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
Abnormal
Ju Gosling’s exhibition ‘Abnormal’ is at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) at Mill Hill in North London until the end
Meanwhile, on Mars …
I gave a talk at the Barbican on Saturday night, as part of the programme for the Martian Museum of Terrestrial
Space futures
LESS REMOTE The Futures of Space Exploration: an Arts & Humanities Symposium 30 September – 1 October 2008 International Astronautical
Troubadors and truth drugs
Cracking conference accompanying the Sk-interfaces exhibition at FACT, Liverpool, on Friday and Saturday, which managed to subvert my expectations nicely. Frankly, I’d
Who thought up consumerism?
I attended the first in a series of Arts & Ecology Exchanges at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) on
