A meeting of multi-messenger astrophysics shares the stage with a contemporary artist.
On March 29 at CERN, Geneva, Luca Pozzi will present his project Blazing Quasi-Stellar Object organized by curatorial duo Francesco Urbano Ragazzi as the 4th chapter of the INTERNET SAGA.
The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) Spring Collaboration Meeting, which every year brings together more than 150 astrophysicists to discuss analysis of data collected by the Fermi satellite telescope, will host a site specific Lecture performance.
Through a rich visual setup of digital animations, videos and slides, the work guides the audience in an analysis of the”Bacchus and Ariadne” late Renaissance masterpiece focusing on the complex stratification of the symbolisms. The coexistence of information, stories and differing temporal planes draws this painting closer to the frontiers of multi-messanger astrophysics.
In the field of multi-messanger astrophysics indeed, a single cosmic event is observed in many different wavelengths providing a wide range of information allowing a unified interpretation to be revealed. This inter-disciplinary work is not based so much on data analysis or the acquisition of a method but on a deep investigation of the aesthetics and nature of information itself.
Be it painting or astrophsyics, it’s the exchange of information that determines the infinite layers of reality that the human mind can imagine.
Curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi
in collaboration with NASA, Fermi Telescope, INFN, during the Fermi Large Area Telescope Meeting – 29.03.2017
CERN Auditorium
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The final out-put is a Podcast available on the CERN web site, intended as an artwork: https://cds.cern.ch/record/2258204/?ln=it

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BLAZING QUASI-STELLAR OBJECT, LECTURE PERFORMANCE, CERN MAIN AUDITORIUM, 2017 ph. Cosimo Filippini

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Blazing Quasi-Stellar Object, slide presentation

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FERMI SKY TALISMAN, 5X10CM, SILICON, 2017 ph. Cosimo Filippini

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BLAZING QUASI-STELLAR OBJECT, LECTURE PERFORMANCE, CERN MAIN AUDITORIUM, 2017 ph. Cosimo Filippini

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BLAZING QUASI-STELLAR OBJECT, LECTURE PERFORMANCE, CERN MAIN AUDITORIUM, 2017 ph. Cosimo Filippini

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Blazing Quasi-Stellar Object, slide presentation

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FINGERS CROSSED, 95X50CM, ANODIZED ALUMINUM, PING-PONG BALLS, MAGNETS, 2017 ph. Cosimo Filippini

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FINGERS CROSSED, 95X50CM, ANODIZED ALUMINUM, PING-PONG BALLS, MAGNETS, 2017 ph. Cosimo Filippini

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FINGERS CROSSED, 95X50CM, ANODIZED ALUMINUM, PING-PONG BALLS, MAGNETS, 2017 ph. Cosimo Filippini

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Exhibition view, ph. Cosimo Filippini

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Blazing Quasi-Stellar Object, slide presentation

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STRINGS, 15X28X13CM, ANODIZED ALUMINUM, WILSON TENNIS BALL, PING PONG BALLS, MAGNETS. ph Cosimo Filippini

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STRINGS, 15X28X13CM, ANODIZED ALUMINUM, WILSON TENNIS BALL, PING PONG BALLS, MAGNETS ph Cosimo Filippini

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MULTIMESSENGER LESSON, 6X2M, CHALK DRAWING ON CERN GIANT BLACKBOARD, DETAIL.

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MULTIMESSENGER LESSON, 6X2M, CHALK DRAWING ON CERN GIANT BLACKBOARD, DETAIL.

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BIG JUMP THEORY 0-137200000017, SCREENSAVER (EXHIBITION VIEW), 50SEC, 2017 ph Cosimo Filippini

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BIG JUMP THEORY 0-137200000017, SCREENSAVER in collaboration with Massimo Russo.

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BIG JUMP THEORY 0-137200000017, SCREENSAVER (EXHIBITION VIEW), Building 40, CERN ph Cosimo Filippini

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BIG JUMP THEORY 0-137200000017, SCREENSAVER (EXHIBITION VIEW), Building 40, CERN ph Cosimo Filippini

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Blazing Quasi-Stellar Object, slide presentation

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DRAGON SUMMONING, 80X120CM, MARKER ON WHITE BOARD, 2017

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DRAGON SUMMONING, 80X120CM, MARKER ON WHITE BOARD, 2017

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Blazing Quasi-Stellar Object, slide presentation

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DISCOVERY&PREMONITIONS, SOUND INSTALLATION, 28MIN, EXHIBITION VIEW AT CERN SCULPTURE ph Cosimo Filippini

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DISCOVERY&PREMONITIONS, SOUND INSTALLATION, 28MIN, EXHIBITION VIEW AT CERN SCULPTURE ph Cosimo Filippini