THE END OF OIL
Dates:
Sat Jun 13, 2009 00:00 - Wed Jun 10, 2009
THE END OF OIL
June 13 - July 31, 2009
Opening: Saturday, June 13, 6-8pm
Exit Underground
NEW YORK - A project of SEA (Social-Environmental Aesthetics), The End of Oil is an exhibition of photography, prints, videos, installations and new media that addresses human dependence on oil and other fossil fuels; the ramifications that this dependency has on the future of the environment and of global geopolitics; and the recent push towards viable alternative energy resources.
In July 2008, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies (OPEC) announced that the price per barrel of oil had climbed above $130. About five months later, in December 2008, the New York Times reported that oil had fallen below $40 a barrel, less than a third of the July 2008 price. In the first six months of 2009, oil prices seem to have steadied around $55 a barrel. These fluctuating oil prices are evidence of the instability of global oil markets and reminders of our urgent need to develop alternative fuels and forms of energy.
The works in this exhibition draw attention to and investigate the violent conflicts (such as in Nigeria, Burma and Sudan) and negative environmental effects that result from mining and drilling; the politicization of the oil industry; carbon-footprinting; and renewable energy options, such as vegetable and electric-powered cars, geothermal energy, and solar power. The End of Oil does not prophesize a dystopian future, but looks critically at the way in which we use and generate energy, encouraging a dialogue on this issue for the benefit of future generations.
SEA and The End of Oil conceived by Papo Colo.
The End of Oil curated by Herb Tam and Lauren Rosati.
FEATURING PROJECTS BY:
Khalil Chishtee; Louisa Conrad; Robert Derr; Dominic Gagnon; Ed Kashi; Matt Kenyon; Michael Mandiberg; Andrei Molodkin; Jo Syz
PUBLIC EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
7:30 - 9pm: SEA Poetry Series, No. 2
Following the inaugural reading of this series, which brought Maine-based poet Jonathan Skinner to Exit Art, poet Marcella Durand will read a selection of her poems and discuss her work in relation to The End of Oil. Q & A and reception to follow. Conceived and organized by E.J. McAdams, poet and Associate Director of Philanthropy at The Nature Conservancy, New York City. Free. Cash bar.
Marcella Durand’s recent books are Traffic & Weather (Futurepoem, 2008), AREA (Belladonna, 2008), and The Anatomy of Oil (Belladonna, 2005). Other books include Western Capital Rhapsodies, City of Ports, and Lapsus Linguae. Her poems and essays have appeared in Conjunctions, The Canary, Denver Quarterly, Chain, The Poker, Verse, NYFA Current, and other journals. She has given talks on the intersections of poetry and ecology at Kelly Writers House, Small Press Traffic, Dactyl Foundation, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and other venues. Excerpts from her ongoing collaboration with Tina Darragh, based on environmental science, Deep Ecology and Francis Ponge, have appeared in Anomaly, How(2), and Ecopoetics. Currently, she is translating Michèle Métail’s Les horizons du sol / Earth’s Horizons, a history of the geological formation of Marseille written within a Oulipian formal constraint; a section of her translation appeared last year in The Nation.
THE END OF OIL SCREENING SERIES
The End of Oil Screening Series consists of films that explore topics such as peak oil; the impact of coal mining and oil drilling; dwindling oil resources; and the effect of this environmental crisis on the economy. For more information, please visit on www.exitart.org.
All films will be screened in our Exit Underground Digital Theater on Saturdays at 4pm.
$5 Suggested Donation.
The Great Squeeze: Surviving the Human Project
(June 20 and 27)
A Crude Awakening
(July 11 and 18)
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
(July 25)
SEA (Social-Environmental Aesthetics)
SEA is a unique endeavor that presents a diverse multimedia exhibition program and permanent archive of artworks that address social and environmental concerns. SEA will assemble artists, activists, scientists and scholars to address environmental issues through presentations of visual art, performances, panels and lecture series that will communicate international activities concerning environmental and social activism. SEA will occupy a permanent space in Exit Underground, a 3000 square-foot, multi-media performance, film and exhibition venue underneath Exit Art’s main gallery space. The SEA archive will be a permanent archive of information, images and videos that will be a continuous source for upcoming exhibitions and projects. Central to SEA’s mission is to provide a vehicle through which the public can be made aware of socially- and environmentally-engaged work, and to provide a forum for collaboration between artists, scientists, activists, scholars and the public. SEA functions as an initiative where individuals can join together in dialogue about issues that affect our daily lives.
