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CURRICULUM VITAE(06/2011)

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name : Dr. Ioannis MICHALOUDISNationality: HellenicDate/Place of Birth : January 26th, 1965/ GreeceMarital Status : Married with two childrenLanguages known : Greek, English, FrenchGreece Address : 2, Grigori Lambraki street

143 42 ATHENS, GREECE, EUtel. + 30 210 864 0320

Cyprus Address : 5, Pentelis street3077 LIMASSOL, CYPRUS, EUtel. +357 2533 1443

Contact: e-mail: [email protected]: http://www.michalous.commob. +30 6949 772 229

ACADEMIC DEGREESSept. 2001 to Dec. 2003 PostdoctoralResearch in Art&Science, Center for

Advanced Visual Studies (C.A.V.S) MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (M.I.T), Boston, MA, U.S.A

July 1998 Doctorate in Art and Sciences of Art, Visual Arts, UniversityParis I (Panthon-Sorbonne), Paris, France, EU(Recogniton by DIKATSA #12-119/1999)

July 1992 Master, Visual Arts, University Paris I, (Panthon-

Sorbonne), Paris, France, EU(Recogniton by DIKATSA #12/31/1993)

June 1991 Master, Product Design, Ecole Normale Superieure desArts Dcoratifs, Paris, France, EU(Recogniton by DIKATSA #12/31/1993)

June1989 Bachelor, Product Design, Technical EducationalInstitute (T.E.I), Athens, Greece.


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UNIVERSITY WORK EXPERIENCE(RESEARCH & TEACHING)

Jan. 2009 - May 2009 Mentorship @ Iowa State University, Materials Science &Engineering, IA, U.S.A

Jan. 2008 Jan. 2010 Individual Researcher-Subcontractor @ European SpaceAgency (E.S.A) & National Hellenic Research Foundation(N.H.R.F)

April 2007 Artist in Residence @ Penn State University & LehighUniversity, PA, USA

Oct. 2005 now Director of the Art&Research SME Ioannis MichaloudisCo, Personal funding & Hellenic Organization SME andHandicraft (EOMMEX), Athens, Greece, EU

Mars 2004 Artist in Residence @ Department of Physics, ShivajiUniversity, Kolhapur, Maharastra, India

Sep. 2001 - Dec. 2003 Research Affiliate, Center for Advanced Visual Studies,M.I.T, Boston, MA, U.S.A

Jan.1992 Oct.1999 Assistant Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure des ArtsDcoratifs, Paris, France, EU

FELLOWSHIPS . AWARDS . GRANTS . FUNDRAISING2008 Hellenic Organism of Tourism, Greece, EU R&D Fundraising

2007 Ministry of Culture, Greece, EU R&D Fundraising

2007 Golden Lighthouse Price, XXIV Alexandrias Biennale of Art, Egypt

2006 E.U & E.O.M.M.E.X, Organization SME and Handicraft S.A, Athens,Greece, EU, R&D Fundraising

2003 Ioannis F. Costopoulos Foundation, Greece, R&D Fundraising

2003 S. Niarchos Foundation, New York, N.Y, USA, R&D Fundraising

2002 M.I.Ts Dean & Provost for the Arts & Council for the Arts, MA,USA, R&D Fundraisings

2001-2003 Hellenic Republic Scholarships Foundation (I.K.Y), Greece

2001 J. W. Fulbright Foundation, Greek Artists Award, USA

1995 Foundation Levendis Scholarship, Paris, France, EU1992-1995 Foundation Alexander S. Onassis Scholarship, Greece

1991 University of Paris I Scholarship, Paris, France, EU

1989 Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I), Presidents Grant,Athens, Greece, EU

1989-1992 E.O.M.M.E.X, Organization SME and Handicraft S.A., Scholarship,Athens, Greece, EU, 1989-1992


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CONFERENCES . LECTURES . WORKSHOPSI. 3rd International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment

and Arts (DIMEA), 10-12 September 2008, Athens InformationTechnology, Athens, Greece, EU, invited speaker

II. ArtTalk1, July 23-24 2008, Syros Island, Greece, invited speaker

III. Science & Art: commune path to Beauty and Truth 15-19 January 2008,Technopolis Gazi, Athens, Greece, EU, invited speaker

IV. Ioannis Michalou(di)s, Aerogel Sculptor, 04/23/0707, Stuckeman FamilyBuilding, Penn State University, PA, USA, invited speaker

V. Ioannis Michalou(di)s, Aerogel Sculptor, April 16 &17, 2007, LehighUniversity & Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA, USA, invited speaker

