Thanks for sharing Natalia this looks exciting
Joumana Mourad Artistic Director 07930 378639 [email protected] IJAD Dance Company Registered Charity: 1080776 www.ijaddancecompany.com @IJADdance Facebook: IJAD Dance Company page On 23 Mar 2015, at 22:04, Natalia Fuchs <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Polytechnic Museum and the Mexican Embassy in Russia with the support of > the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art present the workshop Gravitation On/OFF > by Mexican media artists Ale de la Puente and Nahum within the program > Polytech.Science.Art. > > April 14–16, the workshop Gravitation On/OFF by Ale de la Puente and Nahum > will take place at the Garage Museum within the Polytechnic Museum’s program > Polytech.Science.Art. > > The workshop is to become a part of the parallel programme of the exhibition > Matters of Gravity, which is scheduled to take place at the Polytechnic > Museum exhibition hall at VDNKh from March 31 till April 26, 2015, dedicated > to the centenary of the Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. The workshop > addresses a broader audience. Art school students, artists, curators, > researchers and developers from various fields are welcome to apply for > participation. The workshop participants will explore interactions between > art and science, and reflect on different ways to solve creative and social > problems. > > Ale de la Puente is a well-known Mexican media artist and industrial designer > with Master’s degree in shipbuilding. Ale has been working in the field of > science art for many years now, she has been collaborating with National > Institute of Astronomy in Mexico City and creates artworks, dedicated to the > notions of space and time. In 2013, Ale attended Arts@CERN (artist residency > of the European Organization for Nuclear Research), where she held a series > of art workshops for scientists, within the international science art > competition Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN. The seminars aimed at > establishing a dialogue between art and science, trying to find > comprehensible image of time, scale, space, and exchange of ideas on > connections and differences between fine arts and elementary particle physics. > > Nahum is a Mexican media artist based in London. He works in close > collaboration with The Arts Catalyst association, which has been trying to > bring together artists and scientists, art and science for twenty years. Once > a year, in November, Nahum runs the multimedia festival Kosmica in London, > gathering astronomers, physicists, participators of space research programs, > ufologists, as well as artists and musicians from Mexico, UK, France, Canada > and USA. > > The workshop Gravitation On/OFF will last for three days, from April 14–16, > five hours a day. Principal and the most important participant requirement is > to have sincere interest in exploration of art and science interactions, and > to be ready to work on interdisciplinary projects. > > To apply for participation, please sign up and submit your letter of > motivation by 9 April, 2015. On April 10, 2015, the selected applicants list > will be announced. The participants will be able to attend the workshop for > free. The number of participants is limited to 24. > > To sign up and submit a letter of motivation, please follow the link: > https://polytech.timepad.ru/event/191917 > > Participant requirements: > — fluent English, > — strong interest in exploration of interactions between art and science, > — personal laptop for the period of the workshop. > > Also, the participants are required to bring paper and pencils for sketching. > The participants are allowed to use personal video and audio recorders in > their work. > > The workshop Gravitation On/OFF by Ale de la Puente and Nahum is organized by > the Polytechnic Museum within the program Polytech.Science.Art at the Garage > Museum of Contemporary Art supported by the Mexican Embassy in Moscow. > > > Polytech.Science.Art Program > Workshop Gravitation On/OFF > Venue: Garage Museum Educational Center and Library > > April 14–16, Tue–Thu, 11.00–19.00* > *For participants selected to attend the workshop > > Tue 14 April, 19.30** — Matters of Gravity, public lecture by Nahum Mantra > Thu 16 April, 19.30** — Artist in Zero Gravity, public lecture by Ale de la > Puente, workshop results presentation > ** Event attendance is free, pre-registration is required > > See the details: psa.polymus.ru > > Polytech.Science.Art program curator—Natalia Fuchs. > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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