TELESCOPE II. FAROUT / SERGIO LUQUE / FRANCISCO COLOMER

The Farout Performative Research Group proposes a performative tour of the museum's galleries, through the eyes of astrophysicist Dr. Francisco Colomer and the music of composer Dr. Sergio Luque. The proposal establishes a dialogue between science and art, astronomy and music, to reflect, together with the audience, on some fundamental questions about the universe and human beings.

Price: €10. Special discounts with Youth Card and PIC card (Pamplona Iruña Card).

Proposal in exhibition halls

Limited capacity. 10 people per session.

Times: 7:00 p.m./ 7:30 p.m./ 8:00 p.m./ 8:30 p.m.

The limits of the universe are unknown, only its continuous expansion, and it is science that transforms the unknown into the known. This analogy is the starting point for this proposal, which includes, among other activities, the world premiere of the musical workTelescope IIby composer Sergio Luque.

This work is the second in a series of pieces I am composing while looking at photographs of the universe taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The harmony and rhythm of this piece were written with the help of algorithmic composition methods implemented on a computer. I am interested in creating chords with internal interval relationships at both ends of the consonance/dissonance continuum: chords with simultaneous consonances and dissonances that interfere with each other. In terms of rhythmic sequences, I seek to generate behaviors that give the impression of spontaneity and are, at the same time, unpredictable and coherent," says Luque.

The universe has always been a source of inspiration for all of humanity, and astronomy is the key to understanding our place in the cosmos. But we approach this scientific process with the limitations of not having access to reality, to the "what," the "why," or the "what for," but simply to the "how," while our senses challenge our capacity for observation and understanding. On this journey, we face the immensity of time and space, the void and cosmic loneliness, and each discovery generates new questions, consolidating astronomy (and science) as an integral part of culture," comments Francisco Colomer.

ARTISTIC CREDITS

Original idea, conceptualization, and design: Dr. Beatriz Pomés, Dr. Sef Hermans, Dr. Igor
Saenz
Composition: Telescope II, Dr. Sergio Luque (world premiere)
Scientific introduction: Dr. Francisco Colomer
Violins: Leire Fernández, Marta Ramírez García-Mina
Viola: Daniel Sádaba
Cello: Paula Azcona
Piano: Eloy Orzaiz

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Production and audiovisual direction: Klemens Patijn Music: Telescope I, Dr. Sergio Luque Graphic design: Francisco Xabier Goñi Castañón Photography: Francisco Bethencourt, Tijmen Hermans Astronomical photography: NASA, ESA, Hubble Telescope With thanks to: Sonnenborgh Sterrenwacht Museum, Utrecht

FAROUT PERFORMATIVE RESEARCH GROUP

Composed of Dr. Beatriz Pomés, Dr. Sef Hermans, and Dr. Igor Saenz Abarzuza. Sponsored by the MUN, in 2019 they decided to form a group to devise and develop multidisciplinary performance projects. Their activity is based on the methodology ofpractice-based researchandresearch-through-practice, in which the research object and the artistic result are in constant dialogue.

They take their name from the dwarf planet 2018 VG18, christened Farout (which translates as remote, distant). The collective, like the planet, is situated between the known and the unknown, looking to tradition but wondering what lies beyond. Their artistic actions serve as a meeting point around which other areas of knowledge are articulated: curating, multidisciplinarity, research, science, philosophy, participation, and other areas related to artistic practice, education, and reflection.

DR. SERGIO LUQUE

Sergio Luque (Mexico City, 1976) is a composer of vocal, instrumental, and electroacoustic music, and a researcher in computer music. He lives in Madrid, where he co-directs and teaches in the Master's program in Electroacoustic and New Media Composition at the Katarina Gurska Higher Center, and is a guest professor at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.

His music has been performed by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, the Nieuw Ensemble, and the Schönberg Ensemble, among others, and he has been a member of Mexico's National System of Art Creators.

He holds a PhD in Composition from the University of Birmingham, where he studied with Jonty Harrison and Scott Wilson and worked on the development of Iannis Xenakis' stochastic synthesis. He received an MA in Sonology with honors from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where he studied with Paul Berg and Kees Tazelaar. He obtained a master's degree in Composition from the Rotterdam Conservatory, where he studied with Klaas de Vries and René Uijlenhoet. In 2003, he studied with Klaus Huber at the Acanthes Center in France.

DR. FRANCISCO COLOMER

Francisco Colomer is an astronomer and director of JIVE, the Joint VLBI Institute, a European research infrastructure based in the Netherlands. Colomer obtained his PhD in astrophysics from Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) and holds an MBA in Research Infrastructure Management from the University of Milan-Bicocca (Italy). He is a civil servant at the National Astronomical Observatory of Spain. During his career, he has participated in more than 100 scientific articles, numerous conferences and workshops, international projects, and outreach activities. Colomer defends basic scientific research as a cultural asset in our society. His international perspective also allows him to be an "ambassador" for Spain around the world.