CONCEPTPLUS
Exit Art currently works with a curatorial model called ConceptPlus, which begins with a theme or concept that is then publicized through a call for proposals. For each ConceptPlus idea, the curators first chose a group of artists that form the base of the exhibition. Then Exit Art issues an international call for artists to propose new or newly-contextualized work in response to a given theme or cultural condition. The exhibition is then curated by Exit Art’s curatorial staff, who view all the proposals for new work and work samples submitted by artists and select projects to be presented and/or commissioned for the exhibition. Every artist who submits a proposal has equal access to the curators, regardless of their previous experience, making ConceptPlus a highly democratic curatorial model. Recent ConceptPlus exhibitions at Exit Art have addressed ideas ranging from the reconstruction of global cities (Exit Biennial: Reconstruction, 2003) to the image of America's highest office (The Presidency, 2004), to contemporary Latino icons (L-Factor, 2005) to neuroscience innovations (BrainWave: Common Senses, 2008). A fundamental precept of the ConceptPlus model is to remove barriers to cultural participation by creating exhibition opportunities limited only by the artistic idea itself. As we have implemented this model over the past five years, Exit Art has seen a dramatic rise in both the number and geographic diversity of artists submitting proposals in response to our open calls. ConceptPlus also enables us to directly support the production of new work, as an increasing proportion of artists propose new projects that are commissioned exclusively for Exit Art exhibitions.
ABOUT EXIT ART
Exit Art is an independent vision of contemporary culture. We are prepared to react immediately to important issues that affect our lives. We do experimental, historical and unique presentations of aesthetic, social, political and environmental issues. We absorb cultural differences that become prototype exhibitions. We are a center for multiple disciplines. Exit Art is a 25 year old cultural center in New York City founded by Directors Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo, that has grown from a pioneering alternative art space, into a model artistic center for the 21st century committed to supporting artists whose quality of work reflects the transformations of our culture. Exit Art is internationally recognized for its unmatched spirit of inventiveness and consistent ability to anticipate the newest trends in the culture. With a substantial reputation for curatorial innovation and depth of programming in diverse media, Exit Art is always changing.
EXHIBITION SUPPORT
This exhibition is supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Bloomberg LP, Carnegie Corporation, Jerome Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, O'Grady Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Public Funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, Starry Night Fund at The Tides Foundation, Exit Art’s Board of Directors and our members.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Exit Art is located at 475 Tenth Avenue, corner of 36th Street. Hours: Tues. - Thurs., 10am - 6pm; Fri., 10am - 8pm; and Sat., noon - 8pm. Closed Sun. and Mon. There is a suggested donation of $5. For more information please call 212-966-7745 or visit www.exitart.org.
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June 13 - July 31, 2009
Opening: Saturday, June 13, 6-8pm
Exit Underground
NEW YORK - A project of SEA (Social-Environmental Aesthetics), The End of Oil is an exhibition of photography, prints, videos, installations and new media that addresses human dependence on oil and other fossil fuels; the ramifications that this dependency has on the future of the environment and of global geopolitics; and the recent push towards viable alternative energy resources.
In July 2008, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies (OPEC) announced that the price per barrel of oil had climbed above $130. About five months later, in December 2008, the New York Times reported that oil had fallen below $40 a barrel, less than a third of the July 2008 price. In the first six months of 2009, oil prices seem to have steadied around $55 a barrel. These fluctuating oil prices are evidence of the instability of global oil markets and reminders of our urgent need to develop alternative fuels and forms of energy.
The works in this exhibition draw attention to and investigate the violent conflicts (such as in Nigeria, Burma and Sudan) and negative environmental effects that result from mining and drilling; the politicization of the oil industry; carbon-footprinting; and renewable energy options, such as vegetable and electric-powered cars, geothermal energy, and solar power. The End of Oil does not prophesize a dystopian future, but looks critically at the way in which we use and generate energy, encouraging a dialogue on this issue for the benefit of future generations.
