We’d like to show the side of the world you don’t normally see on television.

Kenji Williams Presents Bella Gaia

Event Details

Time: July 2, 2009 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: Morrison Planetarium, California Academy of Sciences
Street: Golden Gate Park
City/Town: San Francisco, CA
Website or Map: http://www.calacademy.org/eve…
Event Type: planetarium, performance, digital, dome, fulldome, immersive, cinema
Organized By: Ed Lantz
Latest Activity: Jun 29, 2009

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Event Description

Experience earth from space like never before in a fully immersive environment!

The Academy of Sciences is honored to host the fulldome premier of BELLA GAIA in our state-of-the-art all digital planetarium. BELLA GAIA (Beautiful Earth) is an audio visual “Living Atlas” journey of our world, expressing the deeply moving beauty of planet Earth as seen through the eyes of astronauts. Created by award winning director and classically trained violinist Kenji Williams, BELLA GAIA features a 45 minute live performance by Kenji with a full-dome planetarium immersion of orbiting visualizations of Earth from space." Music by Kenji Williams, George Abdo, and content from the LAYA project and collaborating photographers.

"BELLA GAIA is just beautiful. It really felt like I was back in space"
-Piers Sellers, NASA Astronaut

Show times are at 7:30 pm and 8:30 pm. Passes will be distributed on the night of the event on a first-come, first-served basis so arrive early!

NighLife also includes DJ Aaron Pope, plus a 3D tour of the Moon and beyond with Michael Broxton.