Join Us for 50 Years of Star Trek Art

ambassadorkael · February 2017

Opening this weekend, the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, California will have a special exhibit on Star Trek Art, and STO will be there on two separate occasions!

Full details here:
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/xbox/star-trek-online/news/detail/10377013-join-us-for-50-years-of-star-trek-art

gaevsman · February 2017

The 50 aliens, i love it!, its great!

sisteric · February 2017

gaevsman wrote: »

The 50 aliens, i love it!, its great!

So Do I

theanothername · February 2017

I'd love some ST art ingame for my ready room and/or captains quarters (yeah I sometimes go there; with interiors that have one at least)

psiameese · February 2017

Looks like I shall submit my request for the 18th off from work. I think that I would enjoy the evenings presentation.

thetanine · February 2017

ambassadorkael#6946 wrote: »

...Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, California will have a special exhibit on Star Trek Art, and STO will be there...

AMBASSADOR KAEL: I was looking at the website for the CSSC when I read this:

Highly Mixological: A Star Trek Celebration
February 18th, 2017
6pm-10pm

...Get your last chance to experience our 50 Artists. 50 Years before the close on February 19th. Experiment with Star Trek- inspired cocktails, and experience a Theramin performance and try your hand at making space music...

From: http://www.chabotspace.org/startrek

OK so what in the world is a THERAMIN? When I looked that word up, I was immediately reminded of the Led Zeppelin rock-u-mentory movie, "The Song Remains The Same", from Jimmy Page's Sonic Wave Theremin, Whole Lotta Love and Dazed and Confused, at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, July 28, 1973.

Here is the backstory from the website http://www.led-zeppelin.org on the Theramin device and how Page used it like a cacodemon:

The theremin was originally the product of Russian government-sponsored research into proximity sensors. The instrument was invented by a young Russian physicist named Lev Sergeivich Termen (known in the West as Léon Theremin) in October 1920 after the outbreak of the Russian civil war. After positive reviews at Moscow electronics conferences, Theremin demonstrated the device to Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. Lenin was so impressed with the device that he began taking lessons in playing it, commissioned six hundred of the instruments for distribution throughout the Soviet Union, and sent Theremin on a trip around the world to demonstrate the latest Soviet technology and the invention of electronic music.

The theremin is unique among musical instruments in that it is played without physical contact. The musician stands in front of the instrument and moves his or her hands in the proximity of two metal antennae. The distance from one antenna determines frequency (pitch), and the distance from the other controls amplitude (volume). Most frequently, the right hand controls the pitch and the left controls the volume, although some performers reverse this arrangement.

Jimmy Page used the Sonic Wave Theremin with a Maestro Echoplex and Orange amps and cabinets in Led Zeppelin.

Between March and May 1971, Jimmy used a double-stacked Theremin.

From: http://www.led-zeppelin.org/studio-and-live-gear/80-reference/studio-and-live-gear/jimmy-page-gear/1143-theremin

https://youtu.be/uiLKT5rPHBA?t=1m45s

sorcapprentice · February 2017

Thank you for announcing the event. I am sorry I could not join you on Friday; I would have spent all evening in traffic if I did!
However, we did see the art on Saturday. I think my favorite was the picture of Spock holding Isis.

Join Us for 50 Years of Star Trek Art

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