VI. 1st Intern. Workshop on Scientific Challenges of New Functionalities inGlass 04/15-17/07, Washington DC, USA invited speaker

VII. 11th National Conference of Hellenic Union of Physicists, Mars 31-April 2,2006, Hotel Divani Palace, Larisa, Greece, EU, invited speaker

VIII. 8th Leonardo/Olats, Space and the Arts Workshop, Mars 16, 2005,

Millenaris, Budapest, Hungary, EUIX. First International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) InternationalConference, Impact of Space on Society, Mars, 17-19, 2005, Academyof Science, Budapest, Hungary

X. Workshop on Space Artists Residencies and Collaboration, 02/10-12,2005, Carnegie Mellon University, NASA Ames Research Center, MoffettField, CA, USA

XI. 1st InterNational Conference Science & Art, Hellenic Union of Physicists,06/16-19/2005. Evgenides Planetarium, Greece, EU, invited speaker

XII. 7th ESG Conference on Glass Science &Technology, April 25-28, 2004,Athens Greece, EU, invited speaker

XIII. Aer( )sculpture, Lecture, April 6, 2004, Department of Physics, ShivajiUniversity, Kolhapur, Maharastra, India, invited speakerXIV. 7th International Symposium on Aerogels, November 2-5, 2003,

Alexandria, Virginia, USA, invited speakerXV. Sky Art Conference 2002, October 15-20, Delphi & Icaria, Greece, EU

ART&SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS1 Michaloudis Ioannis, Aer( )sculpture: A Free-Dimensional Space Art, ,

in Aegerter M.A, Leventis N, Koebel M., Aerogels Handbook, Springer2011,ISBN 978-1-4419-7477-8, chapter 35, p.p 791-810.

2 Michaloudis Ioannis, Aer( )sculpture, Art made out off threatened sky in

Proceedings: 3rd _International Conference _on Digital _InteractiveMedia in Entertainment and Arts, DIMEA 2008, ACM 2008, ISBN: 978-160558-248-1, keynote talk, p. XVII.

3 Michaloudis Ioannis, Aer( )sculpture: the enigmatic beauty of aerogelsnon-entity in a pilot art & science project, in Journal of Non-CrystallineSolids, Volume 350, Elsevier ed., 2004, ISSN 0022-3093, pp. 61-66.reedited also@ http://www.neme.org/262/Aerosculpture andhttp://www.olats.org/space/13avril/2005/te_iMichaloudis.html


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4 Michaloudis I., Droege M., Sculptingair 12/2002, @http://www.solgel.com/articles/dec02/aeroart.asp

5 Monreal Benjamin, Michaloudis Ioannis, (Nephele)3 Sculpting of cloudsusing high-power lasers, Sky Art Conference 2002catalogue, MIT, 2004,ISBN 0-9766549-0-3, pp. 96-99.

VISUAL ART EXHIBITIONS

SOLO2010 Sky on sale, Gallery Ionos, 03/20 04/20, Karditsa, Greece, EU2008 ( )topia, Aithousa Technis Athinon, Jan.26 Feb.25, Greece, EU

http://www.athensartgallery.gr/artists/michaloudis/topia/press-release.html2007 Athens Soul,TelecommunicationsMuseum, Mars 23-26, St. Petersburg, Russia.2006 11 aer( )sculptures, October 3-21,2006, Museum of Cycladic Art, Greece, EU,http://www.cycladic.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=resource&cresrc=99&cnode=77&clang=02005 First International Astronautical Academys (IAA) International Conference,

Impact of Space on Society, Mars, 16-19, 2005, Millenaris & Academy ofScience, Budapest, Hungary, EU2004 7th ESG Conference on Glass Science &Technology, April 25-28, 2004, Athens Greece, EU2003 7th Intern.Symposium on Aerogels, 11/2-5, Alexandria, VA, USA2003 (Nob)Odyssey's, theater installation, La Mama theater, New York, N.Y, U.S.A

http://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/public/mgsa-l/2003-September/002290.html

1995 (L)egaux & lego, retrospective, City University of Paris, France, EU1994 In the Circulation of Red Trees, project in situ, CIUP, France, EU

COLLECTIVE(selection)2011 Kinetica Art Fair 2011, Ampica P3, London, England, EU

http://www.flickr.com/photos/770/5415002870/2010 A Fluxmuseum International Art Exhibition @

http://fluxfaceinspace.blogspot.com/2010/07/tis-michalous-65.html2010 Terra Nova, Galerie Wedding, Berlin, Germany, EU2009 A paler Shade of White, Found.Bellonia, Santorini, Greece, EU2007 Trilogie Mediterraneenne, Athens, Marseille, Cairo, February to April, Palais des

