<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Spectrites,</div><div><br></div><div>It is my
great pleasure to invite you to our next LASER Paris on March 31st 2022
starting at 7 pm at the Cité Internationale des Arts and featuring
Marcus Neustetter, Laurent Karst and Filippo Fabbri.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward seeing you there <br></div><div>(it will be video recorded but no live stream)</div><div>All detailed info below</div><div>Best Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Annick Bureaud</div><div>-----------------------------<br></div><div>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">"Observations"<span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Rencontre LASER Paris<span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Thursday March 31st 2022<span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Cité
internationale des arts<span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">(Auditorium)<span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">18 rue
de l'Hôtel de Ville<span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">75004
Paris<span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">19h00 - 21h30<span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black"><span> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black"><a href="https://www.olats.org/" target="_blank">https://www.olats.org/</a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black"><span></span></span></b>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:red">with </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:red">Marcus Neustetter ; Laurent
Karst et Filippo Fabbri (Percept-Lab)<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN">between a dialogue with a dysfunctionnal satellite and a
poetic reinterpretation of a Galileo experiment, this LASER Meeting conjugates
the verbs observe, experiment, interpret, understand, share, feel in the field
of both art and science.</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book""><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">Free admission </span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">in the limit of
available seats, registration required </span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">(<a href="https://tinyurl.com/bdfs3p9d" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/bdfs3p9d</a>)<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">COVID 19 sanitary measures of the
day<span></span></span></i></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">and we start on time!<span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">LASER
Paris takes place in French but Marcus Neustetter presentation is in English
(not translated).<span></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">PopUp Exhibition</span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black"> by Marcus Neustetter, mostly <i>Lead
the Way Again </i></span><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN-US">SumbandilaSat</span></i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:rgb(5,5,5)" lang="EN-US"> that
has been sent to the International Space Station in February 2022 with the Moon
Gallery before reaching the Moon in 2024.<span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Drinks and snacks</span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black"> after
the presentations<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">(COVID 19 situation permitting)<span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Audience
<b>announcements</b> during the break (with
registration)<span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:red">Programme<span></span></span></b></p>
<pre style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:red">> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:red">Marcus Neustetter, </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book"">Artist (South Africa and Austia) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">// </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book"">"</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN-US">Seeking Dialogue and Unfolding Meaning"</span></b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN-US"> </span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN-US">about <b><i>Sutherland Reflections</i></b><i> </i>et </span><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN-US">Lead the Way Again SumbandilaSat </span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN-US">projects.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span></span></span></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN-US">From abstract
telescope collaborations at the Sutherland Observatory in South Africa to
attempted conversations with a dysfunctional satellite <i>SumbandilaSat</i> -
exploring these tools for scientific pursuit has served both the creative
process and the quest for sense-making in his artistic journey. His presentation
touches on moments of two 10-year projects, highlighting the artistic
strategies of social engagement and experimentation for meaning and local
relevance to unfold.</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book""><span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN-US">Started in 2009, <i>Sutherland Reflections </i></span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">is a project that included collaborations
with </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN-US">archeologists and astronomers in the heart of the
Karoo, a semi-desert in central Southern Africa and home to the Southern
African Large Telescope and an array of international observatories</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN-US">. It </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN-US">sought to create connections to the publicly unacknowledged history of
the early inhabitants of the area and to highlight the loss of expression in
the current communities identities through the persistent oppression before,
during and after the Apartheid regime. This project evolved into bridging art
and science for social good through temporary and permanent public artworks and
events.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""><span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN-US">Lead
the Way Again SumbandilaSat</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""><span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:rgb(5,5,5)" lang="EN-US">Before
a solar storm in 2011 that damaged the onboard computer, Neustetter was receiving
images and creating artworks from the </span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:rgb(5,5,5)">vantage point</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:rgb(5,5,5)" lang="EN-US"> of South African micro earth
observation satellite <i>SumbandilaSat</i>.
But since the damage, he has only been able to track the satellite. This has
resulted in a series of artworks in attempts to both reach out and to visualise
what Sumbandila’s perspective and encounters might be. In Venda language,
Sumdandila means "Lead the Way".</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book""><span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book""><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:red">></span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:red"> Percept-Lab : </span><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:red">Laurent Karst </span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">Architect and
designer</span><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">et </span><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:red">Filippo Fabbri</span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">, </span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">Associate
profession at the University Paris-Saclay, composer </span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">// about
the project </span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">Le
Chant Gravitationnel. Un hommage à Galilée<span></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN">Observing, experimenting, interpreting, understanding,
feeling: all verbs and actions that belong as much to the field of science as
to that of art. Based on a centuries-old experience, the installation <i>Le Chant Gravitationnel </i>[The
Gravitational Song], also inscribed in several aspects of Filippo Fabbri's
current scientific research, crosses methodologies and perceptions.</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN">Le Chant Gravitationnel is a visual and sound
installation based on a poetic and sensory transposition of Galileo's work
carried out in 1624, based on an experiment demonstrating the principle of the
acceleration of bodies linked to gravitational fields.</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN">The artistic installation provides the visitor with a
sensory, visual and sound experience in perpetual metamorphosis, capable of
making this phenomenon physically felt. Gravity is one of the four fundamental
interactions that govern the Universe. </span><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">Le
chant gravitationnel</span></i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book""> </span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN">offers a poetic
perception of this phenomenon, which conditions all forms of life in our world
and which is at the origin of the very functioning of nature and the cosmos.</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book""><span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">> <b>Moderator :</b> Annick Bureaud<span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:13pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">> <b>Drinks and snacks</b> after the
presentations (</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">COVID
19 situation permitting)</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">> </span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black">Audience
<b>announcements</b> during the break (with
registration)<span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN">Programme created by
Leonardo/ISAST (<a href="http://www.leonardo.info" target="_blank">www.leonardo.info</a>), LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening
Rendez-vous, <a href="http://www.leonardo.info/laser" target="_blank">www.leonardo.info/laser</a>) is a sharing of experiences around
art-science projects in semi-formal meetings, outside the institutional
framework. <span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN">LASER Paris is
co-organized by Leonardo/Olats and La Diagonale Paris-Saclay
(<a href="http://www.ladiagonale-paris-saclay.fr" target="_blank">http://www.ladiagonale-paris-saclay.fr</a>), in partnership with the Cité
internationale des arts (<a href="https://www.citedesartsparis.net/" target="_blank">https://www.citedesartsparis.net/</a>, the TEAMeD Research
Team </span></span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">(</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book""><a href="https://teamed.univ-paris8.fr/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://teamed.univ-paris8.fr/</a><span>) </span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN">of the
University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis and the ArTeC University Research
School (</span></span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book""><a href="https://eur-artec.fr/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://eur-artec.fr/</a>)</span><span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"" lang="EN">, with the support of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation
(<a href="https://www.fondationcarasso.org/" target="_blank">https://www.fondationcarasso.org/</a>) and the program </span></span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">Investissements
d'Avenir.</span><span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book"">It received
the sponsoring of ITACCUS, the Technical Committee on the Cultural Utilisation
of Space of the International Astronautical Federation.<font color="#888888"><span></span></font></span></p><font color="#888888">
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