Saturday, September 10, 7 p.m. at Acadia University, Huggins Science Hall, Room 202
Special Speaker:
Dr. José Francisco Salgado
Title: Communicating Science through Art and Technology
José Francisco Salgado is an astronomer and visual artist at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and Executive Director of KV 265, a non-profit organization whose mission is the communication of science through art. Formally trained in Physics (BS, Univ. of Puerto Rico) and Astronomy (PhD, Univ. of Michigan), he uses his skills in astronomy, education, and visual arts to create multimedia works that communicate science in engaging ways and provoke curiosity and a sense of wonder about the Earth and the Universe. His education and outreach efforts include an Emmy-nominated astronomy TV news segment and critically-acclaimed astronomy films (Gustav Holst’s The Planets and Astronomical Pictures at an Exhibition) created to accompany live performances of classical music works. These films were featured in the opening ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and were shown around the world as part of IYA2009 festivities.. He has presented these films in more than 55 concerts, spanning 13 countries, and reaching a combined audience totaling more than 135,000. Salgado, an avid photographer, will talk about these films and how he experiments with photography and music to enhance his multimedia works. He will show excerpts of these works and explain the concept behind his new “science and symphony” film about the Moon. Dr. Salgado is in Nova Scotia for the next few days to film the tides of Fundy.
(Huggins is the second building on the right as one goes up University Avenue (opposite the gymnasium). Enter by the corner door to the right of the main entrance. Once inside, enter the stairwell on your immediate right and go up one floor. Then keep right!)