Blended Worlds: Experiments In Interplanetary Imagination

A new exhibit at the Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale, “Blended Worlds: Experiments in Interplanetary Imagination” explores the landscape of human relationships with our ever-expanding environment. As part of “PST ART: Art & Science Collide,” an event presented by the Getty and involving more than 70 exhibitions from museums and institutions across Southern California, this exhibit questions how empathy and connectedness can both reveal new worlds and inspire innovative ways to nurture them. Ten artists, collaborating with a team of Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists and engineers, invite us to consider how a greater connectedness with nature can renew our sense of wonder and curiosity with our planet and the cosmos.

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Aligning to JPL's priorities and goals:
Collaboration
NASA Datasets
NASA Datasets Formatted for ‘Blended Worlds’ Artists
Science and Technology Expertise

Aligning to JPL's priorities and goals:

JPL’s involvement in the "PST: Art & Science Collide" initiative aligns with JPL’s core priorities and goals.

Providing Data & Expertise

In accordance with the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, all NASA data is publicly available. Data that was used in the Blended Worlds exhibit is referenced in the links below.

Global Inspiration

JPL encourages engagement with space science and Earth science through diverse perspectives. By expanding partnerships, JPL aims to inspire and amplify stories that reshape humanity's future in space exploration.

Collaboration

“Blended Worlds: Experiments in Interplanetary Imagination” was developed in collaboration with the City of Glendale by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), an operating division of Caltech and a federally funded research and development center for NASA. JPL acknowledges the generous support of the Glendale Arts and Culture Commission and the Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Trust.

This exhibit is among more than 70 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty.

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PST PST ART: Art & Science Collide

Exhibit Location:

Brand Library & Art Center, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201

Blended Worlds: Experiments in Interplanetary Imagination

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

What happens when you can feel an entire planet inside you?

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

"After a while I always described that this new sense was like adding a new beat inside my body, I had two beats. Apart from my heartbeat, I had the Earthbeat." - Moon Ribas

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

How can we become stars in the life saving constellation that is the Big Dipper?

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

How might the interiors of Earth, Mars, and myself relate to each other?

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

"I hope people discover the deep, rich beauty of our existing world, much like when we went to the moon and we discovered the Earth in that first image of our beautiful blue marble. Before we set up our tents on Mars, we have the opportunity now to preserve the wealth of diversity and complexity in our dynamic ecosystem, knowing it will ultimately fit into the bigger picture of future interplanetary civilization." - Bruce Mau

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

How might we listen to Earth if it spoke to us?

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

"I think this piece helps create empathy for the Earth as a living being. By creating poetry based on observations, the piece gives Earth a voice and helps us all connect with it as our home and our keeper." - Josh Willis

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Blended Worlds: Experiments In Interplanetary Imagination

Aligning to JPL's priorities and goals:

Providing Data & Expertise

Global Inspiration

Collaboration

NASA Datasets

NASA Perseverance Rover’s Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA)

NASA Climate (Sea Level Rise)

NASA Climate (Carbon Dioxide)

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Surface Temperature

NASA Apollo Seismic Data

NASA InSight Seismic Experiment for Investigating the Subsurface (SEIS)

NASA Exoplanet Archive

NASA Datasets Formatted for ‘Blended Worlds’ Artists

Mars Seismic Data for ‘Blended Worlds’ From NASA’s InSight Mission

Moon Seismic Data for ‘Blended Worlds’ From NASA’s Apollo Missions

Science and Technology Expertise

The team of expert scientists, listed below, collaborated with Blended World’s commissioned artists, contributing their expertise across multiple domains, including advising and interpreting the data.