Hong Kongers looking for dance classes will be excited to hear that a brand new dance studio is opening in Central Hong Kong! Central Dance Studios is proud to announce its upcoming opening on July 20th 2009 on Wyndham Street, Central.

(MMDNewswire) June 8, 2009 — Begun in 2002, surrealist space artist Roger Ferragallo puzzled over how to display his massive painting “COSMIC TREE OF LIFE, 2.0″ (CTOL) measuring 546 million pixels because it required computer screen technology as large as 30 feet. Why such a work of scale comes from the artist’s belief that science and cosmology are revolutionizing our view of mankind and our relationship to the universe.

Fortunately, the University of California San Diego (UCSD) announced July 2008 the largest hi-resolution scientific computer screen in the world (HIPerSpace) measuring 31.8 feet in width. USCD invited Ferragallo in March 2009 to debut his hi-resolution mural on this huge screen. This timely collaboration between science and an artist exploring new ideas speaks to the exciting cross-discipline synergies happening in the world today. See HIPerSpace video demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awkGbvBz30I

Synchronous with Ferragallo’s HIPerSpace debut, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) invited him in March 2009 to exhibit this latest version of CTOL 2.0 on their interactive global GIGAPAN project partnered with Google Earth, NASA Ames and National Geographic. This project invites hi-resolution photo panoramas (currently at 18,000) from around the world. Although not a photographic panorama, CTOL uniquely fit the hi-resolution, scale and visual criteria of GIGAPAN.

In the traditional annuls of gallery exhibition, CMU’s GIGAPAN represents, in the artist’s view, “a new paradigm for the display of photography and fine art painting”. GIGAPAN opens the CTOL mural to a ‘global audience’ (25,000 hits to date) with spectacular navigation tools provided by Google Earth allowing viewers to dynamically zoom and interact with the painting in real-time 24-7 (including ability to message the artist). See GIGAPAN demo: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=868

CTOL was newly released at version 2.0 and is a continuing work in progress looking to a 3.0 release in the near future. Ferragallo’s surreal painting renders hundreds of details–from the micro, molecular and terrestrial to star clusters and majestic galaxies. In his words, “I wish to convey the awe and wonder one feels when we view mankind’s intimate relationship with the vastness of quantum–micro–macro space and the universe beyond”. Web site and demo: http://www.ferragallo.com/tol_index.html

HIPerSpace information: http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/release.php?id=1332

CONTACT:
Roger Ferragallo
email: trecate@comcast.net
phone: 510-222-4334
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ANASTASIA ART GALLERY
“Anastasia” invites All Art lovers worldwide! “Anastasia” is an enlightening initiative in the world of Art & Culture & hopes to resurrect & encourage a novel & vivacious spirit from around the world. This inspirational initiation is the mutual conception of Sanjoy Goswami and Moitrayee Basu with a vision to reminisce and rejuvenate the genesis of creativity.
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‘Anastasia fem. proper name, from L.L. fem. of Anastasius, from Gk. Anastasios, from anastasis “resurrection,” lit. “a rising up,” from ana “up” + istanai “to make stand.”’
Contact Details: Mr. Sanjoy Goswami, 59/1 B, Hindusthan Park, Kolkata: 700 029; Voice # 0091-9903895089; 0091-9903784776.

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