![]() The theme of the exhibition included: the role of repetition in human, natural and technological processes and actions: the cultural significance of the detection of radioactivity the allure and the possible danger of living in an environment that is alive with information and seems to demand constant connectivity. The show focused on the relationship between transcendental forces and the life of ordinary human beings. The Aurora Universalis exhibition, curated by Nina Czegledy was held in January 1998 at the InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Toronto. Esa Turunen was subsequently involved in the Aurora Feast phase of the Aurora projects in 2006.ġ998 Aurora Universalis - exhibition, InterAccess, Toronto In 1999, the Sodankyla Observatory hosted Stephen Kovats and Nina Czegledy in 2003 the Observatory hosted Nina Czegledy and Luke Jerram. Over the last years Turunen, -who beyond his scientific work is interested and involved with disseminating information on the Aurora- has supported the various phases of the Aurora projects. The first meeting with Esa Turunen, space physicist at the Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory in Lapland remains an important milestone for this project. ![]() ![]() On her visit to the Physics Department of the University of Tromso she had an opportunity to discuss the project with professor Asgeir Brekke, author of two comprehensive source books on the Northern Lights. In the summer of 1998, within the Polar Circuit residency, Nina Czegledy conducted research, collected source material and established contact with scientists engaged in Aurora studies at the Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory, Finland and University of Tromso, Norway. The event was co-coordinated in collaboration between InterAccess and the Goethe Institute Toronto.ġ998 Aurora investigations - Polar Circuit, Tornio, Rovaniemi Lapland The focal point of this panel centered on issues of mediated representation especially concerning natural phenomena. Subsequently to the transmission event, a panel discussion was organized in Toronto with the participation of Peter Mettler, filmmaker (Picture of Light), David Rokeby, artist and Stephen Kovats. Due to experimental technology and the prevailing weather conditions while connection was established, the transmission remained unsatisfactory.ġ997 Aurora Reflections - Panel Discussion, Goethe Institute, Toronto The remote-transmission test was conducted on August 22, via the Internet between the Northwest Territories and InterAccess, Toronto. ![]() This proved to be an ambitious challenge in 1997. The project aimed to engage current technology in a dialogue between naturally occurring electro-magnetic disturbances and our every day existence, while exploring the notion of changing perceptions concerning the visible and non-visible domains of the electromagnetic spectrum.ġ997 Aurora transmission - Yellowknife-InterAccess, Toronto, CanadaĪn expedition by Stephen Kovats to Rankin Inlet (1996) provided a favourable northern site from which to transmit digitally rendered records of the Aurora. Stephen Kovats and Nina Czegledy conceived the first Aurora Universalis project in 1996. The project partners and contributors include artists interested in addressing mythological, aesthetic and cosmological readings of the aurora, scientific researchers measuring electro-magnetic frequencies and the social and psychological effects of spectacle, and computer scientists exploring how amorphous information is represented. The Aurora Project has brought together a range of specialists working within the arts and sciences.
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