This video mas made during a residency at Cornerhouse, Manchester, in november 2003. It was part of the Microgravity Interdisciplary Research program (MIR) and under the invitation of The Arts Catalyst. I was invited to present somme videos filmed at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center, Star City, Russia. Including the zero-gravity training flight.
During the period, I visited the Jodrell Bank Observatory with the help of David Osbadelston from Cornerhouse and Ian Morrison from the University of Manchester. We also invited artist and radioastronomer Gavin Starks, who used to work at Jodrell Bank, to make interviews about the e-merlin project. I finally edited this video as part of my "Ground Control" project during my ex-stream residency at Hull Time Based Arts. The film presents the fiber network of the e-MERLIN telescope array.
"The e-MERLIN telescope array is a unique astronomical facility which will provide radio imaging, spectroscopy and polarimetry with 10-150 milliarcsecond resolution and microJansky sensitivity at centimetre wavelengths. The fundamental infrastructure of six radio telescopes distributed across England has been enhanced by the installation of a dedicated 210 Gb/s optical fibre network and new receivers; a powerful new correlator and new telescope electronics and will be commissioned during 2008.
High resolution radio observations allow us to address some of the most important astrophysical themes identified in the STFC Science Roadmap and other international analyses of science priorities such as ASTRONET. In general, centimetre-wavelength observations give an unparalleled view of the most obscured parts of star-forming regions and galaxies as well as astrophysical phenomena which can only be easily detected in the radio band. The resolution of e-MERLIN is well matched to that of ALMA, JWST and ground-based adaptive optics telescopes. Crucially, e-MERLIN is the only radio instrument which can resolve and image kiloparsec-scale starforming regions in distant galaxies, ~10 AU stellar disks and jets in our Galaxy and sub-arcsecond gravitational lenses at centimetre wavelengths."
http://www.merlin.ac.uk/e-merlin/
photos by Gavin Starks : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgen/sets/110818/
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Ce film a été réalisé durant une résidence à Cornerhouse, Manchester, en novembre 2003. C'était dans le cadre du programme Microgravity Interdisciplary Research (MIR) et à l'invitation de The Arts Catalyst. J'étais invité à présenter des vidéos filmées au Centre d'Entraînement des Cosmonautes Youri Gagarine, Cité des Etoiles, Russie. Ce qui inclut un vol d'entraînement à l'apesanteur.
Durant la période, j'ai visité l'Observatoire de Jodrell Bank, avec l'aide de David Osbadelston de Cornerhouse et de Ian Morrison de l'Université de Manchester. Nous avons également invité l'artiste et radioastronome Gavin Starks. Gavin avait travaillé dans le passé à Jodrell Bank et nous a aidé à réaliser des interviews sur le projet e-merlin. J'ai finalement monté la vidéo en tant que partie de mon projet "Ground Control" réalisé durant ma résidence ex-stream à Hull Time Based Arts. Le film présente le réseau fibre optique du système d'observation radioastronomique e-MERLIN.
http://www.merlin.ac.uk/e-merlin/
photos de Gavin Starks : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgen/sets/110818/



