The Story of Space, 2017, provides a unique opportunity to learn about and experience space from a number of perspectives, promoting inquiry and exploration. Artists, scientists, researchers, educators, and philosophers from across the countries are coming together to turn Panaji city into a learning playground for 10 days, from November 10 to 19, 2017.
The festival has 72 projects running—live experiences, a film programme, installations, workshops, talks, and panels— on critical questions about space. The various projects aim to engage the audiences of all ages, from all walks of life, in a cross-disciplinary, creatively and intellectually stimulating experience. The event is free for all to attend and more information is available at http://www.thestoryof.org/space2017/.
The projects belong within the thematics of physics, politics, perception and philosophy. In their execution, they combine cutting-edge technology with cutting-edge ideas in different mediums of expression, be it photographs, films, text, sculptures, dance, theater, poetry, or drawing. It will also have an interdisciplinary exhibition looking at the ‘void’ across science, philosophy (both Indian and Western), and art by theoretical physicist Giuseppe Bozzi, philosopher S Bhuvuneshwari, and architect and designer Manuel Scortichini with video inputs from the famous Minute Physics YouTube channel.
learn about the life and death of stars in an art-meets-science, larger-than-life spectacle by the Polish Institute B61. Mumbai based Akash and Thomas, who go by ‘Sound.Codes’, have collaborated with the Archeological Survey of India to acoustically map 45 sites over Goa, covering its heritage and culture, reproducing and archiving the sites and sounds of Goa at the cultural Fundacao Oriente building. Over the 10 day festival, US based Migratory Cultures will project local and international narratives around people’s experiences of migration, including stories of migration unique to the Goan diaspora, all over the city. The programme also has panels making relevant inquiries like ‘what is sustainable development to GoaIJ’ And ‘what should learning in the 21st century look like in India and internationallyIJ’, and talks by the likes of NASA scientist Henry Throop, exploring the question, ‘are we alone in the universeIJ’