{"id":12812,"date":"2016-06-26T15:27:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T19:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12812"},"modified":"2016-06-26T12:54:39","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T16:54:39","slug":"space-arts-speed-of-light-public-path-kickstarter-space-the-place-for-important-art-the-sci-art-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12812","title":{"rendered":"Space Arts: Speed of light public path Kickstarter + Space the place for important art + The Sci Art Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kickstarter\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1739144504\/the-speed-of-light-project\">The Speed of Light Project by Caspar Noyons<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0has raised\u00a0$9,141 towards a goal of<span class=\"text\">\u00a0<span class=\"money usd no-code\">$11,148<\/span> <span class=\"mobile-hide\">goal with two days remaining. The goal is to create an installation that demonstrates the 8.3 minutes that it takes for light to travel from the earth to the sun. The plan is to build\u00a0a 555 meter long trail on which a person will<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u00a0follow a LED path (3 LED per meter, 1665 LED&#8217;s in total) showing the exact speed of 4km\/h which is slow walking pace. This journey will then take the amount of time required: 8.3 minutes. A perfect place for this is the <b>IJpromenade<\/b> in the North of Amsterdam. Next to the IJ Canal it offers a great open space next to the water along a long straight line of just the right size.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1739144504\/the-speed-of-light-project\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Space imagery produces works of spectacular beauty:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2016\/jun\/12\/why-most-important-art-today-made-in-space\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out of this world: why the most important art today is made in space &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0The Guardian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2016\/jun\/12\/why-most-important-art-today-made-in-space\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12813 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WhirlpoolGalaxy-2000-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"WhirlpoolGalaxy-2000\" width=\"520\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sciartex.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Sci Art Exchange<\/a>, which<\/p>\n<p><em>wants to change the world by bringing science and technology\u00a0together with art to capture minds and hearts, engaging all of society in the future of space exploration,\u00a0and promoting scientific innovation and collaboration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Find their latest news at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceArtSAE\">SciArt Exchange (@SpaceArtSAE) on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jancy Mcphee of the Exchange talked about the project at the <a href=\"http:\/\/spaceappsnyc.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Space Apps NYC<\/a>\u00a0conference in April\u00a0(find lots more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTgPOtkPK9RJHULXB0M94dQ\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">videos<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0event):<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HKtptgln3vg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kickstarter\u00a0The Speed of Light Project by Caspar Noyons\u00a0has raised\u00a0$9,141 towards a goal of\u00a0$11,148 goal with two days remaining. The goal is to create an installation that demonstrates the 8.3 minutes that it takes for light to travel from the earth to the sun. The plan is to build\u00a0a 555 meter long trail on which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12812\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space Arts: Speed of light public path Kickstarter + Space the place for important art + The Sci Art Exchange<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,20,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-multiple-media","category-space-arts","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3kE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12519,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12519","url_meta":{"origin":12812,"position":0},"title":"Kickstarter: &#8220;MOON &#8211; the most accurate lunar globe&#8221;","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a cool Kickstarter project that has reached nearly three times its goal with 3 weeks left:\u00a0MOON - the most accurate lunar globe by Oscar Lhermitte and Kudu \u2014 Kickstarter The MOON globe aims for accuracy: MOON is unlike traditional lunar globes that uses 2D photographs or illustrations of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space Arts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space Arts","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"c14f9fb37e8164357b59f4f694ffa751_original","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/c14f9fb37e8164357b59f4f694ffa751_original.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13026,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13026","url_meta":{"origin":12812,"position":1},"title":"Interstellar laser driven lightsails, planetary defense, and the Voices of Humanity Kickstarter","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Planetary Radio program had a recent interesting interview with \u00a0Philip Lubin, Professor of Physics at UC Santa Barbara, and\u00a0Travis Brashears, an undergrad at UC\u00a0Berkeley, about their proposal to accelerate a tiny wafer sized\u00a0lightsail spacecraft up to 10-25% of the speed of light using an array of lasers and sending\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Future space&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Future space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=82"},"img":{"alt_text":"VoicesOfHumanity-WaferSatSpacecraft","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/VoicesOfHumanity-WaferSatSpacecraft.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14997,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14997","url_meta":{"origin":12812,"position":2},"title":"Space art: Trevor Paglen&#8217;s &#8220;Orbital Reflector&#8221; sculpture to launch in 2018","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Artist Trevor Paglen is designing a work of art that will go into orbit. 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