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ISBN: 1400829704 Year: 2008 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press,
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When the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957, thousands of ordinary people across the globe seized the opportunity to participate in the start of the Space Age. Known as the "Moonwatchers," these largely forgotten citizen-scientists helped professional astronomers by providing critical and otherwise unavailable information about the first satellites. In Keep Watching the Skies!, Patrick McCray tells the story of this network of pioneers who, fueled by civic pride and exhilarated by space exploration, took part in the twentieth century's biggest scientific endeavor. Around the world, thousands of teenagers, homemakers, teachers, amateur astronomers, and other citizens joined Moonwatch teams. Despite their diverse backgrounds and nationalities, they shared a remarkable faith in the transformative power of science--a faith inspired by the Cold War culture in which they lived. Against the backdrop of the space race and technological advancement, ordinary people developed an unprecedented desire to contribute to scientific knowledge and to investigate their place in the cosmos. Using homemade telescopes and other gadgets, Moonwatchers witnessed firsthand the astonishing beginning of the Space Age. In the process, these amateur scientists organized themselves into a worldwide network of satellite spotters that still exists today. Drawing on previously unexamined letters, photos, scrapbooks, and interviews, Keep Watching the Skies! recreates a pivotal event from a perspective never before examined--that of ordinary people who leaped at a chance to take part in the excitement of space exploration.
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ISBN: 9783000723339 9788799942688 3000723331 8799942682 3753302643 9783753302645 Year: 2022 Publisher: Copenhagen Cologne Copenhagen Contemporary Koenig Books
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The publication "Light + Space" refers on the art movement of the same name - a tendency born in Southern California characterized by experimentation, interdisciplinarity, and a move away from object-centric practices. The publication points out the main aspects of Light and Space, gives insight into the atmosphere of the 1960s and '70s L.A. art scene, highlights female protagonists, shows interdisciplinary and transgressive, artistic approaches to art and technology, focuses on perception and aesthetic experience as central to these immersive environments and discusses the legacy of Light and Space in contemporary artistic practices. The book also brings a section with more than twenty artist's contributions, each specifically conceived for the publication.
Lumière --- Années 1970 --- Los Angeles --- Light and space (Art movement) --- Light art --- Space (Art) --- Installations (Art) --- Art, American --- Art, European --- kunst --- installaties --- licht --- lichtinstallaties --- lichtkunst --- projecties --- Light-and-Space Art --- 7.038/039 --- Kapoor Anish --- Orr Eric --- Zehr Connie --- Eversley Fred --- Irwin Robert --- Corse Mary --- Janssens Ann Veronica --- Cooper Ron --- Turrell James --- Hein Jeppe --- Bell Larry --- Albuquerque Lita --- AVPD --- Valentine DeWain --- McCracken John --- Zimmerman Elyn --- Pashgian Helen --- Chicago Judy --- Alexander Peter --- Wheeler Doug --- Palm Hansen Ann Linn --- Kauffman Craig --- Kaiser Vogel Susan --- Sander Karin --- Dill Laddie John --- 7.038 --- American art --- Eight (Group of American artists) --- Indian Space (Group of artists) --- Mission School (Group of artists) --- NO!Art (Group of artists) --- Old Bohemians (Group of artists) --- Stieglitz Circle (Group of artists) --- Light sculpture --- Light works (Art) --- Art --- California minimalism (Art movement) --- Minimal art --- Eversley, Frederick, --- Albuquerque, Lita --- Bell, Larry, --- Pashgian, Helen, --- Irwin, Robert,
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