SETI AIR Newsletter - May 2024
Greetings
This year, the SETI AIR program is launching a series of new residencies, each focused on a discipline, or “territory,” of creative practice. The first residency off the starting block is Cosmic Consciousness, which interweaves language and the written word with the exploration of consciousness and intelligence. Right now, the “I” in SETI is a placeholder for technology, as we’re searching the cosmos for technosignatures. But - what does “intelligence” actually mean? Poets, authors, and philosophers are uniquely suited to delve into this existentialist question. I look forward to seeing this residency come to life. Submission details below. ’s reflections on space travel, and Jonathon Keats ’ exploration of the nature of time. Enjoy the read!
Wishing you clear skies,
Bettina
AIR Program Spotlight
Call for Submissions 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. The artworks resulting from this residency should reflect and expand on the SETI Institute’s “Intelligence and Con-sciousness” research division, whose central science questions are: ‘What is the nature of consciousness?’ and ‘What is the nature and evolution of intelligence?’ At the end of the resi-dency, the resulting texts will be published (print and/or digital) and may be presented at a special event that includes readings by the authors.
Areas of creative research may engage with the following topics:
- Experiments in language and consciousness
- Alien intelligence and cultural exchange
- Transhumanism and posthuman consciousness
- AI and consciousness
- Multisensory poetry and multiple intelligences
Deadline to submit: 1 July 2024, 11:59pm EST (Eastern Standard Time)
This Call for Submissions is open globally.
For a more detailed description of the Open Call, please visit
https://www.seti.org/seti-air-program-call-submissions
SETI AIR Artist News & Events
Jonathon Keats and Felipe Perez Santiago
Conversations with Artists about Art
Video livestream by Core Dance
Online
May 16, 2024, 6:30 pm EST
Jonathon Keats
The Temporal Forest
Review of the art project by Haslinger Lab
Technische Universität Wien
Daniela de Paulis
“Il Senso delle Stelle” inaugurated at Villa Galileo: a project between art and science
Article about Daniela de Paulis’ most recent exhibition
Instituto Nazionale di Ottica
Bettina Forget
The Problem with the Moon
Artist panel at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba
May 27, 2024, 2:00pm EST
Jen Bervin
Textile Tactics: Material, Method, and Concept in Artists’ Publications
Exhibition at Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library
Yale University
March 12 - September 1, 2024
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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