linktr.ee/okgomusic Rock band OK Go surprise the two teams who have been selected as winners of the Art in Space Contest by showing up unannounced in a video chat.
This spring, the band invited students ages 11-18 to submit ideas for art experiments that will take place in space aboard the Blue Origin New Shepard launch vehicle. OK Go is hosting the Art in Space Contest in partnership with the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas, and it is sponsored by Cognizant Technology Solutions.
One of the two winning teams is based in New York and includes students Alexandra Slabakis (16), Grace Clark (16), and Annabelle Clark (12). The team’s project is called “Dark Origin” and will use gravity and magnetism to simulate the origin of planet Earth.
The second winning team is based in Utah and includes students Cameron Trueblood (11), Blake Hullinger (12), and Kellen Hullinger(15). Their design proposes using environmental data taken during the space craft’s flight to create sounds and visual art.
“We were thrilled with the entries to the Art In Space contest - picking winners was so hard!” said OK Go lead singer Damian Kulash. “The submissions were all so imaginative, and really exemplified the type of thinking and creativity that OK Go is always striving for in our own work. The kids, especially our winners, clearly understand the truth that so many adults have lost along the way: there are no borders separating art and science - they’re the same thing. It all comes from curiosity and experimentation, and creativity is really just about exercising those skills.”