Getting ready for Ars Electronica Festival as the first of three fall festivals where we will be presenting Space Messengers, an immersive installation with multiple interactive stations. We are honored to be exhibiting as part of this innovative and thought provoking festival taking place in Linz, Austria September 6-10, 2023.
Download the catalog (Space Messengers, pg 168)
Read about the exhibit
About Space Messengers:
Step into a world where real and virtual experiences merge in an immersive and educational journey that brings art and science to life and inspires hope in the next generation. Space Messengers is a participatory mixed reality (MR) installation that visualizes thought-provoking reflections on the universe, encouraging participants to contemplate their role within it. Space Messengers serves as a powerful tool to ignite scientific curiosity and critical thinking, while evoking a sense of wonder through the fusion of art, science, and technology. This socially engaged art initiative evolves from an international collaboration among artists, scientists, interdisciplinary experts and youth ambassadors. Its overarching mission is to develop our artistic, scientific, and humanistic literacy. Together we explore how the arts, humanities, philosophy, physics and space technologies can deepen our understanding of the universe and expand our identities as planetary citizens. The STEMarts Ambassador program allows students to participate as Experience Guides in the culminating Space Messengers installation at festivals. They run the VR and interactive stations, developing leadership and 21st century skills.
Youth Ambassadors from Escola Secundaria Sebastiao in Portugal and Austrian students will participate as Experience Guides at the event running the interactive stations and sharing their experiences.
Students from the following schools have participated in Space Messengers workshops contributing their space messages to the traveling installation. Taos Integrated School of the Arts, Santa Fe Indian School, Taos Day School, Albuquerque High.(USA), Universidad de Guadalajara Prepa#5, Escuela Preparatoria San Jose del Valle, Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico).
Space Messengers Collective
Artists: Agnes Chavez (US), OMAi (AT); Roy Macdonald (CL), David Novack (US), Mathieu Castel (FR), Dylan
Zanow (USA), Digital Ant Media (USA)
Avatar Scientist Station: Dr. Steven Goldfarb (USA), Dr. Andrea Albert (USA),Claudia Wultz (AT)
STEMarts Ambassadors: Diogo Duarte (PT), Maria Matos (PT), Ana Carvalho Oliveira (PT), Filipe Proença (PT), Francisco Jerónimo (PT), Giovane Verdelho (PT), Maria Frazão (PT), Mafalda Gorgulho (PT), Diogo Velez (PT), Guilherme Verdelho (PT), Rafael Balão (PT) Anna Strasser (AT), Magdalena (AT).
Video Statements: Dr. Nicole Lloyd-Ronning (USA); Michelle Hanlon, Space Lawyer, Co-Founder, For All Moonkind (USA), Dr. Catarina Pombo Nabais, Philosopher/founder of the SAP (Science- Art-Philosophy) Lab at the CFCUL (PT); Frank Tavares, Affiliated Researcher, Space Enabled Research Group at the MIT Media Lab (USA). Dr. Greg Cajete, Native American author (USA), Steve Tamayo, Lakota artist (USA), Elizabeth Keller (USA), Sophia Dagnello, NRAO science visualizer (USA), Johan Sebastian Bonilla, CERN physicist (USA)
Thanks to our sponsors for making this possible:
National Endowment for the Arts
Q Station | New Mexico Trade Alliance
Oeiras Municipality, Portugal
Ars Electronica
Escola Secundaria Sebastião e Silva
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Space Messengers is a STEMarts Lab production made possible in part thanks to the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts, Taos Community Foundation. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation, New Mexico Arts, The Encantado Foundation, LANL CPO, MAE Foundation, New Mexico Trade Alliance, Q station, U.S. Embassy in Portugal, Consulate General of Guadalajara and the Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund for U.S. Alumni; an opportunity sponsored by the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by Partners of the Americas.
