Tehran (Part 2)
Tehran blog – Sunday, Monday, Tuesday The other curators went home early on Sunday morning, leaving me with three days
Author: Nicola Triscott
Nicola Triscott is a cultural producer, curator, writer and researcher. She is the Director/CEO of FACT Liverpool and formerly the founding Director of Arts Catalyst. Specialisation: interrelationships between art, science, technology and society.
Tehran (Part 1)
Tehran blog – Friday and Saturday My Iranian visa came very late, so the others – this is a visit
A history of forgetting
Harvard scholar Sheila Jasanoff is regarded as a leading light in the field of science and technology studies. Her calls
Handy tips for the new nuclear age (3)
Make your own plutonium Our Nuclear Forum at the RSA, part of our final weekend for the Nuclear: art &
Handy tips for the new nuclear age (2)
“Mini nuclear plants to power 20,000 homes”, The Guardian Crisis over. Our energy problems are solved. Now we can have a
Satellite stories and human futures
Joanna Griffin’s Satellite Stories with the scientists of Mullard Space Science Laboratory was a very special event. Perched on a hill overlooking rolling downs,
The role of the arts in biopolicy-making
I went to a good symposium in London last week, organised by theBiocentre. Ambitiously titled “Arts & technology: The role of
Handy tips for the new nuclear age (1)
With the UK government’s new commitment to nuclear energy, let’s re-visit some of those old recurring debates around clean energy, safety,
International art in space committee launched
The new IAF (International Astronautical Federation) Technical Activities Committee for the Cultural Utilisation of Space (ITACCUS) was announced during the
Less Remote 3: Cultural aspects of space exploration
Yesterday evening, we had some excellent examples presented of ‘cultural utilisation’ of space, notably Marko Peljhan reported on the development
Less Remote 2: Off the planet
This afternoon, Less Remote has explored radically new ideas about the future of our relationship to space. Artist Tomas Saraceno presented
Less Remote 1: Notions of space
The Less Remote symposium is under way at the International Astronautical Congress in Glasgow, with the first session ‘The Introspective
United Nations committee on the peaceful uses of outer space
I’m just back from Vienna, where I was speaking at the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)
Steve Kurtz case dismissed
BUFFALO, US. Artist Steve Kurtz, a member of the Critical Art Ensemble, has had the mail and wire fraud case
Truth – The Interrogation
The Arts Catalyst team spent a very cold day in a dilapidated, darkened office suite in Liverpool on Saturday, processing
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