[rohrpost] ART OR SCIENCE PROJECTS IN VARIABLE GRAVITY

[janiky]

Hallo rohrpost, eine wirklich aufregende projekt ausschreibung (oder wollte
noch keiner von euch jemals den zustand der schwerelosigkeit testen?)

Gruesse, jan

> LEONARDO announces itsco-sponsorship of the:
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>> MIR Campaign: Opportunity for Art or Science Projects in VariableGravity
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>> OPPORTUNITY FOR ART OR SCIENCE PROJECTS IN VARIABLE GRAVITY (INCLUDING
>> ZERO GRAVITY)
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>> and OTHER ARTISTIC PROJECTS at the GAGARIN COSMONAUT TRAINING CENTRE
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>> Call for Proposals =E2?=B3 deadline 21 October 2002
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>> The MIR partnership invites proposals from European and Europe-based
>> artists and scientists to undertake projects/research in variable
>> gravity conditions on a parabolic flights or using other facilities,
>> such as the centrifuge and the hydrolaboratory/neutral buoyancy facility
>> used for EVA training, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (GCTC),
>> Star City, Russia.
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>> A parabolic flight provides up to 20 cycles of 30-second periods of
>> weightlessness (zero gravity/microgravity) in freefall, interspersed
>> with period
> s of double gravity (2g acceleration) and normal gravity.
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>> This is the pilot project of the MIR (microgravity interdisciplinary
>> research) initiative, which seeks to open up space and space industry
>> related facilities by matching artistic processes and scientific
>> research to give a new impulse to space art and space research.
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>> The MIR partnership comprises 5 European art organisations focusing on
>> art, science and technology:
>> The Arts Catalyst, science-art agency, London, UK
>> Leonardo/Olats, Leonardo journal of art, science & technology and
>> Leonardo observatory for the arts and the techno-sciences, Paris, France
>> Multimedia Complex of Actual Arts, Moscow, Russia
>> Projekt Atol, arts-technology organisation, Ljubljana, Slovenia
>> V2_Organisation, institute for the unstable media, Rotterdam, Netherland=
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>> The selection committee will be made up of representatives from these
> organisations.
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> gt; The opportunity includes a cultural exchange and working trip to Mosc=
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>> and Star City in early 2003, including the potential to participate in
>> one or two parabolic =E2?=97zero gravity=E2?=81 flights with the GCTC.
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>> The opportunity is open to artists and scientists in any discipline,
>> where the lead proposer is based in any European country, whether or not
>> EU members. We will select up to 6 artists=E2?=81 projects and up to 3
>> scientific experiments for participation.
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>> For information and proposal form, go to:
>> http://mir.v2.nl/
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>> Please email your intent to make a proposal as soon as possible to :
> mir@v2.nl
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>> The MIR initiative is supported by the European Union=E2?=81s Culture 2000
> fund.

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