Somnium by Danny Bazo (US), Marko Peljhan (SI) and Karl Yerkes (US)

Somnium Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana 08.06.-30.06.2017 Somnium is a multimodal cybernetic installation to contemplate discoveries of exoplanets and the potential for extraterrestrial intelligent life in our galaxy. It uses light, sound, and robotics to bridge the vastly different macro- and micro-scales of cosmic search and human experience. The work draws inspiration from Johannes Kepler’s prototypical science fiction tale, Somnium (Dream), which describes what an observer on the moon might see while they gaze at the Earth from afar. The installation uses data gathered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope mission to echo this question for our specific time: “What might an observer on Earth see while they gaze at the many other possible Earths that exist within our galaxy?” www.projekt-atol.si/project/somnium Produced by: Projekt Atol Institute Co-produced by: MAT, SYSTEMICS Lab, UCSB Project developed in collaboration with Jon Jenkins at SETI Institute’s Artist in Residence Program. Supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Municipality of Ljubljana – Department for Culture

Date: Jun 08, 2017
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Somnium by Danny Bazo (US), Marko Peljhan (SI) and Karl Yerkes (US)

Somnium Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana 08.06.-30.06.2017 Somnium is a multimodal cybernetic installation to contemplate discoveries of exoplanets and the potential for extraterrestrial intelligent life in our galaxy. It uses light, sound, and robotics to bridge the vastly different macro- and micro-scales of cosmic search and human experience. The work draws inspiration from Johannes Kepler’s prototypical science fiction tale, Somnium (Dream), which describes what an observer on the moon might see while they gaze at the Earth from afar. The installation uses data gathered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope mission to echo this question for our specific time: “What might an observer on Earth see while they gaze at the many other possible Earths that exist within our galaxy?” www.projekt-atol.si/project/somnium Produced by: Projekt Atol Institute Co-produced by: MAT, SYSTEMICS Lab, UCSB Project developed in collaboration with Jon Jenkins at SETI Institute’s Artist in Residence Program. Supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Municipality of Ljubljana – Department for Culture

Date: Jun 08, 2017
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Cosmologicus by Katarina Petrović (RS/NL)

Cosmologicus Rampa Lab, Ljubljana 08.06. – 30.06.2017 Cosmologicus is a custom-made software and installation that translates radio emissions from the planet Jupiter into a semantic stream. Using the word-number database generated in the work Lexicon Liber Novus (Petrović, 2016), the invisible order of electron particles coming from the distant planet is made intelligible through language. Or so it seems. Jupiter-generated poetry gives way to an infinite interpretation of the planet's emissions. The computer and the spectator become mediums of the largest planet of our Solar system, oracles of the mythological Jupiter, attempting to construct sense and meaning from the generated data. The installation comprises the software, projected moving text into a black water cube, and a recording of Jupiter radio emissions made on the ground. www.katarinapetrovic.net/project/cosmologicus Software made in collaboration with: Mirko Lazović Audio recordings: NASA’s education and outreach project Radio Jove and affiliated Heliotown Observatory in New Mexico

Date: Feb 15, 2014
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ElektroMagnetikSpektrum by Brane Zorman (SI)

ElektroMagnetikSpektrum Sonoretum, Ljubljana 08.06. – 30.06.2017 ElektroMagnetikSpektrum is part of the EMS Memory Trackers (2016) composition, edited to suit the 8-channel sonic environment of Sonoretum. Based on the positions and color constellations of solar systems, stars, planets, and the endless flux of scattering electromagnetic radiation of past ancient and distant echoes, the author collects and transforms EM information, translating it to the narrow range of frequencies audible to humans. Zorman maps the continuous invisible and inaudible flux of fading time, pulsation and radiation that flow in the form of weakened and deteriorated segments, which are reflected from and absorbed by the bodies with which they collide. The sonic sculpture ElektroMagnetikSpektrum transcends the EM radio wave recording, which now covers the space of the Sonoretum time capsule like a gossamer veil.

Date: May 31, 2017
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Green Wall: Plant—Machine Cohabitation by Green Wall Community + Naprave Robotics Lab

Green Wall: Plant—Machine Cohabitation BioTehna, Ljubljana 08.06. – 30.06.2017 Establishing the right conditions for plant growth in unusual environments is one of the themes with which we want to bring attention to the living organisms that can survive and exist in extreme environments. When we talk about astrobiology, it is relatively easy to imagine the radical conditions in space, but it is much harder to imagine the survival of various organisms in situations that do not yet even exist, and can merely be imagined or predicted. To simulate extreme conditions we have designed a tactical environment in which three distinct biotopes feed information to one another—aquaponics, hydroponics, and robotics existing in mutual codependence. The project, named Green Wall, aims to create a community in which the participants self-organize, based on their interests. One group takes care of the hydroponic system of plants growing in vertical modules, the second group constructs the aquarium biotope, while the third group creates a spider bot and a sensory system that will allow the plants to communicate with the robot, which will water each one individually. The ultimate goal of the project is to create a hybrid ecosystem in which plants, with the aid of technology, will be able to thrive without human intervention. www.biotehna.org Partner & expert collaborator: Naprave Robotics Lab Green Wall community (SI): Slavko Glamočanin, Tanja Gawish, Simon Gmajner, Staša Guček, Maj Hrovat, Boštjan Kobal, Jan Krek, Ana Lokovšek, Anamarija Pocrnjić, Aljaž Rudolf, Anže Sekelj, Jan Skomina, Filip Maj Špendl, Mirjan Švagelj, Kristijan Tkalec Thanks to: Jan Babič / Institute Jožef Stefan – Department for Automation, Biocybernetics and Robotics

Date: Jun 17, 2017
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Artist Biographies - Earth Without Humans II / Kapelica Gallery Kersnikova Institute

Date: Jan 01, 2017
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