The Observer conference is organized by Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science (Smolny college), St. Petersburg State University in collaboration with KSEVT (Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies, Slovenia). The Observer conference will focus on rethinking of human position within the technological, social and natural processes which enables the understanding of the deep and close surrounding – Space and Earth. The understanding of Space has throughout history shaped different knowledge and Sciences. The conference will bring together worldwide experts from different practices – Science, Arts and Humanities – to study how the overcoming of old and new models reforms the technological and social condition of the Observer.
The conference in St. Petersburg will host a renowned team of international lecturers and encourage further discussions on the topic. Experts from Slovenia, Russia and USA will form a two day programme:
October 24th
12.00-12.20 Opening speeches; Olesya Turkina. Goals and tasks of the “Observer” & Miha Turšič. Out of the Cradle. Culturalization of Space
12.20-12.50 Artemy Magun. Semiotic of telescope and microscope at Jonathan Swift
12.50-13.20 Vladimir Welminsky. Calibration of observation.
13.40-14.00 Coffee break
14.00-14.30. Alexander Pogrebnyak. Space as a subject of lack of knowledge: from Nikolaj Kuzanski to Nikolay Nosov.
14.30-15.00 Polona Tratnik. The Conquest of Space
15.00-16.00 Lunch
16.00-16.30 Daria Parkhomenko. On observation for observing for observers: science art in the search of symmetry
16.30-17.00 Dragan Živadinov. Supre:architecture, an introduction to the morphology of space architecture
17.00-18.00 Discussion
October 25th
11.00 Meeting at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science (Smolny college) at Galernaya 58-60
11.15-12.00 Travel by bus to Pulkovo Observatory
12.00-12.30 Sergey Tolbin. 175th anniversary of Pulkovo observatory
12.30-13.00 Yuri Baturin. Metamorphosis of the Observer
13.00-13.30 Anastasia Stepanova. What will see Space journalist?
13.30-14.00 Miha Turšič. «Habiton/ 140AU».
14.00-15.00. Sergey Tolbin. Excursion to the Museum of Pulkovo Observatory
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-16.30 Olesya Turkina. To see the unseen. Imaginary Space voyages from Konstantin Tsiolkovsky to Pavel Klushantsev
16.30-17.00 Viktor Mazin, Alexander Massalsky. Radio-Space.
17.00-18.30 David Wilson, Eva Huassam. Pavel Kogan’s Proud Humilty.