ASTROCONCERT: A MUSICAL STORYTELLING PROJECT ABOUT THE SKY - Part 3
Dear friends, Stefano Giovanardi and Angelina Yershova are back to tell you about the most recent production of the Astroconcert project. You may agree with us that the sight of the Northern Lights that inspired “Aurora Borealis” could easily be labeled among the most magnificent sights the sky can offer to a human eye. Likewise, the apparition of a comet can sometimes produce a similar, longstanding impression: any passionate skywatcher will never be able to forget the magic beauty of memorable comets like Hyakutake, Hale Bopp and Mc Naught. Add to a comet's legendary charme the thrill that was spread...
ASTROCONCERT: A MUSICAL STORYTELLING PROJECT ABOUT THE SKY - Part 2
Here we are, for the second installment as Astro Artists of the month: let's pick up the story from where we left it in the previous post. After the “early works” from 2009 to 2011, the Astroconcert project evolved toward new stylistic nuances with two new productions, over the years 2013 and 2015. In this post we will talk about the first one, leaving the other for our next installment. Yet, both of them represent our attempt in defining different possibilities to obtain a fine tuning between music and narration: in fact, Angelina Yershova introduced new variations in her musical...
ASTROCONCERT: A MUSICAL STORYTELLING PROJECT ABOUT THE SKY
Dear Astronomers Without Borders, nice to meet all of you from the pages of this blog! We really appreciate this opportunity to talk about our project as Astro Artists of the Month. As we share with you a passion for astronomy and space, in the following posts we will try to give you the flavor of our efforts in communicating the essence of its beauty and the emotions raised by exploring and understanding the cosmos. Our goal is not educational, rather it is an attempt to elicit an individual awareness of our cosmic citizenship. Music and storytelling are the keys...
Astroartist of the Month - Simon Kregar (3 of 4)
The Science of Beauty What is art? Pretty pictures? Colors and patterns arranged to create an emotion in the observer? I would argue that art, for at least 35,000 years in human culture, is a way to communicate ideas and concepts that may transcend spoken or written language. I subscribe to the school of Neuroesthetics, which is a relatively recent sub-discipline of empirical aesthetics. This takes a scientific approach to the study of aesthetic perceptions of art, music, or any object that can give rise to aesthetic judgments. Essentially I apply the scientific research in concepts of beauty and esthetics...
Astroartists of the Month - Simon Kregar (2 of 4)
"The Grander Scheme" One of the fundamental reasons I have gravitated to science and astronomy in my work has been the desire to communicate my passion for the two subjects. From an early age I was fascinated by the night sky and manned space flight. Growing up in New York City didn't offer many chances to see the stars, but visits to the Haden Planetarium and nights out at our cottage on Long Island opened the universe to me. I don't think there was ever a time when I didn't realize that the stars were other suns, other places, a...
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ASTROCraft
Astronomers Without Borders' AstroCrafts web blog presented by Kathleen Horner will share a unique variety of creative, educational and fun astronomy-related crafts inspired by the cosmos in which we live. The AstroCrafts page projects will be presented periodically throughout the year for the whole family that involves hands on arts and crafts that will teach us about the wonders of our universe. The projects are especially a great resource for schools and other organizations, too. The AstroCrafts projects is another way we can discover our own inner artist and find personal expression of what we see and feel in the cosmic life that is all around us.
