HOCKNEY LATE: DEPICTING INTERGALACTIC ENCOUNTERS WITH JORGE MORENO
What pictorial space is to David Hockney, outer space is to Dr Jorge Moreno, whose work predicts the behaviour of galaxies.
Wednesday 1 June 2022, 6pm
About this event
'People are shaped by their interactions with other people. Similarly, galaxies are shaped by interactions with other galaxies... The very existence of our own Milky Way galaxy is the result of generations of tiny galaxies contributing their stars to create our majestic home. And just like people, galaxies carry with them an ancestral memory!' -JM
David Hockney has posited that how you depict space is connected to how you act in it. Jorge Moreno's approach to astronomy is one that questions the linguistic and epistemological biases that underpin the discipline as it is studied today. Join us for a fascinating discussion which will take in the depiction of outer space in digital simulations, divergent cosmologies, and astromimicry - i.e. learning from the behaviour of the universe to create more inclusive communities.
About Dr Jorge Moreno
Jorge Moreno is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Pomona College, California and a Visiting Fellow at Downing College. He uses high-performance supercomputing to simulate galaxy encounters, and investigates the role of merging in shaping the structure of the interstellar medium in galaxies. His research has resulted in several high-impact research articles, approximately 1-million dollars in extramural research funding, over 100 invited colloquia worldwide, and the 2019 Joseph Morgan Physics Prize Lectureship. He has made it his life’s mission to incorporate lessons learned from activism in everything he does.
Access Information
There is wheelchair access. There is padded seating, an accessible toilet, and a gender neutral toilet. Unfortunately we cannot offer a hearing loop or a BSL interpreter.