Posted on behalf of Carley Tillet, Manager, Horizon – The Planetarium
Auspex Australis http://www.scitech.org.au/about-scitech/news/featured-news/852-auspex-australis Wednesday 25 August 2010 7.00 – 8.30pm Horizon – the Planetarium, Scitech. Bookings essential for this free event. Please click here to book http://www.trybooking.com/4388 .
Auspex Australis is a full dome production that explores the plight of endangered seabirds living on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. This experimental inter-media project draws on Scientific Research carried out by Dr Janos Hennicke and his colleagues at the Pink House Research Station on Christmas Island.
You will experience immersive full dome time-lapse photography of Christmas Island nesting sites by Scitech’s artist in residence Dave Carson. Witness the incredible journey the seabirds undertake with Dr Janos Hennicke’s tracking data visualised by Carley Tillett, while you enjoy a live performance of the soundscape created for the full dome piece, by UK sound artists Phil Mouldycliff and Colin Potter.
Special guest Dr Janos Hennicke, research fellow at the world renowned Chizé Centre for Biological Studies (the French National Centre for Scientific Research), will speak about his research and the significance of the Christmas Island seabird project.
*Auspex: an observer of birds… one who tries to discern the significance of their presence and behaviour and use it as a guide for predicting future events
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