Art in Flight: The Creative Exploration of Titan

Catalog description

Titan represents one of the most enigmatic and evocative frontiers in our solar system – a world where liquid methane falls as rain, waves crash against icy shorelines, and organic dunes stretch across the horizon. This course uses the Dragonfly mission as a gateway to bridge the sciences and the arts, and to develop new ways to communicate how and why we are so fundamentally inclined to go over the next horizon and explore the unknown. The course is structured around five segments, each beginning with an instructor-led discussion on an aspect of Titan or the mission. Students then have three weeks to translate these scientific concepts into original creative works – be it music, choreography, visual art, or a comic book. students present their work to the class. Focused on evolution of the idea rather than technical perfection.