Here is our submission to the #ifwehadglass promotion by Google. Google Glass will be available through the Google Explorer program in limited quantities. Applicants are judged based on novel and creative uses of Glass.
@projectglass #ifihadglass I could find my way in a weightless environment in 3 dimensional space. pic.twitter.com/Fpx5C0Tt5q
Upon fulfilling his lifelong dream, hurtling through space on Apollo 14's 1971 mission to the Moon, former astronaut Edgar Mitchell found himself enraptured by a profound sense of universal interconnectedness. This experience, which he now calls 'Noetic,' catalyzed his mission to explore human consciousness and eventually found The Institute of Noetic Sciences. IONS is "...an emerging movement of globally conscious citizens dedicated to manifesting our highest capacities."
"I recognized that the Newtonian idea of separate, independent, discreet things in the universe wasn't a fully accurate description. What was needed was a new story of who we are and what we are capable of becoming,” says Mitchell, whose resulting epiphany completely shifted his view of human potential. Today IONS seeks not only to enhance quality of life on our planet but to unite objective with subjective methods of perceiving, to honor multiple ways of knowing, and to uphold the value of consciousness in a myriad sectors running the gamut from business to healthcare.
This cognitive shift and renewed perspective as a result of venturing into space defies labels or dissection but certainly demands our continuing inquiry.
Learn more about the Planetary Collective
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Enjoy the video below, Ad Astra!
Last week we were fortunate enough to meet with Tyler Stallings, curator of the newly opened Free Enterprise exhibit at UCR artsblock for a private no hassles tour. Three dedicated years to actualize the vision of this exhibit certainly paid off. We'll let the pictures do most of the talking:
Entrance to the Mothership
Richard Clar, "The Spaceflight Dolphin"
Space fashion
The first painting executed on a parabolic flight by Frank Pietronigro.
ARTifacts from the first artist to paint on a parabolic flight
More ARTifacts...
Giovanni strikes a pose near the first microgravity "art studio" or in Frank Pietronigro's words it is the “'Tabernacle' to signify the 'creativity chamber' and to site 'its basis in ritual.' "
Zero Gravity dancing...videos capturing experimental choreography of Kitsou Dubois and Co. For your viewing pleasure, on Youtube, a quick search of "Kitsou Dubois" should do the trick.
Video of Kitsou Dubois and fellow choreographer dancing in microgravity. One of over 22 parabolic flights she has taken.
Tony and a prototype designed by XCOR Aerospace, a company who recognizes that the only way for them to get to space is to make it affordable for private citizens. They are the "blue collar workers" in the realm of space travel.
