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Acoustic Space Lab
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre, Irbene, Latvia August, 2001 http://acoustic.space.re-lab.net/lab/ In August 2001 r a d i o q u a l i a participated in the Acoustic Space Lab at the Ventspils International Radio Astonomy Center (VIRAC ) in Latvia. This creative workshoop was attended by 25 artists, scientists and researchers. The occasion was to explore the a 32 metre satellite dish located in the forests of Latvia west of Riga. This former spy satellite dish was abandoned and nearly destroyed as the Soviet occupying forces retreated from Latvia in 1994. Since then a small group of Latvian scientists have dedicated themselves to the resurrection of the dish and have returned the radio telescope to complete functionality. The VIRAC satellite dish is one of the ten best sites in the world for radio astronomical observations, and one of the only facilities of its kind in the world which has invited artists to visit and carry out research and experimentation. The images show shots of the workshop and research in progress. Listen to electronica from r a d i o q u a l i a artist eset made from Astronomical Observations recorded at VIRAC, by clicking on the button:
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