SEA and The End of Oil conceived by Papo Colo.
The End of Oil curated by Herb Tam and Lauren Rosati.
FEATURING PROJECTS BY:
Khalil Chishtee; Louisa Conrad; Robert Derr; Dominic Gagnon; Ed Kashi; Matt Kenyon; Michael Mandiberg; Andrei Molodkin; Jo Syz
PUBLIC EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
7:30 - 9pm: SEA Poetry Series, No. 2
Following the inaugural reading of this series, which brought Maine-based poet Jonathan Skinner to Exit Art, poet Marcella Durand will read a selection of her poems and discuss her work in relation to The End of Oil. Q & A and reception to follow. Conceived and organized by E.J. McAdams, poet and Associate Director of Philanthropy at The Nature Conservancy, New York City. Free. Cash bar.
Marcella Durand’s recent books are Traffic & Weather (Futurepoem, 2008), AREA (Belladonna, 2008), and The Anatomy of Oil (Belladonna, 2005). Other books include Western Capital Rhapsodies, City of Ports, and Lapsus Linguae. Her poems and essays have appeared in Conjunctions, The Canary, Denver Quarterly, Chain, The Poker, Verse, NYFA Current, and other journals. She has given talks on the intersections of poetry and ecology at Kelly Writers House, Small Press Traffic, Dactyl Foundation, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and other venues. Excerpts from her ongoing collaboration with Tina Darragh, based on environmental science, Deep Ecology and Francis Ponge, have appeared in Anomaly, How(2), and Ecopoetics. Currently, she is translating Michèle Métail’s Les horizons du sol / Earth’s Horizons, a history of the geological formation of Marseille written within a Oulipian formal constraint; a section of her translation appeared last year in The Nation.
THE END OF OIL SCREENING SERIES
The End of Oil Screening Series consists of films that explore topics such as peak oil; the impact of coal mining and oil drilling; dwindling oil resources; and the effect of this environmental crisis on the economy. For more information, please visit on www.exitart.org.
All films will be screened in our Exit Underground Digital Theater on Saturdays at 4pm.
$5 Suggested Donation.
The Great Squeeze: Surviving the Human Project
(June 20 and 27)
A Crude Awakening
(July 11 and 18)
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
(July 25)
SEA (Social-Environmental Aesthetics)
SEA is a unique endeavor that presents a diverse multimedia exhibition program and permanent archive of artworks that address social and environmental concerns. SEA will assemble artists, activists, scientists and scholars to address environmental issues through presentations of visual art, performances, panels and lecture series that will communicate international activities concerning environmental and social activism. SEA will occupy a permanent space in Exit Underground, a 3000 square-foot, multi-media performance, film and exhibition venue underneath Exit Art’s main gallery space. The SEA archive will be a permanent archive of information, images and videos that will be a continuous source for upcoming exhibitions and projects. Central to SEA’s mission is to provide a vehicle through which the public can be made aware of socially- and environmentally-engaged work, and to provide a forum for collaboration between artists, scientists, activists, scholars and the public. SEA functions as an initiative where individuals can join together in dialogue about issues that affect our daily lives.
CONCEPTPLUS
Exit Art currently works with a curatorial model called ConceptPlus, which begins with a theme or concept that is then publicized through a call for proposals. For each ConceptPlus idea, the curators first chose a group of artists that form the base of the exhibition. Then Exit Art issues an international call for artists to propose new or newly-contextualized work in response to a given theme or cultural condition. The exhibition is then curated by Exit Art’s curatorial staff, who view all the proposals for new work and work samples submitted by artists and select projects to be presented and/or commissioned for the exhibition. Every artist who submits a proposal has equal access to the curators, regardless of their previous experience, making ConceptPlus a highly democratic curatorial model. Recent ConceptPlus exhibitions at Exit Art have addressed ideas ranging from the reconstruction of global cities (Exit Biennial: Reconstruction, 2003) to the image of America's highest office (The Presidency, 2004), to contemporary Latino icons (L-Factor, 2005) to neuroscience innovations (BrainWave: Common Senses, 2008). A fundamental precept of the ConceptPlus model is to remove barriers to cultural participation by creating exhibition opportunities limited only by the artistic idea itself. As we have implemented this model over the past five years, Exit Art has seen a dramatic rise in both the number and geographic diversity of artists submitting proposals in response to our open calls. ConceptPlus also enables us to directly support the production of new work, as an increasing proportion of artists propose new projects that are commissioned exclusively for Exit Art exhibitions.
