Foundation lecture at the International Planetarium Society Congress in Japan
This year’s IPS Congress is being held at the beautiful Fukuoka Science Museum and Planetarium in Japan. The Foundation Herbert W. Franke has the great honor of giving a short presentation entitled Edutainment for the Dome: three different multimedia realizations of narrated Sci Fi stories in the Content Production and Technology session. We are currently adapting three of Herbert’s stories for presentation in the Fulldome format, including “A Leap into the Void” by Sergey Prokofyev. This work will also be submitted to the Japanese Fulldome Festival, which is taking place at the same venue during the IPS Congress. This marks the Foundation’s first presentation of Herbert’s artwork in the fulldome and immersive worlds. We will build on this during the Herbert W. Franke 100 event series.
In 2027, the Foundation and the generative art community intend to celebrate Herbert’s 100th birthday with two Generative Art Summits and several large-format public night-time performances. More information on all of this will follow soon.