Arts, Marseille, France, EU, http://www.regards-de-provence.org/FROM-Athens-TO-Marseille-TO-Cairo

2007 Bio-morphes, June, 1-30, Cheapart Gallery, Athens Greece, EU2007 Unfair, 03/16-25, Athens Imperial Hotel, Greece, EU2005 Space Art @ 56th International Astronautical Congress, IAC2005, October 16-21,

Fukuoka, Japan2005 Space Artists: the Cultural Frontiers of Space Travel, SETI Institute, February 12,

Mountain View, CA, USA2002 Sky Art conference 2002, European Cultural Center of Delphi and Icaria,

Greece, EU2001 Pulses of Art, 17 artists scholars @ Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center,

Athens, Greece, EU.


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1999 Bonds of Art, 21 artists-scholars of the A.S.Onassis Foundation, site-specific installation:M(ed)use, Arts Centre of the Municipality of Athens, Greece, EU.

1996 Salon de Jeune Peinture 96, Espace Quai Branly, installation: Exp(l)oser, Paris,France, EU.

1994 Greek Painters & Sculptors in Paris, House of Europe, Paris, EU

1993 4th

biennale of Academies of Visual Arts, Maastricht, Holland, EU1992 Portrait of Arts Decos School, Museum of Monuments, Paris, France, EU

FILMOGRAPHY . BIBLIOGRAPHY . MEDIA (PRESS / INTERNET, SELECTION)

1. ET Satelite, TV, Nostalgia, Documentary, 30 min, Visual Artist IoannisMichaloudis, January 13, 2009, Greece, EU

2. Channel 9 TV, KQED, SPARK Artist as inventor, Mars-30-2005,California, USA

3. Kazolea K. Michaloudis I. (Michalous), in Dictionary of Greek Artists, ed.

Medusa, 1999 vol. III, pp.138-139, Greece, EU, ISBN: 960-204-224-94. , paperin,Fondation Hellenique, Paris 2007, pp. 155-156, ISBN: 978-960-6654-65-7

5. Cultural Yearbook 07>08, Filotheamon ed., Athens, 2008, pp. 148, 154-155, ISBN: 978-960-89150-2-2

6. Sculpturen aus Ather, in P.M, High Technology Magazine, Germany05/2008, p. 25

7. Laloudaki, E., Yannis Michaloudis, A sculptor cming from the future, inEpsilon weekly magazine, #888, Apr.20.2008, pp. 64-72.

8. Koroxenidis, A., Traveling light, floating in space, inHerald TribuneNwsP, 15/2/2008, Greece EU, also @http://archive.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid%3D93330

9. Roumboula, D., He is preparing a M(ed)use, in Ethnos NwsP,2/2/2008, p.55, Greece EU, also @http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=22784&subid=2&pubid=406456

10. Les superpuvoirs de la fumee gelee, in Science & Vie Junior, No 220,01/2009, pp.60-63, France, EU

11. Roumboula, D., Golden Lighthouse out of 99% air, in Ethnos NwsP,14/11/2008, p.45, Greece EU, also @http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=22784&subid=2&pubid=145336

12. A Golden Lighthouse to Yannis Michaloudis, in Eleftherotypia NwsP,Nov/15/2007, p.24, Greece EU, also @http://archive.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=113,dt=15.11.2007,id=65287352

13. Aggeli M., Art&Culture, intetview with Ioannis MICHALOU(di)S @http://www.espamko.gr/gr/politismos/me-alothi-giannis-mihaloudis.htm

14.Michael J. Ybarra, In art, the canvas in infinite in Los Angeles TimesNwsP, March-13- 2005, p.E38, California, USA.

15.Kafantaris T., The Art of Science, in Vimascience NwsP, Jul/3/2005,p.31, Greece, EU, also @ http://www.tovima.gr/science/article/?aid=167151


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16. Fumio Iwamoto, transl. Ambiguous subsistence of aer()sculpture:Michalou(di)s challenge to create ethereal work, BT Art Magazine,9/2003,vol. 55, No 839, pp. 200-201, special section "ScienceHead", Japan

17. Augoustinos Zenakos,Technientos, transl: In an artistic way, To VIMA(NwsP), May-24-2003, p. A27, Greece, EU

18. Augoustinos Zenakos,transl:Air-AirSculptures) Vimagazino, No117, 01/05/03, p.p. 64-67, Greece, EU19.ARTI Magazine, vol 27, 12/95, p.140, Greece, EU20. Naoko Tosa, Kimochi Tsutawaru Interaction, transl. Interaction which

convey feelings"ASCII, high-tech weekly magazine, # 414, 5 Nov.2002,p. 62 , Japan.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I Fashion Design as architecture