ABOUT EXIT ART
Exit Art is an independent vision of contemporary culture. We are prepared to react immediately to important issues that affect our lives. We do experimental, historical and unique presentations of aesthetic, social, political and environmental issues. We absorb cultural differences that become prototype exhibitions. We are a center for multiple disciplines. Exit Art is a 25 year old cultural center in New York City founded by Directors Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo, that has grown from a pioneering alternative art space, into a model artistic center for the 21st century committed to supporting artists whose quality of work reflects the transformations of our culture. Exit Art is internationally recognized for its unmatched spirit of inventiveness and consistent ability to anticipate the newest trends in the culture. With a substantial reputation for curatorial innovation and depth of programming in diverse media, Exit Art is always changing.
EXHIBITION SUPPORT
This exhibition is supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Bloomberg LP, Carnegie Corporation, Jerome Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, O'Grady Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Public Funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, Starry Night Fund at The Tides Foundation, Exit Art’s Board of Directors and our members.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Exit Art is located at 475 Tenth Avenue, corner of 36th Street. Hours: Tues. - Thurs., 10am - 6pm; Fri., 10am - 8pm; and Sat., noon - 8pm. Closed Sun. and Mon. There is a suggested donation of $5. For more information please call 212-966-7745 or visit www.exitart.org.
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2day/EarthDay
Dates:
Wed Apr 22, 2009 00:00 - Thu Apr 02, 2009
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
5-6:30pm:
The Lower East Side Ecology Center hosts a FREE indoor composting workshop. Learn how to set up and maintain a worm bin in your apartment. Full compost bin setups will be available at $55 each, on a first-come, first-serve basis. Registration recommended. To register, please call 212-477-3155 or email info@lesecologycenter.org.
7-9pm:
SEA Poetry Series, No. 1
Kicking off our SEA Poetry Series, poet Jonathan Skinner will read a selection of his poems and present a talk on “third landscapes,” entropoetics, and the coming planetary Pangea-garden on invasive futures. Q & A and reception to follow. Conceived and organized by E.J. McAdams, poet and Associate Director of Philanthropy at The Nature Conservancy, New York City. Free. Cash bar.
5-6:30pm:
The Lower East Side Ecology Center hosts a FREE indoor composting workshop. Learn how to set up and maintain a worm bin in your apartment. Full compost bin setups will be available at $55 each, on a first-come, first-serve basis. Registration recommended. To register, please call 212-477-3155 or email info@lesecologycenter.org.
7-9pm:
SEA Poetry Series, No. 1
Kicking off our SEA Poetry Series, poet Jonathan Skinner will read a selection of his poems and present a talk on “third landscapes,” entropoetics, and the coming planetary Pangea-garden on invasive futures. Q & A and reception to follow. Conceived and organized by E.J. McAdams, poet and Associate Director of Philanthropy at The Nature Conservancy, New York City. Free. Cash bar.
2day/EarthDay
Dates:
Tue Apr 21, 2009 00:00 - Thu Apr 02, 2009
Vertical Gardens
2day/earthday
A FREE two-day event celebrating Earth Day 2009.
TUESDAY, APRIL 21
6 - 7:30pm:
Dickson D. Despommier, Professor of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences and Microbiology at Columbia University, will talk about his work as the Founder and Director of the Vertical Farm Project, looking at how agriculture can be adapted and integrated into city living. Free. Cash bar.
