ISSS (Indonesia Space Science Society)
ISSS (Indonesia Space Science Society) berdiri pada tahun 2014, digagas oleh Venzha Christ, direktur dari institusi bernama HONF Foundation, lembaga nirlaba yang bergerak di bidang seni, sains, dan teknologi sejak tahun 1999.
Bersama dengan v.u.f.o.c team : Yudianto Asmoro, Sagitha Happy A, Dwi Agus Winanto, dan Bayu Bawono, platform bernama ISSS ini mempunyai misi untuk berkontribusi bagi pengembangan dan kerja kolaborasi antara astronomi, seni, space science, dan space exploration.
Kemudian pada tahun 2016, ISSS menginisiasi International SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Conference, yang pertama di Asia Tenggara. Konferensi ini diadakan setiap tahun, berkolaborasi dengan banyak pakar dan lembaga-lembaga penting serta universitas dalam ranah space science dan space exploration.
Sampai dengan saat ini, Venzha Christ bersama dengan v.u.f.o.c dan ISSS, sudah melakukan riset, kerja kolaborasi, kunjungan resmi, lokakarya, serta membuat karya/inovasi bersama dengan tidak kurang dari 40 institusi serta lembaga penting dunia di ranah space science dan space exploration, seperti : NASA, VIRAC, OCA, LAM, NARIT, JAXA, CEOU, SCASS, KARI, SpaceX, SETI, CSC, CPPM, IRAM, KEK, ELSI, CNES, dan lainnya.
Kolaborasi program tersebut diantaranya adalah :
- MARS: The Red Mirror Project (2023-2024)
- Indonesia UFO Festival (2022-saat ini)
- VMARS – v.u.f.o.c Mars Analogue Research Station (2020-saat ini)
- SHIRASE - Simulation of Human Isolation Research for Antarctica-based Space Engineering (2019)
- MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station (2018)
- Resident Researcher at IMeRA - Institute for Advanced Study (2017)
- NASA : A Human Adventure (2016)
ArtScience Museum presents Indonesia Space Science Society, by Venzha Christ
Working with artists, scientists, astronomers and engineers in Indonesia, Venzha established Indonesia Space Science Society as a framework for the exploration of space from a different perspective. Whilst lacking the means that large space agencies such as NASA have, the Indonesia Space Science Society provides us with a compelling encounter with space nonetheless.
The art installation at ArtScience Museum results from the science of radio astronomy. The installation presents radio waves from space, sent and collected through self-made radio antennas gathering precise data from astronomical objects in space. The transmitted signals received from the planets and stars are then visually displayed and decoded into audible sounds which constitute the soundscape present in this gallery. Radio waves, together with light waves, have changed the way we view the Universe and dramatically increased our knowledge of it.
The Indonesia Space Science Society shows us that that space is a continuous source of inspiration that compels practitioners from all fields to understand the universe we are within, using both tools and ideas of science, and those of art.
Venzha Christ (b. 1975, Indonesia) graduated from the Indonesia Institute of Arts Yogyakarta (ISI) in 1996. Focused in new media art, he dedicates himself to conducting research projects in the field of space exploration. He has produced and organized various projects from media performances, festivals and public art installations including at ART|JOG|9 in 2016, with the core theme of art and space science. By titling this installation Indonesia Space Science Society, Venzha Christ in fact launched Indonesia’s very first Space Science Society.
