[spectre] Light is my Business. Art, Science, Technology and the City YASMIN discussion

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Light is my Business ; Art, Science, Technology and the City 
YASMIN discussion

The YASMIN ( Your Art Science Mediterranean International 
Network:
http://estia.media.uoa.gr/mailman/listinfo/yasmin_discussions ) 
is
pleased to announce a discussion

Light is my Business ; Art, Science, Technology and the City

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Guillermo Munoz and Roger Malina thought we would do a 
different kind
of YASMIN discussion impulsed
by this year's “International Year of Light and Light-based 
Technologies
that the 68th Session of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations
(UN) adopted.



Guillermo Munoz is a nano-scientist deeply involved in the 
arts, and
Roger Malina

is an astrophysicist.  The manipulation of light is our 
business.

This theme is also the theme of The 2nd Art, Science, City
International Conference 201 in Valencia this coming October

which will bring the art, science and technology community 
together
around problematics of the build urban
environment.http://www.artsciencecity.com/?lang=enThe 
deadline for
abstracts is April 6 !!

We will also be holding a YASMIN meeting during the conference
organised by Guillermo Munoz

We look forward to your contributions to the YASMIN discussion
beginning next week

http://estia.media.uoa.gr/mailman/roster/yasmin_discussions



Roger Malina and Guillermo Munoz



The 2nd Art, Science, City International Conference 2015 aims to
promote interdisciplinary research on techno-scientific 
culture in
contemporary societies and its impact on the ways of life, 
paying
special attention to the impact of imaging technologies in urban
contexts.The conference is organized by the Master of Visual 
Arts and
Multimedia of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) 
and the
University of the Basque Country / Euskal Herriko 
Unibersitatea (EHU)
to encourage and develop research projects that contribute 
to bridge
the gap between academia, professional practice and 
citizens, and also
between science and humanities.

This second edition of the conference offers an 
interdisciplinary
forum to discuss the most relevant experiences around the 
relationship
of art + science + city, placing light as the transversal 
structure.
Light understood from the complexity of its dual nature
(wave-particle) both in technological applications and 
theoretical
discourse; recognising light-based technologies and 
innovations that
are transforming communications, energy resources, new 
methods of
medical diagnosis and treatments, and their influence on our 
culture
and ways of visualization. That is why we propose as a 
general topic:

Light, more light ! = Visuality :: Energy :: Connectivity

The choice of the conference theme comes from the resolution 
of the
68th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN)
adopted on December 20, 2013, proclaiming 2015 as 
“International Year
of Light and Light-based Technologies” (IYL 2015).
Taking 
these themes
as reference, the congress will be structured around four 
thematic
panels, and the Creative Room, that will host the speakers’
dissertations.

Panel 1: Light [+] Visuality
Panel 2: Light [+] Energy
Panel 3: Light [+] Connectivity
Panel 4: Light [+] Light/Light + Darkness

Creative Room: Spectrum:: Light/Art [+] Science [+] City
Light [+] Innovation :: Technology Demonstrations; 
Information Boards

Light [+] Innovation aims at providing all ASC Conference 
participants
with the opportunity to meet companies and research 
organizations
which are actively developing light-based technologies. It 
will be a
space for technology demonstrations and information boards 
which will
encourage and facilitate the meeting of universities, 
business, local
associations and institutions.