{"id":2008,"date":"2021-10-26T09:23:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T09:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/26\/sound-space-and-waste-irelands-first-space-waste-residency-artist-lands-in-cork\/"},"modified":"2021-10-26T09:23:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T09:23:20","slug":"sound-space-and-waste-irelands-first-space-waste-residency-artist-lands-in-cork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/26\/sound-space-and-waste-irelands-first-space-waste-residency-artist-lands-in-cork\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound, Space and Waste: Ireland\u2019s First Space Waste Residency Artist Lands in Cork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>26 October \u2014 The <strong>National Space Centre<\/strong> (NSC) in partnership with<strong> Greywood Arts<\/strong> has named Swedish sculptor <strong>Nicklas Lundberg<\/strong> as the Artist in Residence for Ireland\u2019s first Space Waste Residency. Lundberg will travel to Ireland at the beginning of November for the month-long artist-in-residence programme, which examines waste produced by the acceleration of space technology and is supported by Cork County Council. \u202fLungberg\u2019s art is centred around sculptural sound works, and the residency will incorporate sounds captured as deep space radio waves using the NSC\u2019s distinctive 32m Big Dish.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 100 artists from around the world applied to the programme, which will see the chosen artist living and working at <a href=\"https:\/\/greywoodarts.org\/\">Greywood Arts in Killeagh, County Cork,<\/a> gathering both materials and inspiration from neighbour the National Space Centre outside Midleton. Lundberg was selected by a panel that included Cork based sculptor <strong>Evgeniya Martirosyan<\/strong>, whose work is part of the National Collection at\u202fCrawford Art Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNiklas\u2019 work often involves kinetic and interactive elements, and we were drawn to his playful and inquisitive approach. We love how he brings together sculpture, sound, and motion, and are excited by the potential for audience interaction,\u201d explained <strong>Jessica Bonenfant, artistic director at Greywood Arts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lundberg has an inspiring history of creating art utilising free resources including scrap electronics and junk metal, blended with scientific principles including pendulums and the doppler effect. The result is modular visual and sculptural sound works that create open forms in constant flux. For this residency, Lundberg will have access to space waste provided by the NSC including circuit boards, assemblies, and data subframes, as well as to radio waves captured by the National Space Centre\u2019s iconic 32m Big Dish.<\/p>\n<p><em>The 32m Big Dish is used to collect radio waves from space on the National Space Centre\u2019s campus outside Midleton. These waves will be converted to sound by artist Niklas Lundberg for an exhibition at the NSC inDecember. Photo: David Harte.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing a receiver mounted on the Big Dish by Blackrock Castle Observatory, we can pick up and record these electromagnetic waves as data,\u201d explained <strong>Bruce Hannah, NSC\u2019s Chief Technical Officer<\/strong>. \u201cThese radio waves are ready for Niklas to convert to sound, resulting in a confluence of art and science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The results of the residency will be on exhibit to the public at the National Space Centre from Friday the 3rd of December through Sunday the 5th of December at the National Space Centre in Elfordstown, outside of Midleton. The exhibition will be open to the public from 11 am \u2013 4 pm, launching the National Space Centre\u2019s 10th Birthday celebrations and providing a rare opportunity to visit the National Space Centre and the landmark Big Dish.<\/p>\n<p><em>IMAGE 1: Swedish sound artist Niklas Lundberg re-purposing electronic components for use in sculptural sound pieces. Lundberg will be the\u00a0 Artist in Residence at Greywood Arts for Ireland\u2019s first Space Waste Residency through November.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>IMAGE 2: The 32m Big Dish is used to collect radio waves from space on the National Space Centre\u2019s campus outside Midleton. These waves will be converted to sound by artist Niklas Lundberg for an exhibition at the NSC in December. Photo: David Harte<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nABOUT THE NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE<\/p>\n<p>The National Space Centre (NSC) is Europe\u2019s most westerly teleport and Ireland\u2019s only commercial ground station. Opened as\u00a0Elfordstown\u00a0Earthstation\u00a0in 1984, the \u20ac24M facility will celebrate ten years of operation as the NSC in 2021. The company provides commercial broadcast services, ground control support for satellites and spacecraft, academic research partnerships and space industry consulting. The NSC\u2019s co-located Space Campus is home to more than a dozen Irish space\u00a0startups\u00a0and EU-headquartered space enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT<\/p>\n<p>Sabrina Dent<br \/>\nHead of Marketing &amp; Business Development<br \/>\nNational Space Centre<br \/>\nElfordstown\u00a0Earthstation\u00a0| Cork | Ireland<br \/>\n+353 85 702 8212<\/p>\n<p> Events, News, Press Releases, spacewaste Events \u2013 National Space Centre<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalspacecentre.eu\/sound-space-and-waste-irelands-first-space-waste-residency-artist-lands-in-cork\/\">Read More<\/a> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 October \u2014 The National Space Centre (NSC) in partnership with Greywood Arts has named Swedish sculptor Nicklas Lundberg as the Artist in Residence for Ireland\u2019s first Space Waste Residency. Lundberg will travel to Ireland at the beginning of November for the month-long artist-in-residence programme, which examines waste produced by the acceleration of space technology&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/26\/sound-space-and-waste-irelands-first-space-waste-residency-artist-lands-in-cork\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eo-ireland","category-events","category-webinar-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/NSC_Big_Dish_David_Harte_8527-jPCDJE.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}