Ars Electronica Center
Thursday Evening at the Ars Electronica Center
(Linz, June 29, 2015) A broad programmatic arc—from brain research to astronomy—will be spanned at the Ars Electronica Center this coming Thursday, July 2nd. In the next installment of Brains for All at 6:30 PM, Dr. Manuela Macedonia will talk about which of the brain’s structures, networks and messenger substances (semiochemicals) are responsible for feelings of happiness and why people are driven to seek them their whole life long. And at 8 PM in the final Deep Space LIVE before summer break, Ars Electronica Center infotrainer Birgit Hartinger will focus on various comets, asteroids and dwarf planets, and show why research on these heavenly bodies is so important for our understanding of our own solar system.
All about Manuela Macedonia
The lecture series “Brain for Everybody” is dedicated to the current scientific knowledge and methods of brain research. Dr. Manuela Macedonia is a scientist at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzip for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and part of the working group “Neuronal Mechanismus of Human Communication”. With some colleagues she has founded “Neuroscience for Your – Institute for Knowledge Transfer from Neuroscience”. Her target is to give insights into current brain research for interested lay audience.
Deep Space LIVE
The Ars Electronica Center hosts a Deep Space LIVE event every Thursday (except holidays) at 8 PM. Each presentation features ultra-high-definition imagery in 16×9-meter format and is accompanied by expert commentary, entertaining stand-up repartee, and musical improvisation. Whether great works from the history of art, space travel, journeys of discovery in the nanoworld, or a live concert is what you’ve come to behold, Deep Space LIVE stands for enlightening entertainment amidst breathtaking worlds of imagery. Holders of a valid Museum ticket are admitted free of charge.
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Gehirn für alle / Martin Hieslmair / Printversion
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Tschurjumow-Gerassimenko // ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 // Printversion / Album
