BELLA GAIA http://www.bellagaia.com A Poetic Vision of Earth from Space Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:15:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 ASPEN NEWS COVERAGE OF BELLA GAIA http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/08/aspenpres/ http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/08/aspenpres/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:39:11 +0000 Kenji http://www.bellagaia.com/?p=670 Plum TV:

Aspen Times:

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/2010100729830

Aspen Daily News:

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/141687

Blogs:
Earthwise
Practically Green

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July 26 2010

Press Release

BELLA GAIA (Beautiful Earth) Live Media Performance to
Close Aspen Environment Forum Ceremonies

David Monsma, Executive
Director of the Forum to make Introduction and Closing Remarks for Performance
to Begin

6:30 PM, July 28th in McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier
Center

Aspen,
CO July 26, 2010— BELLA GAIA (Beautiful Earth) an astoundingly
moving multimedia presentation created and composed by award-winning filmmaker,
composer and violinist Kenji Williams will be performed at the Aspen Institute
Environment Forum for Closing Night Ceremonies – July 28 at 6:30 pm in
the McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center.

BELLA GAIA successfully simulates space flight, and uses
live onstage musical performance, large-scale projected NASA scientific
visualizations, cutting-edge technology and a thought-provoking stream of
crucial scientific data and cultural imagery to showcase the amazing art and
cultural heritage of civilizations inhabiting planet Earth. A “Living Atlas”
journey of our planet, BELLA GAIA incorporates satellite imagery of Earth,
timelines and data to elucidate the impact on the planet of everything from
climate change to air traffic. Kenji Williams, inspired by first hand stories
of NASA astronauts deeply transformed by seeing the Earth from Space, created
the BELLA GAIA live experience says, “I wanted to simulate this powerful
experience for those of us who can’t go to space, and create a channel for a
more whole-brain, emotional relationship with our home planet in an age of
left-brain, information overload”.

BELLA GAIA also features Arctic photography of National
Geographic Photographer James Balog, and Gulf Oil Spill Photography of
Internationally recognized photographer Daniel Beltra as well animations of
Energy and Environment Forum Plastic Planet: Stemming the Tide of Waste
Speaker, Project Kaisei (Ocean Planet), Doug Woodring.

“BELLA GAIA is Just Beautiful. It really felt like I was
back in Space.”

—Piers Sellers, NASA Astronaut, Spacewalker
(STS-112 Atlantis, STS 121 Discovery)

GENERAL INFORMATION

Kenji Williams

Remedy Arts LLC
New York, NY 10029

Email: kenji [at] remedyarts.com

http://www.bellagaia.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/BELLA-GAIA/96903876840

http://twitter.com/bellagaia

http://www.youtube.com/user/bellagaiaonline

]]> http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/07/aspepressrelease/feed/ 1 RECENT PRESS http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/07/recent-press/ http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/07/recent-press/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:51:35 +0000 Kenji http://www.bellagaia.com/?p=588 BELLA GAIA in the Blogosphere: Recent Reviews & Mentions from the BELLA GAIA Live 360 show at the 2010 SOA Symposium in Los Angeles:

Intel:

http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2010/06/25/c3vision-lab-2010-state-of-the-art-symposium/


Soul Connect Now
http://www.soulconnectnow.com/blog/2010/6/29/state-of-the-arts-and-bella-gaia.html

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Meaningful Media
http://meaningfulmedia.org/get_involved.php?id=73

]]> http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/07/recent-press/feed/ 0 JULY 26-28 – ASPEN ENVIRONMENT FORUM http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/06/aspen/ http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/06/aspen/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:07:40 +0000 Kenji http://www.bellagaia.com/?p=576 BELLA GAIA Live to be featured at the 2010 Aspen Environment Forum Closing Ceremony on July 28th, and other events in Aspen July 27th at 212 Gallery
Details Below. UPDATE: PRESS RELEASE – Click to View

  • July 27th: Public Performance at 212 Gallery. Evening Schedule as follows:

6:00 Daniel Beltra photography presentation
6:30 Robson presentation

7:00 – BELLA GAIA Live

8:00 – 2nd show – BELLA GAIA Live

please RSVP at number below

212 Gallery is located at: 525 East Cooper Avenue, Aspen, CO 81611-1860
(970) 925-7117

  • July 28th:

6:30 pm: Closing Celebration of the Aspen Environment Forum at the Doeer Hosier Auditorium

Aspen Institute. View full program: http://www.aspenenvironment.org/

]]> http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/06/aspen/feed/ 1 JUNE 19, BELLA GAIA LIVE IN LOS ANGELES http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/06/june-19-bella-gaia-live-in-los-angeles/ http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/06/june-19-bella-gaia-live-in-los-angeles/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:56:08 +0000 Kenji http://www.bellagaia.com/?p=546 BELLA GAIA LIVE 360 Fulldome show, in the new Vortex Dome on the roof of LA Center Studios!


BELLA GAIA LIVE 360 (Fulldome) IN LA:

http://www.c3so.com/main_page.html

]]> http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/06/june-19-bella-gaia-live-in-los-angeles/feed/ 3 A STANDING OVATION by Head of NASA & Congress http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/06/a-standing-ovation/ http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/06/a-standing-ovation/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:18:31 +0000 Kenji http://www.bellagaia.com/?p=557 Head of NASA, Charles Bolden, accompanied by US senators and NASA personnel give a standing ovation for BELLA GAIA Live. Details below

Kenji Williams performs a standing ovation BELLA GAIA LIVE show at the Congressional Auditorium, for the 50th Anniversary of TIROS, the first Earth weather satellite. Newly integrated time-lapse imagery of melting glaciers from National Geographic photographers James Balog, and Gulf Oil spill photography by Daniel Beltra intercut with near-live satellite images of the oil spill from space.
The show was followed by presentations by James Balog and Dr. Waleed Abdalati. Hosted by Senator Mikulski, with other congressional and space industry personnel in attendance including head of NASA Charles Bolden, and the AIAA. Special thanks: Golden Pyramid of Peace. Featured music track by Yumi Kurosawa.

]]> http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/06/a-standing-ovation/feed/ 0 “AN OUT OF THIS WORLD EXPERIENCE” at SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/05/sidwell-friends-school-feature/ http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/05/sidwell-friends-school-feature/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 06:16:19 +0000 Kenji http://www.bellagaia.com/?p=595 Kenji Williams, a Sidwell Friends School Alumni, (Class of ‘92), returned for an October performance in front of the high school assembly auditorium. Sidwell’s spring issue featured the performance. “An out of this world Experience”. Choose to view in Browser, or download PDF

]]> http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/05/sidwell-friends-school-feature/feed/ 0 OIL SLICK FROM SPACE http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/05/oil-slick-from-space/ http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/05/oil-slick-from-space/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 17:03:20 +0000 Kenji http://www.bellagaia.com/?p=534 Image stills from upcoming sequences in Bella Gaia – Orbital Fly-overs of the Gulf Oil Spill.
Also, Please view most current photos from award winning photographer Daniel Beltra.

]]> http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/05/oil-slick-from-space/feed/ 0 JUNE 4 (FRI) – NYIT ON BROADWAY http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/05/june-4-fri-nyit-on-broadway/ http://www.bellagaia.com/2010/05/june-4-fri-nyit-on-broadway/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 03:48:46 +0000 Kenji http://www.bellagaia.com/?p=531 The BELLA GAIA ENSEMBLE will perform live at the New York Institute of Technology Broadway Auditorium.
This is part of a conference on Sustainability. Please buy tickets here:

http://www.nyit.edu/metropolitan_sustainability/

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