Space Messengers at Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque

Space Messengers was one of four artist installations selected by the City of Albuquerque Public Arts Program to light up the night for the International Balloon Fiesta.

October 4, 2023
Albuquerque, US
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Space Messengers is an immersive installation and international youth exchange by STEMartsLab, encouraging contemplation of our place in the universe through art, science and technology.

The City of Albuquerque Public Arts Program selected Space Messengers as one of four artist installations to illuminate the night during the 2024 edition of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Installation credits:

Agnes Chavez - Creative Director
OMAi - Lead Artists
David Novack and Joao Espada - Sound design
Roy MacDonald
- Creative Coding/Artist
Dania Loya
- Production Director

Workshop speakers and facilitators that appear in the video clips

Dr. Nicole Lloyd-Ronning, Astrophysicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dr. Steven Goldfarb, CERN Physicist, University of Melbourne
Steve Tamayo, Lakota Cultural Specialist/Artist
Frank Tavares, Affiliated Researcher, Space Enabled Research Group at the MIT Media Lab
Michelle Hanlon, Space Lawyer, Founder/Director, For all Moonkind
Dr. Greg Cajete, Native-American Author/cultural specialist.
Dr. Catarina Pombo Nabais, Philosopher/founder of the Science-Art-Philosophy Lab at CFCUL
Elizabeth Keller, Futures Thinker, Sandia National Laboratory
Sophia Dagnello, NRAO science visualizer (USA)
Johan Sebastian Bonilla, CERN physicist (USA)

STEMarts Ambassadors

Claire Legate, Ian Harrison, Julia Doke, Morgan Coleman, Rocio Aguilar, Serina Martinez, Sirena Quezada, Sophia Bates, Shaylee Mirabal, Hermila Ruiz Aguayo, Jesús Santiago Valadez García, Julio Cesar Hernández Ochoa, Lizbeth Carol Spiller with Dania Loya, Production Director

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