedia.com >Private Bag MBE P145, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand >Ph: +64 21 456 379 | Fx: +64 21 291 0200 > > >_______________________________________________ >Ada_list mailing list >[email protected] >http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . honor harger locations: yverdon-les-bains, .ch /newcastle, .uk email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: +41 794252349 -> r e s e a r c h z-node, ch: http://www.z-node.net/ - > w o r k av festival, .uk: http://www.avfest.co.uk/ - > p l a y r a d i o q u a l i a: http://www.radioqualia.net -> l i s t e n radio astronomy: http://www.radio-astronomy.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