7:30 - 9pm:
James Wines, Founder/President of SITE, Environmental Design, gives a talk on the “Economy of Means”, which looks at ways to meet the demands of economic crisis, energy efficiency and sustainable design, without a loss of aesthetic quality. It credits some of the most revolutionary triumphs of the 20th century - including Picasso’s collage, Duchamp’s conceptual art, Le Corbusier’s “machines for living in” and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonion houses - which confirm that big ideas can frequently be realized through a great economy of means. The information also covers a selection of materially and environmentally prudent contributions to the Radical Architecture movement of the 70s and 80s. The program concludes with a range of innovative proposals for the present era; including buildings and public spaces that use frugality itself as an inspirational raw material. Free. Cash bar.
2day/earthday
A FREE two-day event celebrating Earth Day 2009.
TUESDAY, APRIL 21
6 - 7:30pm:
Dickson D. Despommier, Professor of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences and Microbiology at Columbia University, will talk about his work as the Founder and Director of the Vertical Farm Project, looking at how agriculture can be adapted and integrated into city living. Free. Cash bar.
7:30 - 9pm:
James Wines, Founder/President of SITE, Environmental Design, gives a talk on the “Economy of Means”, which looks at ways to meet the demands of economic crisis, energy efficiency and sustainable design, without a loss of aesthetic quality. It credits some of the most revolutionary triumphs of the 20th century - including Picasso’s collage, Duchamp’s conceptual art, Le Corbusier’s “machines for living in” and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonion houses - which confirm that big ideas can frequently be realized through a great economy of means. The information also covers a selection of materially and environmentally prudent contributions to the Radical Architecture movement of the 70s and 80s. The program concludes with a range of innovative proposals for the present era; including buildings and public spaces that use frugality itself as an inspirational raw material. Free. Cash bar.
Corpus Extremus (LIFE+) Explained and Expanded, Part 3
Dates:
Fri Apr 17, 2009 00:00 - Thu Apr 02, 2009
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 6-9:15pm
6-7pm:
Irina Aristarkhova, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies and Visual Art at Pennsylvnia State University, lectures on “The Immunological Paradox of Pregnancy and the Art of Biomedical Realism,” examining the art works of Virgil Wong and Lee Mingwei (focusing on their Male Pregnancy project) through the prism of recent biomedical research on maternal-fetal interface.
7-8pm:
Suzanne Anker, artist and Chair of the Fine Arts Department at the School of Visual Arts, New York, discusses her work with scientific iconography in the realms of genetics and neuroscience.
8-9:15pm:
A screening of the film Underexposed: Temple of the Fetus (1993-1994, 60 minutes), produced, directed, shot and edited by Kathy High. Ms. High will introduce the film.
This chilling experimental narrative/documentary, about women’s relationships to new reproductive technologies and genetic engineering, combines interviews with field “experts” and a science-fiction segment depicting stories of in-vitro fertilization, donor insemination, and surrogacy arrangements. Underexposed: The Temple Of The Fetus examines ways in which the news media shapes perceptions and social attitudes around medical topics. Script by Karen Malpede. Distributed by the Video Data Bank, Chicago, IL; Women Make Movies, New York, NY; and V-Tape, Toronto, Canada.
6-7pm:
Irina Aristarkhova, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies and Visual Art at Pennsylvnia State University, lectures on “The Immunological Paradox of Pregnancy and the Art of Biomedical Realism,” examining the art works of Virgil Wong and Lee Mingwei (focusing on their Male Pregnancy project) through the prism of recent biomedical research on maternal-fetal interface.
7-8pm:
Suzanne Anker, artist and Chair of the Fine Arts Department at the School of Visual Arts, New York, discusses her work with scientific iconography in the realms of genetics and neuroscience.
8-9:15pm:
A screening of the film Underexposed: Temple of the Fetus (1993-1994, 60 minutes), produced, directed, shot and edited by Kathy High. Ms. High will introduce the film.
This chilling experimental narrative/documentary, about women’s relationships to new reproductive technologies and genetic engineering, combines interviews with field “experts” and a science-fiction segment depicting stories of in-vitro fertilization, donor insemination, and surrogacy arrangements. Underexposed: The Temple Of The Fetus examines ways in which the news media shapes perceptions and social attitudes around medical topics. Script by Karen Malpede. Distributed by the Video Data Bank, Chicago, IL; Women Make Movies, New York, NY; and V-Tape, Toronto, Canada.
