The SETI AIR (Artists-in-Residence) Advisory Committee is made up of contemporary art curators, SETI Institute scientists, and individuals who have a broad awareness of current trends and developments in the contemporary artistic territory where science, technology, and art intersect. Near Orbit Active Advisors (NOAA) are the most active and will have the most influence. Far Orbit Passive Advisors (FOPA) are former advisors and supporters of the program. The advisory committee works with SETI Institute management to select future artists in such a way that the program is broad-based in terms of discipline, race, and gender. The AIR initiative also aspires to encourage young people to experience the exciting possibilities emerging at the nexus of art, technology, and the sciences. Our explicit goal is to make way for the art that we haven’t seen or heard yet. As such, the program favors artists working with new ideas - surprise us !!
Charles Lindsay
Senior Advisor
Charles Lindsay is a conceptual artist-adventurer, whose work synthesizes ideas about technology, time, eco-systems, and semiotics. He was the SETI Institute’s first Artist in Residence 2010 - 2015 and is now senior advisor of the SETI AIR Advisory Committee. Lindsay is also a Guggenheim Fellow. More about his recent projects here.
"Code Humpback" - https://vimeo.com/201955953
The Long Now Foundation - http://longnow.org/about/
New Museum Los Gatos - http://www.numulosgatos.org/exhibitions-2/2016/10/28/making-contact-seti-artists-in-residence
Senior Advisor
Charles Lindsay is a conceptual artist-adventurer, whose work synthesizes ideas about technology, time, eco-systems, and semiotics. He was the SETI Institute’s first Artist in Residence 2010 - 2015 and is now senior advisor of the SETI AIR Advisory Committee. Lindsay is also a Guggenheim Fellow. More about his recent projects here.
"Code Humpback" - https://vimeo.com/201955953
The Long Now Foundation - http://longnow.org/about/
New Museum Los Gatos - http://www.numulosgatos.org/exhibitions-2/2016/10/28/making-contact-seti-artists-in-residence
Near Orbit Active Advisors (NOAA):
Jill Tarter
Chair Emeritus for SETI Research.
Chair Emeritus for SETI Research.
Donna Conwell
has served as Associate Curator of the Lucas Artists Program at Montalvo Arts Center since 2011.
has served as Associate Curator of the Lucas Artists Program at Montalvo Arts Center since 2011.
Dorka Keehn
is an award winning artist and filmmaker, Dorka Keehn is the Principal of Keehn On Art, an art advisory that specializes in public art. In 2011, she was appointed to the San Francisco Arts Commission where she chairs the Visual Arts Committee that commission’s all artwork pertaining to the city’s Public Art Program. Additionally, she is the co-founder of Sites Unseen, a project that brings arts programming to neglected alleys in downtown San Francisco. Dorka also led the fundraising effort for The Bay Lights, the $12M 25,000 LED light installation by artist Leo Villareal for the Bay Bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daedelus
is an award winning artist and filmmaker, Dorka Keehn is the Principal of Keehn On Art, an art advisory that specializes in public art. In 2011, she was appointed to the San Francisco Arts Commission where she chairs the Visual Arts Committee that commission’s all artwork pertaining to the city’s Public Art Program. Additionally, she is the co-founder of Sites Unseen, a project that brings arts programming to neglected alleys in downtown San Francisco. Dorka also led the fundraising effort for The Bay Lights, the $12M 25,000 LED light installation by artist Leo Villareal for the Bay Bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daedelus
Zhang Ga
is an internationally recognized media art curator. He is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Art and Technology at China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and Senior Fellow at the Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program of University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
is an internationally recognized media art curator. He is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Art and Technology at China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and Senior Fellow at the Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program of University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
Susan Sayre Batton
is Oshman Executive Director at San Jose Museum of Art, where she leads a museum that reflects the diverse cultures and innovative spirit of Silicon Valley.
is Oshman Executive Director at San Jose Museum of Art, where she leads a museum that reflects the diverse cultures and innovative spirit of Silicon Valley.
Regine Basha
has been curating innovative contemporary art exhibitions for public institutions, civic spaces, parks, private galleries, heritage buildings, and the like, nationally and internationally, with an adventurous approach to designing and curating in these specific contexts.
has been curating innovative contemporary art exhibitions for public institutions, civic spaces, parks, private galleries, heritage buildings, and the like, nationally and internationally, with an adventurous approach to designing and curating in these specific contexts.
Mark Showalter
is a Senior Research Scientist at the SETI Institute, specializing in the dynamics of the rings and small moons of the outer planets.
is a Senior Research Scientist at the SETI Institute, specializing in the dynamics of the rings and small moons of the outer planets.
Far Orbit Passive Advisors (FOPA):
Denise Markonish - Advisory Committee Chair (2012 - 2016)
has been the curator at MASS MoCA since 2007.
has been the curator at MASS MoCA since 2007.
Laurance Doyle
is a true renaissance man who thrives on discovery.
is a true renaissance man who thrives on discovery.
Joel Slayton
is Executive Director of ZERO1: The Art and Technology Network in Silicon Valley.
is Executive Director of ZERO1: The Art and Technology Network in Silicon Valley.
Margot Knight
has been Executive Director of Djerassi Resident Artists Program since 2011.
has been Executive Director of Djerassi Resident Artists Program since 2011.
Roger Malina
is an astronomer, editor, and art science researcher.
is an astronomer, editor, and art science researcher.
Tom Leeser
is a media artist, educator, curator, and writer.
is a media artist, educator, curator, and writer.