After some delay, we bring you up to date with recent occurences regarding KSEVT building and topic layout.
On October 18, 2010, at 18.00 (CET+1), in the conference hall of Antiq Hotel, Ljubljana, there was a first and introductory press conference on KSEVT. It dealt mostly with the topics KSEVT is about to establish and research; informing a wider public with the current building course; presenting a visual and all-around image of the project and in its final part - it opened some new/old connections the project has got with the Russian space exploration experts.
Firstly, Dragan Živadinov (Delak Institute, Ljubljana) spoke of two (actually three) press conferences that are to take place some months before the opening of the KSEVT building. Two of them are going to be bigger and more complex in handling the future (and present) topics of KSEVT than this preliminary one. They will be held between April and May 2010, one covering up the composite combining of science and art, the other one speaking on the subject of "culturalisation of space", a new term that is yet to come into use. There will also be a third, solemn conference just before the official opening of KSEVT premises, scheduled around September-October 2010.
Secondly, Srečko Fijavž, Director of The Vitanje Commune Administration Board, and Slavko Vetrih, Mayor of The Vitanje Commune, spoke of the latest happenings in KSEVT building process. At this time (November 2010), the foundations are firmly in the ground and the ground floor is starting to grow on the surface. They also spoke of the activities considering KSEVT and Herman Potočnik Noordung so far, the rising rate of visitors and general interest and the installation of all these ideas into Vitanje and wider region.
Boris Balant of Studio/Atelje Balant spoke of the all-around visual scheme of KSEVT.
Miha Turšič, Director of the newly founded KSEVT institute, presented us with the plan of exhbitions in KSEVT for the period of next six years. Three permanent and twelve short-term exhibitons are planned for this time span. Also, Turšič told that KSEVT functions will be made to suit the needs of young people in all the branches of education system and also scholars and experts, familiesm, etc. The main purpose of KSEVT is not to commercialize, but to inspire people to try and understand the culturalisation of space and union of science and art.
Sergey Kostenko (Orbital Technologies) and Marsel Gubaydullin (Space Adventures) from Russia demonstrated some visual material of civilian (commercial) spaceflight and the plans for the first private space station to host space tourists from around the world.
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