Urban Sputnik is a joint project between Vanessa Harden and
Dr. Dominic Southgate in collaboration with Dr. Roberto Trotta, Professor Andrew Jaffe and Dr. David Clements from Imperial College London’s Astrophysics Group. It develops as a novel way to express the frontiers of astrophysical research in a non-technical, more inclusive way, which uses art and design as its primary language.
The aim of this project is to provide a sensorial environment in an urban
setting with otherwise limited visibility of astronomical bodies. It will
also create a metaphorical sensory experience connecting the user with
distant cosmological phenomena that cannot otherwise be directly perceived
nor experienced on a human scale.
We have created 2 of the 5 sculptures initially proposed (with the other three to follow in the near future).
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Urban Sputnik has been supported by a Small Award by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and M-SOLV
Dr. Dominic Southgate in collaboration with Dr. Roberto Trotta, Professor Andrew Jaffe and Dr. David Clements from Imperial College London’s Astrophysics Group. It develops as a novel way to express the frontiers of astrophysical research in a non-technical, more inclusive way, which uses art and design as its primary language.
The aim of this project is to provide a sensorial environment in an urban
setting with otherwise limited visibility of astronomical bodies. It will
also create a metaphorical sensory experience connecting the user with
distant cosmological phenomena that cannot otherwise be directly perceived
nor experienced on a human scale.
We have created 2 of the 5 sculptures initially proposed (with the other three to follow in the near future).
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Urban Sputnik has been supported by a Small Award by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and M-SOLV
