[spectre] Olats News - Space and the Arts

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OLATS NEWS 001 - E – 01/02/2005 – Space Art


This first Olats News of the year is dedicated to the Leonardo/Olats 
Space and the Arts activities. http://www.olats.org/setF3.html


Proceedings of the 2004 Workshop
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We are proud to announce the online publication of the proceedings of 
the Workshop on "Space: Science, Technology and the Arts" that took 
place in May 2004 at ESTEC, The Netherlands.


The two 2005 workshops announcement
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In 2005, Leonardo/Olats organizes or co-organizes two workshops. The 
first one will take place on March 16th in Budapest on the theme "The 
Impact of Space on Society". The second one will take place in Yverdon, 
Switzerland from May 19th to the 21st on the theme "Space: Planetary 
Consciousness and the Arts. You'll find herewith the call for 
participation. Warning: the deadline to send your proposal is February 28th.




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1 – Proceedings of the 2004 Workshop
In 2004, Leonardo/Olats co-organized the Space and the Arts Workshop in 
collaboration with ESTEC, the ESA/European Space Agency research 
facility on the theme "Space: Science, Technology and the Arts".
The proceedings are now available for free on the Leonardo/Olats web 
site (http://www.olats.org/setF3.html). It includes 23 texts.


2 – Budapest Workshop, March 16th
The next Leonardo/Olats Space and the Arts Workshop will take place in 
Budapest on March 16th on the theme "The Impact of Space on Society".
The programme is now closed and is available on the web site 
(http://www.olats.org/setF3.html).


3 – Yverdon Workshop, May 19th – 21st
The second workshop will take place in Yverdon, Switzerland from May 
19th to 21st on the theme "Space: Planetary Consciousness and the Arts".
Participation to this workshop is still open. You'll find herewith the 
call for participation. Warning: the deadline to send your proposal is 
February 28th.

Space: Planetary Consciousness and the Arts
9th Workshop and Symposium on Space and the Arts


May 19-21, 2005

Château d'Yverdon
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland



Call for Papers

http://www.arsastronautica.com/workshop05/
workshop2005 at arsastronautica.com




Objectives
The Workshop &  Symposium on “Space: Planetary Consciousness and the 
Arts” aims to:

? provide a platform where ideas relating to the interaction between 
space science, environmental science, philosophy and the arts can be 
discussed and debated

? provide an environment where people, especially artists and other 
“culture professionals” together with space and planetary scientists can 
exchange ideas and projects about planetary consciousness from the 
perspective of their unique backgrounds, education and experiences

? provide a meeting place where space, art and environmental projects 
can emerge and new teams and partnerships can be built

? nurture a domain of space activities that is becoming more recognized 
in both the space community and in the mainstream art world

? disseminate the ideas and projects by publicizing the results of the 
event



Submission of Abstracts
Participation in the workshop will be limited to a maximum of 25 persons 
and participants will be selected upon review of abstracts of 
presentations proposed for the workshop.

Abstracts, limited to one A4 page should be submitted via the online 
form at http://www.arsastronautica.com/workshop05/ or sent directly to: 
workshop2005 at arsastronautica.com

The abstract should be in English and include:
? Workshop name
? Title of presentation
? Name and affiliation of authors
? Full contact details of presenting author, including postal and e-mail 
addresses, phone and fax
? A short (maximum two paragraphs) personal biographical text



The deadline for abstract submission is February 28, 2005.

Following acceptance a complete paper will be required and the author(s) 
will be invited to register for the event.


Timetable
28 February 2005 - Deadline for abstracts
31 March 2005 - Notification of acceptance
20 April 2005 - Preliminary programme
7 May 2005 - Deadline for papers
19-21 May 2005 – Workshop & Symposium


Workshop & Symposium Topics
Presentations can be about any aspect or issue related to “Space: 
Planetary Consciousness and the Arts”. Since the scope of the Workshop 
is large, potential authors might like to consider submitting abstracts 
for papers addressing such topics as:

? the impact of space exploration on the arts and vice versa
? the impact of space science on the environmental consciousness
? the role of arts in expressing planetary consciousness
? the ethical aspects of space exploration and planetary responsibility
? the impact of space exploration on philosophy and vice versa
? synergies between the arts, environmental and space communities
? the interaction between space, arts and the public
? using the arts to explore and comprehend space

Authors need not, of course, limit themselves to these topics.


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