NELLY BEN HAYOUN is to speak on ResonanceFM, 4pm on Tuesday 20th 2012, as part of Artist in Laboratories, a programme by Regine Debatty, marvelous blogger and creator of We Make Money Not Art.

Catch the interview also on Thursday 22/11 at 10.30pm on ResonanceFM.

There will be a repeat on Thursday 22nd November 10:30 pm. You can catch it online if you don’t live in London.

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Words By Regine Debatty:

A new episode of #A.I.L – artists in laboratories, the weekly radio programme about art and science i present ResonanceFM, will be broadcast today Tuesday 20th November at 4:00 pm. There will be a repeat on Thursday 22nd November 10:30 pm. You can catch it online if you don’t live in London.

This week i’ talking with Nelly Ben Hayoun about space science technologies, aliens and music. The designer spent a whole Summer in California to direct the International Space Orchestra. The cast of the opera is pretty spectacular. It is performed by space scientists from NASA Ames, Singularity University, International Space University and the SETI Institute. The music was composed by Damon Albarn, Bobby Womack, Maywa Denki and Arthur Jeffes. The lyrics are by Bruce Sterling & Jasmina Tesanovic. Finally, Grammy-Award winner Evan Price was in charge of the musical direction.