Coloring Space
27 August 2010
A recent development by two creative persons separated by the width of the North American continent and a border constitutes a legacy bridging the arts and astronomy from the digital From Earth to the Universe IYA exhibits in Victoria, Canada. Recently a new element, “Coloring Space,” appeared on NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory web site: http://www.chandra.harvard.edu/art/color/ It juxtaposes selections from Organiverse by Netherlands-born artist Henri van Bentum with NASA images of celestial objects. Van Bentum has been for many years a resident of Victoria, and his wife, Natasha van Bentum, was the catalyst for Victoria’s extensive digital FETTU exhibits developed in collaboration with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada’s Victoria Centre and the National Research Council of Canada with strong support from SONY Style, local malls and the Airport. Over the more than two years of planning and implementation, Natasha van Bentum developed a long-distance collaboration with Chandra’s Media Production Coordinator, Kimberly Kowal Arcand; together they worked closely to create this unique IYA legacy.
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