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The ART@CREATIONS project (UhnettVest) has recently published two new artworks.

“I’d Go To Jail For a Whale” is an animation artwork for primary school children about wildlife preservation. It is set to music composed by Oded Ben-Horin and performed by the Swiss-Norwegian jazz ensemble, The Science Fair. (Animation: Jose Eduardo Garcia Aldama Pepe (Volda Univ. College)).

“Liebe Radioaktive Damen und Herren” is an artwork inspired by the letter (1930) in which physicist Wolfgang Pauli postulated the existence of a Neutrino particle. The video includes University of Stavanger dance students (choreographed by Hagit Yakira), animation by Jose Eduardo Garcia Aldama Pepe (Volda Univ. College), and the MITAKA astronomy software (Japanese National Observatory in Tokyo). The music was composed by Petros Stergiopoulos (EA, Greece) and Oded Ben-Horin (HVL). Performing musicians: Bettina Smith (mezzosoprano, Univ. of Stavanger); Stein Inge Brækhus (percussion, Univ. of Stavanger); Petros Stergiopoulos (flute and keyboards).

The UH nettVest project ART@CREATIONS is a concept and network of artists in dialogue with the European Commission’s Horizon2020 project, “Developing an Engaging Science Classroom (CREATIONS)”.

ART@CREATIONS recently completed its first artwork inspired by The Big Bang and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan’s MITAKA software’s depictions of the Universe.

Credits:

• Oded Ben-Horin (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences) – lyrics, music arrangement, production
• Hagit Yakira – choreographer and video director
• Kiraly St. Claire – editor and filmography
• Bettina Smith (University of Stavanger) – mezzosoprano
• Petros Stergiopoulos (Ellinogermaniki Agogi) – flute
• Tor Yttredal (University of Stavanger) – saxophone
• Einar Røttingen (University of Bergen) – piano
• Frode Hammersland (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences) – bass
• Stein Inge Brækhus (University Of Stavanger) – drums, percussion, recording, mix
• Dance students of the University of Stavanger
• Jakub Niedziela (student at the University of Stavanger) – bass
• Maria Karpinets (student at the University of Stavanger) – oboe
• Jose Eduardo Garcia Aldama Pepe (student at Volda University College) – animation
• NordLight Studios – Filming of dancers
• National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Professor Agata – MITAKA Software
• The music performed is an arrangement of the Prelude in C Major (Well Tempered Clavier) by J. S. Bach

Preparations have begun for the Global Science Opera’s production in 2017, “Moon Village”! The science opera will be performed around the world and streamed online: A year-long creative inquiry shared by schools, universities and art institutions in 25 countries. It will communicate the process, science and technology of the European Space Agency’s Moon Village. In March, members and students of the EU Erasmus+ “SPACE” project will gather at the European Space Agency’s Technology Center (ESTEC) in Holland to receive inspiration, and to plan the performance of the Dutch GSO team at ESTEC during the opera premier in December. “Moon Village” will be a cooperation with a network of institutions and these projects:

• Flagship Initiative of the European Commission’s Horizons 2020 Project CREATIONS.
• The European Commission’s Erasmus+ project SPACE.
• The Norwegian Research Council’s project iSCOPE.