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The Arts Catalyst, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5PSWednesday 15 May 2013, 6.30pm (doors)This month’s KOSMICA, curated by Jareh Das, focuses on Astroculture as a cultural history of outer space and extra-terrestrial life in the twentieth-century imagination. We will bring together space enthusiasts who have wide-ranging interests that include performance, cosmology, Afrofuturism, science fiction literature, music, mythology and philosophy.The evening will include a performance by artist Kapwani Kiwangs and a short film screening followed by a conversation between Kapwani Kiwangs and Dr Nick Campion about cultural cosmology theories around Astroculture. (NOTE: Kapwani Kiwangs’ performance will not be livestreamed or filmed). -
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Jalo Porkkala - Kallitype over Cyanotype
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Spring Hurlbut
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Dutch Artist Caspar Berger used a CT scanner and 3D printer to create a unique self-portrait.
Thanks to x-ray technologies, many of us have seen images of our own skeletons — but imagine holding your own skull in your hand.
Berger is possibly the only person in the world to have done so. Using advanced CT scanning (PDF), he scanned and created a 3D model of his own skeletal system.
But what would you do with your own bones?
Well, of course, you can cast them in gold, which Berger did — but the skull, which he called the vera icon (“true image”, or true face) got a more special treatment.
From Berger’s web page:
This image has formed the basis for a facial reconstruction by a forensic anthropologist, who received the skull anonymously, accompanied only by the information that it belonged to a man in his mid-40s born in Western Europe. This facial reconstruction is based on the available scientific documentation of tissue structure, skin thickness and muscle groups. The clay reconstruction has been cast in bronze to be presented as self-portrait 21, a self-portrait that has not been made by the artist.
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‘THAT WILL BE THE DAY’ is an audio/visual collaboration between composer Aldo Aréchar and motion graphics artist Matthew DiVito AKA Mr. Div (mrdiv.tumblr.com).
Download the song ‘That Will Be The Day’ for FREE as part of Aldo Aréchar’s new EP ‘I’ now available here:
All animation was created in Cinema 4D and After Effects.
For more information on Aldo Aréchar check out his website (aldoarechar.com/) or Facebook (facebook.com/AldoArecharMusic)
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A fluorescence micrograph of young sporangia, the sacs in which spores are formed, of the slime mold, Arcyria stipata.
Dalibor Matý, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition
