SETI AIR Newsletter - June 2024
Greetings
Exciting news: The A Sign in Space “alien” message has been decoded! But - what does the message mean? Daniela de Paulis’ project brought together international players such as ESA, the SETI Institute, Greenbank Observatory, and a worldwide community of artists, academics, and space enthusiasts for a “dress rehearsal” of receiving an actual alien message. What is so special about this project is the trans-disciplinary collaboration that developed in the effort to crack the code, and the active participation from the general public from around the world. Now, it’s the final stretch: interpreting the message. As always, everyone is invited to partici-pate. More info about A Sign in Space below. What do you think it means?
Wishing you clear skies,
Bettina
AIR Program Update
A Sign in Space: Decoded!
Daniela de Paulis’ art project A Sign in Space launched on May 24, 2023, when the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter sent a simulated alien message back to Earth. The project invited the world to explore the process of decoding and interpreting an extraterrestrial message. It took just over a year and a global community of thousands of enthusiasts on Discord, but the message has now been decoded. On June 7, 2024, the father-daughter team “John” and “Sarah” (who asked to remain anonymous) cracked the code and revealed the image of five amino acids displayed in a universal organic molecular diagram notation.
However - this is not the end of the journey! The “alien” message has been decoded, but it has yet to be interpreted. Daniela de Paulis invites the worldwide community to conduct their own analysis and share their interpretation on Discord or via the asignin.space website.
Read more about the decoded message in the SETI Institute’s press release here:
https://www.seti.org/decoding-message-sign-space-year-long-journey
Watch the new trailer for A Sign in Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r2VeCAm3hw
Reminder
Cosmic Consciousness Literary Residency
The SETI AIR program invites writers and poets working in the areas of literature, speculative fiction/sci-fi, experimental poetry, and philosophy to submit proposals.
Deadline to submit: 1 July 2024, 11:59pm EST (Eastern Standard Time)
SETI AIR Artist News & Events
Xin Liu and Daniela de Paulis
Cosmos Archaeology: Exploring the Universe
Art & Science Shanghai Astronomy Museum
May 18 - September 17, 2024
Daniela de Paulis
A Sign in Space
the National Astronomy Olympiad NAO is an early stage talent program for school students in Nepal supporting their future academic career in STEAM.
Kathmandu, Nepal
June 1 - 7, 2024
Adriana Knouf
enologist Trajectories with Adriana Knouf Video & Podcast interview
Sonic Arts News
Brittany Nelson
Tiptoeing Through the Cosmos: Recent Photography at Luhring Augustine Review of exhibition in Whitehot Magazine
About the SETI AIR Program
The SETI Institute’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program is an international leader in the movement of integrating art and science. The AIR program connects contemporary artists with SETI Institute researchers so that they may exchange ideas and catalyze new perspectives, insights, and modes of comprehension. For more information about the program, please visit https://www.seti.org/air
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