November 1, 2021

On Saturday, October 30, the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver hosted a public event celebrating Dark Matter Day. Speakers including Ars Scientia's Jeremy Heyl and residency partner Alannah Hallas gave presentations that explored matter on Earth and across time and the universe, giving a comprehensive picture of everything we do and do not know about matter, especially dark matter. Though COVID restrictions meant that capacity in the planetarium dome was decreased, the event ran as a hybrid, nearly selling out in person while also running simultaneously via live-stream, engaging listeners from across British Columbia. This was an incredible opportunity to get together and talk about science, Drift: Art and Dark Matter, and our experience of knowing about something that exists outside of our human senses to a public audience, and we were grateful to participate.

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Pictured, left to right: Emanuele Michelien, Ludovic van Waerbeke, Alannah Hallas, Jeremy Heyl, and Jess McIver. 

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