Full on infotastic: Yuri's Night Bay Area

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Prepare for Liftoff!

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Get ready for something entirely different.

On April 13th the Bay Area joins the world in celebration of space exploration in a unique convergence of artists, scientists, astronauts, performers and musicians.

Yuri's Night is a commemoration of humankind's first venture into space, by Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. This gathering bridges national, cultural, generational and social barriers to ignite excitement about what is new on the horizon in space exploration and to remind us of the magnificent feats humanity is capable of.

Yuri's Night Bay Area will be held at Moffett Field in the NASA Ames Research Center's massive SOFIA hangar, home to the world's largest aerial observatory. Our host for the evening is pioneering space traveler Anousheh Anasari, the first privately funded female to reach orbit. She is joined by Dr. Chris McKay, world renowned expert in astrobiology and terraformation with the Space Science Division of NASA Ames Research Center. Then, explore a dazzling array of interactive art installations and science demos, interwoven with musical performances by some of the world's finest electronic musicians.

Cutting-edge interactive technology, including:

• Exploration of the world through NASA World Wind
• Gigapan, explorable high resolution panoramas from around the world
• A portal into Second Life
  
• Burning Man Earth, Google's Black Rock City browser
  

Science demonstrations and innovations from the worl ds of robotics, engineering, chemistry, and astronomy, will also be on display:

• Magnetic bacteria
  
• Human powered vehicle show and tell
• Do-it-yourself booths from Squid Labs, TechShop, and more
  
• NASA robotics, including the next generation of rovers
• Robotics competition, streamed in live

Engage with space-inspired art installations and video documentary screenings:

• StarZipper, created by internationally renowned artist Michael Light and collaborator Dave Rattray
  
• Large-scale sculpture from Michael Christian
• Peter Foucault's Motion Sensor Drawing Robots
• Visual artists Celestine Star and Kosho will be Spinning Light into Space throughout the night

Experience rare video works documenting art in space:

• Matières Chorégraphiques by Kitsou Dubois, celebrated French dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Ki Productions

• Projects from the Zero Gravity Arts Consortium, Lowry Burgess's monumental project The Seed of the Infinite Absolute, Lorelei Lisowsky, and local Bay Area artist Frank Pietronigro ' Drift Painting' in Microgravity
• Meet Japan's space artist Ayako Ono
• Jean Luc Soret's Space Art project videos curated direct from Paris's International @rt Outsiders Festival.

Enter the Documentary Dome and immerse yourself in the world's greatest space-related documentaries, including screenings of:

• HBO's original production, 'From the Earth To The Moon'

• Dr. Maryanne Galvin's 'What's Going On Up There?'

• 'Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery': a project of international cooperation between European Space Agency & NASA that dramatically documents The Hubble Space Telescope.

Witness awe-inspiring space-themed performances featuring:

• KC Bella Fuega and Spiral Hoop Dance (orbital hooping and bellydance)
• Flowtoys (celestial light performance and UFO flowplanes)
• VigilAntiUP (intergalactic stilting)
  
• A Parade from the Future (with cutting edge Bay Area circuit benders and other worldly creatures).

Live dance and acrobatics fused with audiovisual performances, will be coordinated with a world-class lineup of live electronic music:

PLAID - Warp Records

TELEFON TEL AVIV - Hefty Records
BLUETECH - Aleph Zero, Native State
OOAH + BORETA - Glitch Mob, LA/SF
SUTEKH - Context, Soul Jazz, Leaf
MR. PROJECTILE & JONAH SHARP (aka SPACETIME CONTINUUM) - Reflective, Astralwerks
RD - Designed Disorder, Glitch Mob
WELDER - Cyberset
MOZAIC - Nexus
DR. TOAST - False Profit

Meanwhile, outside on the tarmac, the SPACE COWBOYS will have their own dynamic lineup of djs aboard their interstellar party transporter, the UNIMOG. Also on the tarmac will be Rabbit in the Moon's outside VJ set PLUS large scale sculpture and multimedia installations from some of the bay area's most talented artists.

This year's theme is the greenification of space. The event is bio-diesel powered, a variety of organic food and drink will be available, waste products will be composted and recycled, and one tree will be planted for every ticket sold in an effort to offset the event's carbon emissions.

Come join us in celebrating the accomplishments of mankind on a collective cosmic journey to the depths of space and beyond.

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Friday, April 13^th, 2007
Event opens at 6:30pm

NASA Ames Research Center* Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA, 94035

Tickets are on sale now. Limited $25 presale tickets still available, but not for long!

Purchase advance tickets at: www.worldspaceparty.com/tickets

Limited VIP tickets available. Privileges include: VIP room overlooking the main floor, open bar and food throughout the evening, a chance to meet silicon valley innovators and dynamic thinkers, exclusive Bay Area Yuri's Night memorabilia and much more to be announced.

PLUS! Space Cadets are invited to go weightless and experience zero-gravity on Sunday, April 22, 2007! This unique VIP experience will provide you with a ZeroG flight flown from San Jose International Airport PLUS exclusive access to all Yuri's Night Bay Area 2007 events. 3-2-1 Liftoff! VIP Flight Tickets $5,000.00 each. Email zerogartists@mac.com to reserve your seat today. Don't let this zero gravity opportunity to fly float by!

As always, please check www.worldspaceparty.com for the latest…

Yuri's Night Bay Area Crew, Over and Out.

End Transmission.
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