New Museum Los Gatos and The SETI Institute Present

Exhibit | Making Contact: SETI Artists in Residence

When
Event has passed (Fri Oct 28, 2016 - Sun Mar 5, 2017)
Cost
$6 - $10
Tags
Museums, Technology

Description

This group exhibition features artists from the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Artist in Residence (AIR) program, and Making Contact marks the first SETI AIR group exhibition.

The work in Making Contact expands upon the SETI Institute’s mission to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe. The exhibiting artists bring fresh perspectives to help navigate difficult concepts and help build bridges to broaden awareness of the science carried out at the SETI Institute. Additionally, many of the works have never been exhibited to the public. “We’re excited to bring together the art, science and ideas of this unique international program and share it with our community,” says Marianne McGrath, NUMU art curator.

SETI AIR Exhibited Works
The artist team of Danny Bazo, Marko Peljhan and Karl Yerkes has created Somnium which examines both the micro and macro when considering planetary potential within a swath of the universe captured by the Kepler telescope. George Bolster’s film, The Moon, McMoons, and The Moon Museum illuminates our human endeavors to preserve culture relating to our fascination with the Moon. The sculpture and mixed media works by Charles Lindsay manifest in the confluence of re¬purposed technology and Apollo images to create imaginary machines and lunar landscapes. In exploring the origins of our universe, Rachel Sussman integrates intention into the quest to understand the nature of the cosmos and our role as its inhabitants. Artist and psychiatrist Martin Wilner renders his series of monthly conversations with SETI scientists using a calendar format, creating spectacular illustrated diaries of correspondence with his subjects.

Exhibit Programs:
Making Contact Artist/Scientist Panel Discussion will be held at NUMU on on Saturday, November 5th from 3pm-4:30pm. Program details are available on the NUMU website (numulosgatos.org).

Making Contact is generously supported by The Robert Lehman Foundation, Applied Materials, and SETI AIR. NUMU gratefully acknowledges support from the Town of Los Gatos and its many donors and members.

More Info

Link
http://www.numulosgatos.org
Call
408.354.2646 (Box Office)
Email
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Schedule

NUMU Museum
106 E. Main Street
Los Gatos, CA
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  1. NUMU Museum
    106 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA