Summer in Buenos Aires bids farewell with a festival at the Galileo Galilei Planetarium on February 28: a day to experience astronomy, contemporary art, and live music from the inside, all with free admission.
Free Summer Festival at the Buenos Aires Planetarium: Outdoor concert, immersive experiences in the Dome, and telescope observation
On February 28, I said goodbye to summer with a free festival at the Buenos Aires Planetarium. The idea is to transform the dome and the esplanade into a space where you can experience black holes, artificial intelligence, tango, mathematics, and telescopes under the city sky.
Immersive journeys through the cosmos, music, and free nighttime telescopes on the weekend in Buenos Aires: The festival program
The Buenos Aires Planetarium celebrates a summer festival like this: the program starts early with immersive performances designed to literally immerse you in the universe. At 1 p.m., “Black Holes” takes you on a journey to one of the most fascinating and mysterious phenomena in the cosmos. Later, at 2 p.m., “Universe in Motion” shows you that nothing in the sky is still and that everything is part of a cosmic dance.
Important: these two experiences are subject to a fee and take place inside the dome.
In the afternoon, the experience changes tone and becomes experimental. At 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., “After So Many Eras of Absence” is presented, an audiovisual installation created by Sebastián Verea together with the Institute of Computer Sciences (UBA-CONICET).
The work explores the link between biological life and artificial life through mathematical models and self-organizing systems, turning the dome into a living digital organism. The activity is free, with admission on a first-come, first-served basis and a capacity for 250 people per show.
At 6 p.m., the Planetarium’s esplanade will be filled with music with “Entre tango y mate” (Between tango and mate). The female orchestra Sciammarella Tango will perform alongside mathematician Pablo Amster in a show that combines music and mathematical concepts: piano, bandoneon, double bass, and violin accompany a narrative that revives historical tangos and forgotten stories. The activity is also free and has limited capacity.
A talk to think about science in everyday life
The day will conclude with Diego Golombek, biologist and researcher at CONICET, who at 7:30 p.m. will give a keynote speech reflecting on the role of science in our lives.The activity is free, with admission on a first-come, first-served basis and space for 250 attendees.
Telescopes to observe the sky in Buenos Aires
On the Planetarium esplanade, you will be able to make observations through a telescope alongside Planetarium astronomers. An opportunity to look at the sky in a different way and end the day connecting directly with the stars. Access is also free and on a first-come, first-served basis. The Planetarium Festival is an invitation to bid farewell to summer by combining science, art, and music in one space.
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