The video One Small Step is included in the Leonardo showcase Digital Awareness for Sustainable Futures at the Espronceda Art Center, part of ISEA 2022 Barcelona. “Digital Awareness for Sustainable Futures with Leonardo” explores the possibilities of global futures that reimagine everything to invite a vibrant, just, regenerative world with VR, AR, …
I was delighted to be a guest on Gavin Tolometti’s podcast The Diaries of Space Explorers. We discussed my art series Women With Impact, my current Ph.D. research into how art and astrobiology overlap, the impact of science communication, and how to engage more women with the STEM field. Listen …
It was an immense pleasure to participate in the international media art festival CYFEST-13. As part of the festival, the organizers put together a series of live-streamed public lectures. My presentation Exoplanet Zoo, Contemplating Alien Worlds Through Art and Science has now been made available on YouTube – watch it …
My article Merging dualities: How convergence points in art and science can (re)engage women with the STEM field appears in the latest issue of the Canadian Review of Art Education. AbstractHow can the interweaving of knowledge silos help to engage girls who are becoming disinterested in science? This study describes …
I’m delighted to participate in CYFEST-13, one of the biggest international media art festivals in Eastern Europe. CYFEST was founded by a group of independent artists and curators in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2007. My project Exoplanet Zoo is being exhibited at the Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art …
I’m honoured to have received the Concordia University President’s Media Outreach Award, Research Communicator of the Year – International for the year 2021.The exceptional work of Concordians who actively engaged with news media over the past year was celebrated at a digital event on December 1, 2021. More info here: …
Bettina’s article “Women With Impact: Taking One Small Step into the Universe” appears in the latest issue of Leonardo/ISAST journal, the special CYFEST issue. This edition is published in both English and Russian. AbstractOut of 1,578 cataloged and named craters on the Moon, only 32 are named after women. That …
September 12, 2020, 10 am PST / 7 pm CSTThe Cosmos above us and the touchscreen in front of us Presenters: Bettina Forget, Elena Gubanova, Alexandra Dementieva, and Daniela De Paulis Moderator: Natalia Kolodzei PartnersLeonardo/ISASTCyland Media LabUCLA Art|Sci Center Leonardo/ISAST and the CYLAND MediaArtLab present the launch of Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendevous St. Petersburg in …
I am delighted to be included in the group exhibition Les Refusés at McBride Contemporary in Montreal, Canada. The exhibition will run from July 16 until August 29, 2020. More information herehttps://mcbridecontemporain.com/exhibitions/23-salon-des-refuses/overview
Bettina Appointed as Director of the SETI Institute AIR Program I am immensely honored and excited to announce that I have been appointed as the Director of the SETI Institute’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program. I have been in the SETI’s Institute’s orbit for a few years now and have seen the …