historic events symbols that captured
the energy emotional drama of America's
aeronautics and space program had been
the essence of 26 years of art generated
by artists who have had an opportunity
to experience these events Thursday
NASA's art program continued this
tradition recently by commissioning a
music
and several other artists their
assignment document the return to flight
of the space shuttle
artists sketched photographed and even
sampled sounds during the launch and
landing of shuttle Discovery collecting
ideas for what later became detailed
brush strokes for illustrator wendell
minor dyed fabric for angela mono or a
montage of airbrushed impressions for
michael comedian in all six artists
steeped in various traditions took in
the shuttle experience and created
images that depict america's return to
space the seventh artist Jane IRA
bloomin captured her impressions in
music Jane is a new york-based soprano
sax
Stan composure and has been a space
enthusiasts for many years she enjoys
writing music about events that visually
inspire and challenger how could I I
communicate the feeling without pointing
to it without actually saying here's
what a launch sounds like how can I make
people feel what you feel like when you
hear hear it as part of the process
James spent time rehearsing ideas with
fellow artists in New York early on Jim
realized that she didn't want to
approach the music as a floor
synthesizer school instead she found
other forms of expression I think it's a
greater challenge to find new sounds and
to find even new new uses of live
electronics impelled by the players and
held by the people because I started to
see when they when the musicians got
involved in experimenting with this
docker like spinning idea suddenly the
music took on a life of its own because
the musicians embrace it and made it
come alive and in jazz we say it though
the you know the bandstand starts to
rise
Jane spent hours riding in her studio
preparing for a live concert at NASA's
Kennedy Space Center floor it was
performed exactly one
the space shuttles going to try and
improve the conditional
there's a new sites inside wine which
are
to express an appreciation for
archos return the space
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