Dancing Wind and Magnetospheric Movement

Details
Speaker Name/Affiliation
Alexandra Lockhart / LASP artist in residence
When
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Seminar Type
Other
Seminar Type Other
LASP Friend-Of-Magnetosphere (FOM) Seminar
Location Other (Room)
LASP - Space Science Building, SPSC-W120 & Zoom
Event Details & Abstracts
Abstract: Diverse solar wind interactions at various planetary bodies have highly piqued my interest as a dancer and choreographer during my time as an artist-in-residence at LASP. The complex interactions offer exceptionally interesting pathways and relationships to describe through physical movement. I’ll be sharing the prominent points of inspiration I’ve honed in on within magnetospheres and the solar wind, describe how I envision zones of interaction as transitional regions, and explain how I’ve physicalized this in the human body through movement. I’ll give a detailed explanation of how I’ve utilized Digital Fields Board data on Parker Solar Probe to choreograph movement of the solar wind as it spirals out towards various points of planetary interaction, and share how I’ve created movement tasks that represent processes at interaction regions as I’ve worked to understand them 3-dimensionally. 

I will be primarily focusing on the solar wind interaction at Earth, however I will also touch on how I’ve incorporated human body movement into understanding the solar wind interaction at Mars and the lunar surface. Many “thank you’s” to the LASP scientists that have taken time to generously share a wealth of knowledge with me pertaining to these subjects. 

 

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SPSC-W120 and virtual attendance

SPSC is located at 3665 Discovery Drive on the University of Colorado’s East Campus Research Park. From the front doors, turn left at the lobby. Follow the hallway to reach room W-120 which has multiple access doors on the left side of the hall.

Zoom Information

The zoom link for each seminar will be provided in emails from the FOM mailing list and the advertisement on the LASP website. To subscribe to the FOM mailing list, send an email to lasp-fom+subscribe@colorado.edu with an empty subject and body.

Visitor Information

Please be aware that the exterior SPSC building doors are generally kept locked. Any non-LASP seminar attendees should email Jem Averyt (jem.averyt@lasp.colorado.edu) in advance to make any necessary arrangements for building access.

For more info: https://lasp.colorado.edu/home/events-and-outreach

Address Info:

LASP – Space Science Building

SPSC-W120

3665 Discovery Drive, Boulder, CO 80303

Map: https://lasp.colorado.edu/home/maps/spsc-w120/