The Gladstone Ballroom was packed on January 10th, 2009, for the launch of the International Year of Astronomy. Scientists and laypeople alike celebrated with the help of medieval musicians Sine Nomine, jazz singer (and University of Guelph physics professor) Diane Nalini, SkyNews Magazine, science journalist Ivan Semeniuk, and Ray Jayawardhana, the man behind the astronomy banners on the TTC. The night ended off with a rousing rendition of Monty Python’s Universe Song by kinetic sculpture artist Russell Zeid, fresh from celebrating his 50th trip around the Sun.
Check out the Flickr photo set here, and the images that appeared on the Globe & Mail newspaper’s Society page on January 17th here
Is it science? Is it art? Only Russell Zeid knows for sure.
