the doctor Ronald Minkent Not only is he recognized for being The first astronomer graduated in Chile, but also because Books, poems, photographs and a piece of music fuel the ever expanding body of work The current Director of Research and Artistic Creativity at University of Concepcion (UdeC), Where he joined as an academic in 1994, and spent more than a decade merging their artistic and scientific interests, realized in various creations. His knowledge of astronomy is the medium and argument by which he explores the diversity of art, the way and the vehicle for the expression of knowledge.

A blend that has been recognized for its ability to express and present knowledge to various audiences in his career, an experience he will address in “Harmony of the Fields: When Science Meets Art. The discussion that will take place today, July 30, with three astronomers who reconcile their scientific and artistic lives on a new date for the session Online Astronomy in your home, organized by Millennium Titans Core, The UdeC is led by the Department of Astronomy where Mennickent is academic and also integrated by the Universities of Valparaíso, Chile and Católica de Chile.

Emotional potential

they Creative experiences and insights about the synergy between art and science, Especially astronomy, it will be shared in the board that will also participate Efrain Gattos, Researcher at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, musician and writer. It will be Lorena Hernandez, astrophysicist, singer-songwriter of reggae rhythm with stage name Systa Laure along Elena PerezA doctoral researcher cultivates a dramatic side that turns it into a famous scientific play that she adapted from the book “The World of the Little Prince” by the Italian astronomer Francesco Balla; Both are from the University of Valparaiso’s Institute of Physics and Astronomy. Each astronomer and astronomer follows a particular line of research and artwork, but they are united by the conviction that There are many ways in which science and art complement each other. Although they are different fields of knowledge, from presenting topics to creating engaging works to being a variety of expressions to communicate knowledge in a simpler or more alluring way, seeing the discussion as a space to reveal the possibilities of uniting science with art.

As an introduction to the activity, Dr. Minkent emphasizes that the key to potential is that Art expresses knowledge through emotions and sensations, Demonstrated by the artist in her creativity and experience by the audience when watching. “I believe that through emotions, art can unleash the power to admire nature and in this case astronomy, the depth of space and the things that inhabit it, as well as the great questions of man about the origin of the universe and its ultimate destination for all of us. This can arouse interest and the search for scientific knowledge on certain topics”, Supports, outside or within the scientific field. This is why it is considered art Motivation and method. Encouraging to attract people’s curiosity and motivate them to approach science and learn more; A means to disseminate and impart knowledge, democratize its access and even ask new questions.

astronomical artist

Ronald Minkent wrote poems as a teenager, but put off his artistic streak after entering university until, after his academic career, he found an opportunity to rediscover and rediscover them. “It reappeared in the form of two books about girls walking the solar system and the galaxy talking with planets and wormholes,” invoice. They are “Rosio and the Planets That Speak” and “Camila and the Shadow Explore the Galaxy”, their books are inspired by two of his daughters, and are about providing scientific information that is understandable to infants from the age of 8 and available free of charge at laventanaciudadana.cl.

In addition to other types of writing related to astronomy, he is devoted to astrophotography and was one of the authors of the work “RV Tau”, which star brilliance music RV from the constellation Taurus. for work “We use scientific data from a star’s brightness record to convert it into a score performed by the Purén Youth Symphony Orchestra at Pinacoteca UdeC”, precise. The equations allowed the numbers to be translated into music and published the method for arriving at this remarkable result in paper Composing music based on quantitative data of a star variable.

*In the Titans YouTube channel The discussion will be live streamed starting at 7:00 pm, and videos of all the conversations broadcast by the Astronomy In Your Home program, which was created in March 2020 and which in that year added more than 21,000 viewers, will be available.