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Agnes Meyer-Brandis & Janna Kaplan will talk about astronaut training & tasks & challenges of preparing for spaceflight.
Fri, Feb 26, 2016 @ 07:00 PM   FREE   Apex Art, 291 Church St
 
     
 
 
              

  
 
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<P><SPAN CLASS="standardText"><STRONG>Agnes Meyer-Brandis</STRONG>and<STRONG>Janna Kaplan</STRONG>will talk about astronaut training as it applies to both humans and animals. They will discuss the tasks and challenges of preparing for spaceflight, and the vulnerability of being exposed to the extreme conditions of space.<BR><BR>This event is held in conjunction with<A HREF="http://apexart.org/exhibitions/kitchen-ogasian-vincent.php" REL="nofollow">Setting</A><EM><A HREF="http://apexart.org/exhibitions/kitchen-ogasian-vincent.php" REL="nofollow"> Out</A>,</EM>an exhibition thatexplores how the nature of expeditions has evolved into the modern day. Incorporating the work of archaeologists, engineers, scientists, and artists exploring a variety of realms both geographical and beyond, the exhibition demonstrates that all these expeditions share the same eager hunger to uncover the unknown.<BR></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN CLASS="standardTextSm"><BR><STRONG>Janna Kaplan</STRONG>, M.S., is Lecturer in Psychology and Senior Research Associate at Brandeis Universitys Graybiel Lab, specializing in Neuropsychology and Space Research. At Brandeis since 1983, she studies human adaptation to various conditions of space flight, such as zero-G, high-G, artificial gravity environments, spatial orientation, and space motion sickness. Within the Graybiel Lab, Kaplan has developed a program initiating commercial and private payload and research of astronaut training, of which she is now Program Lead and Senior Scientist. The training protocol focuses on sensorimotor human factors of flight, such as space motion sickness, spatial disorientation, spatial illusions, and movement errors in changing gravitoinertial force environments. Kaplan serves on Faculty Advisory Councils of the Brandeis-Genesis Institute for Russian Jewry, and of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute for the Study of Jewish Women. She frequently lectures on the science of space exploration. Of special interest to her is the role of STEM curriculum (science, technology, engineering, math) in the empowerment and intellectual development of adolescent girls.<BR><BR><STRONG>Agnes Meyer-Brandis</STRONG>is a German installation artist known for<EM>Moon Goose Colony</EM>, an internationally-exhibited artwork and film in which she raises a flock ofgeeseand teaches them to becomeastronauts. After briefly studyingmineralogyat theRWTH Aachen University, Meyer-Brandis studied sculpture at theMaastricht Academy of Fine Artsin theNetherlands, studied with Czech photographer and conceptual artist Magdalena Jetelov at theKunstakademie DsseldorfinDsseldorf, Germany, and then earned a master's degree in audio visual media from theAcademy of Media Arts CologneinCologne, Germany. Meyer-Brandis' other artworks include her<EM>Iceberg Probe</EM>, which won first prize attransmediale2006;a 2008 installation investigating the effects of a total solar eclipse on a zoo inNovosibirsk from an artistic point of view;and a project in association with the city ofYekaterinburgat the thirdMoscow Biennalein 2009.In 2014, Meyer-Brandis took part in the exhibition<EM>The Invisible Force Behind</EM>, atImai inter media art institutein QuadriennaleDsseldorf.</SPAN><SPAN>- See more at: http://apexart.org/events/kaplan-meyer-brandis.php#sthash.8jyo7lXx.dpuf</SPAN></P>
 
 
 
 
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