DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER)

Thursday, June 20, 2013, 6 p.m. (doors open at 5:30)

Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., N.W., Room 100

No charge. Photo ID and registration required.

D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER) is a monthly discussion forum on art and science projects in the national capital region and beyond. DASERs provide a snapshot of the cultural environment and foster interdisciplinary netowrking. Reservations and a photo ID are required for admittance. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the event begins at 6 p.m. This month, the discussion explores the topic of visualizing space. Click here to access the live webcast. The webcast begins streaming at 5:30 p.m. EST.

Program
6:00 to 6:10 p.m.
Welcoming remarks and community sharing time. Anyone in the audience working within the intersections of art and science will have 30 seconds to share their work. Please present your work as a teaser so that those who are interested can seek you out during social time following the event.

6:10 to 7:10 p.m.
Greg Allen, Washington, D.C. - based filmmaker, arts writer, and curator of Exhibition Space: Images, Objects and Perception from the early days of the Space Race

Alan Binstock, sculptor, architect, Washington, D.C.

Genna Duberstein, lead heliophysics multimedia producer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

Michael Lentz, designer and animator, Conceptual Image Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

7:10 to 8:10 p.m.
Discussion

8:10 to 9:00 p.m.
Reception

DASER is co-sponsored by Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS) and Leonardo, the Internationl Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology. DASER fosters community and discussion around the intersection of art and science. The thoughts and opinions expressed in the DASER events are those of the panelists and speakers and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the National Academy of Sciences or of Leonardo.