I was just wondering how this work is similar (or not) to the musical radio telescopy of Fiorella Terenzi of the early-mid 90's? Patrick Lichty Editor-In-Chief Intelligent Agent Magazine http://www.intelligentagent.com 1556 Clough Street, #28 Bowling Green, OH 43402 225 288 5813 [log in to unmask] "It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." -----Original Message----- From: Curating digital art - www.newmedia.sunderland.ac.uk/crumb/ [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of honor Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 8:13 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Radio Astronomy at Ars Electronica Dear Crumbs, I am not sure how many of you are at Ars Electronica in Linz at the moment, but if some of you are, I just wanted to invite you to come and check out r a d i o q u a l i a's "Radio Astronomy" installation here: http://www.radio-astronomy.net/ars.htm If you are not in Linz for Ars, but would like to listen to "Radio Astronomy", you can listen live online: http://www.radio-astronomy.net/listen.htm We hope this is of interest to some of you. Very best wishes Honor & Adam r a d i o q u a l i a http://www.radio-astronomy.net .......................................................... RADIO ASTRONOMY AT ARS ELECTRONICA, LINZ, AUSTRIA Dates: 03.09.04 - 07.09.04 Location: Brucknerhaus, Untere Donaulaende 7, Linz, Austria On-air: Radio FRO 105FM On-line: http://www.radio-astronomy.net .......................................................... NEW MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL BECOMES VENUE FOR THE SOUNDS OF SPACE An exhibition of sounds received by radio telescopes has launched at the Ars Electronica <http://www.aec.at/en/festival/> festival of art and technology in Linz, Austria. Radio Astronomy is an art and science project, which broadcasts sounds intercepted from space, live on the internet and on the airwaves. The project is a collaboration between the art group r a d i o q u a l i a <http://www.radioqualia.net>, and radio telescopes located throughout the world. Together they are creating 'radio astronomy' in the literal sense - a radio station devoted to broadcasting audio from our cosmos. At the Ars Electronica festival in Linz, listeners will be able to encounter the sounds of space in three ways: - by visiting a sound installation at the Brucknerhaus - by tuning into 105FM at 2pm and 4am each day - by visiting the live online radio broadcast The radio transmission and exhibition are comprised of the acoustic output of radio telescopes. Listeners tuning in may hear the planet Jupiter and its interaction with its moons, radiation from the Sun, activity from far-off pulsars, or other astronomical phenomena. Many of these sounds are fascinating from both an aesthetic and conceptual perspective, prompting comparisons with avant-garde electronic music. Yet very few people have heard these sounds, considering space to be silent, rather than the rich acoustic environment it turns out to be. Radio Astronomy intends to share these sounds with visitors to the Ars Electronica festival RADIO ASTRONOMY AT ARS ELECTRONICA http://www.radio-astronomy.net/ars.html For 25 years, Ars Electronica has been tracking and nurturing the digital revolution, analysing the social and cultural effects of digital media and communications technologies, from critical as well as utopian, artistic and scientific perspectives. "TIMESHIFT" is the title of the 2004 festival. Focussing on the themes of transformation, upheaval and the future, the festival aims to identify the developments that promise to be the driving forces in art, technology and society over the next quarter century. ASTRONOMICAL TIME SHIFTING In keeping with the festival's 'TIMESHIFT' theme, the Radio Astronomy installation at Ars Electronica explores the temporal qualities of astronomical sounds. Ranging from the deep-time rhythms of pulsars to the high-frequency fluctuations of Jupiter's moons, the work is a richly resonant sonic ephemeris. The sounds presented within the Radio Astronomy transmission and installation require us to radically reassess our concept of time. In order to acoustically make sense of data collected by radio telescopes, it is sometimes necessary for scientists and engineers to alter the temporal range of their data. Data is slowed down or sped up -- in effect it is 'timeshifted'. Radio signals are in a higher frequency range than the human ear can hear. We can only hear sounds up to about 10 or 20 kHz, but much of the data received by radio telescopes is far higher frequency ranges than this. In order make data collected by telescopes or space probes 'audible' scientists sometimes 'timeshift' the audio, or slow it down. For instance, scientists operating the NASA probe, Galileo, recorded plasma waves from many of Jupiter's moons. In order to make it possible to 'hear' these waves, they had to first cut the data into temporal slices and then play back the waveforms 10 times slower. The process of 'time-shifting' creates remarkably textured glistening soundscape. Deep Time On the remote end of the chronological astronomical spectrum are pulsars - the Universe's natural metronomes. A pulsar is a small neutron star which contains an enormous amount of energy which causes it to turn on its axis, or rotate, very rapidly. These metronomic rotations have led to new insights into timekeeping. Pulsars are the most accurate clocks known. Pulses of radiation from these stars can be received by radio telescopes on Earth and translated into audio. Each rotation can be heard as a click, or a beat. Some radio pulsars, such as J1713+07 are far older than the earth itself. By the time the sound of this pulsar reaches our earth-bound instruments, it is over a billion years old. This makes it the oldest known radio broadcast. Listening to Celestial Timeshifts Visitors to the Ars Electronica festival can visit the Electrolobby space at the Brucknerhaus to listen to these astronomical sounds. Whilst in the installation space, sounds will 'blue-shift' towards listeners, and 'red-shift' away, giving listeners the feeling of being in the midst of interstellar traffic. RADIO ASTRONOMY LIVE ON-AIR Listeners can also tune into Radio Astronomy using standard transistor radios. It is being broadcast on 105FM in Linz on Radio FRO <http://www.fro.at>, and on Shortwave and FM as part of Kunstradio's 'Long Night of Radio Art' <http://www.kunstradio.at/PROJECTS/REINVENTING/index.php?c=5>. The extraterrestial signals emanated by the Sun, Jupiter and other astronomical phenomena will be broadcast alongside the more prosaic sounds of commercial music and news reports. Some radio listeners may encounter the celestial transmission by chance, while tuning through the radio spectrum, looking for their favourite radio station. UNESCO HONOUR RADIO ASTRONOMY On 20 August 2004, Radio Astronomy received second prize in the UNESCO Digital Arts Award. The Award aims to promote digital art as an innovative and artistic reflection on information society. The 2004 Awards were handed out by the President of Finland, Mrs Tarja Halonenat, a ceremony at the Kiasma theatre in Helsinki, as part of the ISEA 2004 festival <http://www.isea2004.net>. VENUE & BROADCAST DETAILS * Sound exhibition venue: Brucknerhaus Address: Untere Donaulaende 7, A-4020, Linz, Austria http://www.brucknerhaus.linz.at Opening Hours: 03.09.04 - 07.09.04, 1000 - 1900 * Broadcast Frequencies & Times: On Radio FRO 105FM in Linz, Austria http://www.fro.at Broadcast times: 03.09.04 - 07.09.04: 14:00 - 15:00 CEST + 04:00 - 07:00 CEST 04.09.04: 21:00 - 01:00 On Österreich 1 FM, Short Wave,5.1 via satellite ASTRA, Worldwide http://www.kunstradio.at/PROJECTS/REINVENTING/index.php?c=5 FURTHER INFORMATION Visit: http://www.radio-astronomy.net Or contact: Adam Hyde &/or Honor Harger r a d i o q u a l i a PH: + 43 650 6321494 Email: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] http://www.radioqualia.net