General information
In coincidence with the 57th International Astronautical Congress which will also take place in Valencia, the Octubre Center of Contemporary Culture would like to give the opportunity to meet together the artistic and the scientific communities both from a local and international levels in order to discuss current issues related with Space.
The main objectives of this meeting are:
- Learn about the hot issues from a scientific perspective, but trying to put it in simple words, so all the different publics may achieve understanding, and also promoting a debate in which other communities may be involved.
- Meet the scientists interested in the intersection of science and art.
- Gather, display and catalyze all the artistic works born under this intersection and focused on Space.
Organizing committee
- Josep Perelló, physicist. University of Barcelona
- Emili Payà, OCCC
- Annick Bureaud, art critic. Director, Association Leonardo/Olats
- Roger Malina, astronomer. President Leonardo/Isast and Leonardo/Olats
Advisory committee
- Fernando J. Ballesteros. University of Valencia, Astronomical Observatory
- Martí Domínguez, editor of Mètode magazine
- Seth Shostak, astrobiologist. SETI Institute
- Bernard Foing, scientist-in-chief of the European Space Agency
- Salomé Cuesta. Laboratorio de la Luz, Fine Arts Department (Polytechnic University of Valencia).
- Jean-Luc Soret, Curator of the @rt Outsiders International Festival and Director of the art agency SpaceArt One (Paris)
- Laura Borràs, Department of Humanities and Philology of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
- Julien Knebusch, PhD student Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle, Leonardo/OLATS project manager
Note: All the information about the suggested conferences must be presented in no other language but English. However, during the conference, there will be a simultaneous translating service into Catalan, Spanish, French and English.
