Bella Gaia is a live music art and show produced by
Kenji Williams and other New York artists.
Concept
The show layers full-dome projections of
hyperspectral
Hyperspectral imaging collects and processes information from across the electromagnetic spectrum. The goal of hyperspectral imaging is to obtain the spectrum for each pixel in the image of a scene, with the purpose of finding objects, identifyi ...
supercomputer-enhanced NASA satellite imagery and views of the Earth from space. These elements are fused together with time lapse
nature photography
Nature photography encompasses a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures. Nature photography tends to place a stronger ...
, cultural heritage footage, dance and world music. The intent is to convey the fragility of the human environment through the
overview effect
The overview effect is a cognitive shift reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from outer space, space. Researchers have characterized the effect as "a state of awe with self-transcendence, self-transcendent qualities, precipitated b ...
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Awards
Bella Gaia has won Science Media Awards, the Fiske Fulldome Film Festival, the My Hero Award, the Macau International Fulldome festival and the Transformational Film Festival.
See also
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Gaia hypothesis
The Gaia hypothesis (), also known as the Gaia theory, Gaia paradigm, or the Gaia principle, proposes that living organisms interact with their Inorganic compound, inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a Synergy, synergistic and Homeostasis, s ...
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Noosphere
The noosphere (alternate spelling noösphere) is a philosophical concept developed and popularized by the biogeochemist Vladimir Vernadsky and philosopher and Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Vernadsky defined the noosphere as the new s ...
References
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External links
Bella Gaiahomepage
Performance art in New York City