Corpus Extremus (LIFE+) Explained and Expanded, Part 3
Dates:
Sat Apr 18, 2009 00:00 - Thu Apr 02, 2009
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 6-8:30pm
6-7pm:
Rich Pell, founder of the Center for PostNatural History (CPNH), lectures on “Permitted Habitats and Endangered GMO’s: An Introduction to the Center for PostNatural History.”
The CPNH is an organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge relating to the complex interplay between culture, nature and biotechnology. “PostNatural” refers to living organisms that have been altered through processes such as selective breeding or genetic engineering to meet human desires. Pell will present a number of examples of “postnatural” life forms, giving particular attention to genetically engineered life forms that are indigenous to New York State.
7-8pm:
Oleg Mavromatti, an interdisciplinary artist and co-founder of the art collective ULTRAFUTURO, gives a lecture titled “From Cosmism to Expansion in Outerspace: An Introduction to Russian Cosmism in Arts, Sciences and Interdisciplinary Practices.” Mavromatti will present a critical and historical overview of Russian Cosmism as a mystical philosophy that deeply affected the development of Soviet science and space research, as well as the relationship between spirituality and science and their media representation.
Russian Cosmism was a philosophical and cultural movement that emerged in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It entails a broad theory of natural philosophy combining elements of religion, ethics, and a history and philosophy of the origin, evolution and future existence of the cosmos and humankind. Mavromatti will discuss some of the main representatives of this philosophy like Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who pioneered Soviet rocket and space research and was among the first to work out the theoretical problems of rocket travel in space; Nikolaj Fedorov, who embedded the ideas of immortality into Russian Cosmism, as currently developed by the trans-humanist movement; and Alexander Bogdanov, whose universal systems theory and interest in the possibility of human rejuvenation through blood transfusion was developed through scientific research and promoted through science fiction stories written by Bogdanov himself.
8-8:30pm:
Kefir Grains are Going Onto the Flight, a film by artist and writer Yuri Leiderman and independent film maker and producer Andrei Silvestrov, will be screened. The film documents a “competition” between cultured kefir grains on board a Russian space program training plane in zero gravity that aims to select the best “cosmonaut” among them.
6-7pm:
Rich Pell, founder of the Center for PostNatural History (CPNH), lectures on “Permitted Habitats and Endangered GMO’s: An Introduction to the Center for PostNatural History.”
The CPNH is an organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge relating to the complex interplay between culture, nature and biotechnology. “PostNatural” refers to living organisms that have been altered through processes such as selective breeding or genetic engineering to meet human desires. Pell will present a number of examples of “postnatural” life forms, giving particular attention to genetically engineered life forms that are indigenous to New York State.
7-8pm:
Oleg Mavromatti, an interdisciplinary artist and co-founder of the art collective ULTRAFUTURO, gives a lecture titled “From Cosmism to Expansion in Outerspace: An Introduction to Russian Cosmism in Arts, Sciences and Interdisciplinary Practices.” Mavromatti will present a critical and historical overview of Russian Cosmism as a mystical philosophy that deeply affected the development of Soviet science and space research, as well as the relationship between spirituality and science and their media representation.
Russian Cosmism was a philosophical and cultural movement that emerged in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It entails a broad theory of natural philosophy combining elements of religion, ethics, and a history and philosophy of the origin, evolution and future existence of the cosmos and humankind. Mavromatti will discuss some of the main representatives of this philosophy like Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who pioneered Soviet rocket and space research and was among the first to work out the theoretical problems of rocket travel in space; Nikolaj Fedorov, who embedded the ideas of immortality into Russian Cosmism, as currently developed by the trans-humanist movement; and Alexander Bogdanov, whose universal systems theory and interest in the possibility of human rejuvenation through blood transfusion was developed through scientific research and promoted through science fiction stories written by Bogdanov himself.
8-8:30pm:
Kefir Grains are Going Onto the Flight, a film by artist and writer Yuri Leiderman and independent film maker and producer Andrei Silvestrov, will be screened. The film documents a “competition” between cultured kefir grains on board a Russian space program training plane in zero gravity that aims to select the best “cosmonaut” among them.