News

Thursday, 25 February 2010
Presentation of Cosmic Revelation at the Conference „Astroteilchenphysik in Deutschland: Status und Perspektiven“ at DESY in Zeuthen.

www.desy.de/AT2010

Thursday, 8 October 2009
"Pixelsex or Cosmic Revelation – how art and science can meet in public space", talk at the Globe of Science and Innovation, CERN, Geneva (CH)

Monday, 21 September 2009
"art meets astronomy – chance and challenge of meta-communication", talk at ESO/ESA/IAU/Excellence Cluster 'Universe' Astronomy Communication Seminars, in occassion of a residency at ESO Headquarter Garching, 14:00

4 September - 4 October 2009
Cosmic Revelation is presented with two mirror sculptures at the Cyberarts 09 exhibition at OK Center Linz presenting the best and most interesting entries in the Prix Ars Electronica. Opening: Thursday September 3rd, 2009, 5 p.m.

27 May 2009
official announcement of a "Honorary Mention" for Cosmic Revelation in the category Hybrid Arts at Ars Electronica 2009 in Linz.

28 May 2009, "Particle crash in space - cosmic rays and the space ship earth", talk by Tim Otto Roth at lecture series "Kultur und Raumfahrt", Landesmuseum Braunschweig, Burgplatz 1, 19:00

30 March 2009, Cosmic Revelation changes in the evening the detector field of KASCADE into a giant light field of 40.000 sqm.

Announcement for the International Year of Astronomy 2009

10 November 2008, First Light at KCETA Inauguration Symposium,
Forum of University Karlsruhe (Audimax), 17:00.


Media Feedback

June 2010
Cosmic Revelation: Making Astroparticles Visible, CAP Journal N°8 (June 2010), pp. 8-11

22 September 2009
Now online: Geman video feature on Cosmic Revelation by Welt der Physik.

1 June 2009
"Cosmic Revelation", article by Tim Otto Roth & Andreas Haung in the section Transactions, Leonardo Vol. 42, Issue 3 (2009).

16 April 2009
"Flashes of Cosmic Brilliance", review of Cosmic Revelation by Martin Kemp in Nature 458, p. 836

31 March 2009
"Cosmic rays spray art across a lawn", feature by Tona Kunz in symmetry magazine:

27 November 2008 Podcast by Jens Kube in Welt der Physik:

Science & Art Concept

Dr. Andreas Haungs
Tim Otto Roth

Technical Realization:

Dr. Harald Schieler
Andreas Weindl
Bernd Hoffmann

Construktion "cosmic mirrors"

KCETA-Werkstätten am FZK unter Andreas Theel

Press Contact

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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
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Art Liaison

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Images for download/documents


the project team
Cosmic Revelation - scheme of the project; 2700 x 800 px, Bild: Tim Otto Roth
Cosmic Revelation – project team reflected in the bottom part of a "cosmic mirror" (from right: Andreas Weindl, Dr. Harald Schieler, Bernd Hoffmann, Tobias Brenner., Hans Pohlmann, Dr. Andreas Haungs, Tim Otto Roth), 2550 x 2250 px, Bild: Tim Otto Roth

KASCADE arrray in winter, 3250 x 2200 px, Bild: KIT

The exhibition Cyberarts 09 at the OK-Center Linz (A) presents two mirror sculptures with live display. September 2009,. 3264 x 1652 px, Image: Tim Otto Roth

Impression from Cosmic Revelation in the KASCADE field, 30 March 2009,. 4200 x 2800 px, Bild: Markus Breig, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

Impression from Cosmic Revelation in the KASCADE field, 30 March 2009,. 4200 x 2800 px, Bild: Markus Breig, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

Cosmic Mirror (without strobe) in the KASCADE array with detector houses in the background, 1900 x 1200 px, Bild: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

Premiere on the Forum of University of Technology Karlsruhe, November 2008, 1600 x 1200 px, Bild: T. O. Roth