[SUN]Flower Plasma: LASER & Tuning Fork

[SUN]Flower Plasma
art + physics = energy

Please join Satinder Gil, LASER, Cambridge, UK, Emily Harris & John Halpern of I.C.A.I, Tuning Fork, NY as they explore this art sci collaboratorative project with Victoria Vesna, Walter Gekelman, Haley Marks about the art sci collaborative process.

Friday, November 8th, 2024
10am PST, 1pm EDT, 19h CET

[SUN]Flower Plasma installation premiered August 31, 2024 in Elements! in Art and Tech exhibition, organized by Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center as part of their Art and Technology Program on Governors Island.
Funded in part by NYSCA.

Register and join online: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtdeiqqjgtH90IZhuIFPA36COay7zab5...

Building on the “Art + Physics = Energy” explorations, [SUN] Flower Plasma delves into the ecological and geopolitical significance of sunflowers and the scientific importance of Alfvén waves. The installation features sound and images from the Large Plasma Device, solar wind data from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, and natural recordings, offering an immersive meditation on solar energy and the cycle of creation and destruction. The sound was mixed by Kevin Ramsay at Harvestworks NY, adding an additional layer of depth to the experience.

This art sci project resulted from years of dialogue between Victoria Vesna and plasma physicist Dr. Walter Gekelman, an expert in Alfvén waves who built one of the largest basic plasma machines in the world. In addition to gathering materials from the plasma lab, Victoria worked together with biomedical engineer Dr. Haley Marks to image sunflower parts, revealing their remarkable microscopic structures resembling the sun.
Discover more on: https://sunflowerplasma.com