II Etymoology as an inspiration toolIII Mythology and methodology of symbolsIV Omnipresence & New MediaV Writings of Contemporary ArtistsVI Visual Culture as a tool for Research & Creation

VII Interactivity between Art & ScienceVIII Nanotechnlology & Climate ChangeIX Global education and local community of Cyprus

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

i. A.S. Onassis , Scholars Association, Athens, Greece, EUii. Alliance Internationale des Anciens CIUP, Paris, France, EUiii. Fulbright Allumni Association, Washington DC, U.S.Aiv. MIT Alumni Association, MA, U.S.Av. MIT Club of Greece, Greece, EU.


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AER( )SCULPTUREa Free-Dimensional Space Art

Ioannis MICHALOU(di)S

Between mountains and clouds meeting each other, nearby a lake changingcolors every day, this is the place visual artist Ioannis MICHALOU(di)Shaschosen to have his first atelier/lab. This cloud-hunter follows Centaurs andNymphs footprints, lies in wait of air streams, grapping pieces of sky, shapingthem, molding them, creating images of forms and baptizing them asaerosculptures1.

99,9% air and 0,1% silica is the composition of every aer( )sculpture. In spacetechnology, this same composition is named silica aerogel. This immaterialmaterial is the lightest solid on planet Earth and is used also by NASA as an

excellent heat insulator for spacecrafts and stardust collection.MICHALOU(di)S is the first visual artist worldwide bringing this ethereal materialin Art, choosing to hunt with it skies and dreams.

Despite the fact that the space technology required for the creation of the aer()sculptures costs inevitably a lot in time and funds, the results are alwaysamazing: weightless sculptures having the ability to hover or float, opening, thisway, new paths towards a Space Art era, where the light and immaterial dialogsor replace the heavy and voluminous.

Each aer( )sculpture is -at the same time- a ready made but also amasterpiece, because the inner world of every aer( )sculpture is unique.

Different biomimicry equals to a different cosmos seen into the sculpture: airyclouds, fragments of gold, orbits of planets creating spaces in between.

Light and shadow is one more dialogue opened whenever a light beamtranspierces each blue aer( )sculpture projecting their transparent gold hueshadow in orbit.

If humans are (organic) carbon based representations, then every aer()sculpture is an (inorganic) silica based representation. We know that silica -thenatural glass- is a basic component for the fabrication of data storage devices. Ifwe accept now the hypothesis that one day the silica will be the Bank of allhuman memory then we can surely say that every aer( )sculpture travels also as

a Memory Ark2

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Past, Present and Future are melted together into an unknown infinity whereSpace and Time become Logos..an elastic Logos.

1A legend says that these non hand made aer( )sculptures made out of pieces of sky had caused theozones hole phenomenon !2Another legend wants the aer( )sculptures to be transferred by spacecrafts to other planets in order to beused for a NASAs Sky Cloning Project, cf. http://www.skyforsale.com


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Figures:

1 Icare, I care, silica aerogel, laser liner beam 25X25X12cm Livermore,CA,USA (photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS, 10/2002).

2-3 Leto, silica aerogel, 25X15X4cm. In every aer( )sculpture the orange goldenhue is due to Mie scattering phenomenon and the blue one is due to the Raylightscattering phenomenon (photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS, 10/2006).

4. Dancing couple, marble, silica aerogel, LED light. 25X20X4cm with variablesize of the projected shadow. This is the projected shadow of the couple: onemade of the aer( )sculpture, inspired by the Early Cycladic Art, and the other ofthe original Cycladic figurine (photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS, 10/2006).

5. The cup-bearer. 15X10X7cm. The silica aerogel sculpture weights 20 gramsbut the marble sculpture weights 350 grams, (photograph and copyright:

MICHALOUS, 10/2006).

6. Modigliani(detail). An hydrophobic treatmentpermits to the aer( )sculpture tofloat on the water, (photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS, 10/2006).

7. Modigliani(detail), A glossy black and white background permits to the silicaaerogel sculpture to reveal -throughout its transparency- the blue and the orangecolors due to scattering phenomenon, (photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS,10/2006).

8. Modigliani(detail). The natural sunlight offers a dramatic sunsets color to thetransparent sculpture. Presented with ten more aer( )sculptures in October 2006at the Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens Greece, EU.http://www.cycladic.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=resource&cresrc=99&cnode=77 , (photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS, 10/2006).

8. Modigliani42X14X2,5cm. A part the scattering phenomenon, it is also obviousthe inner world of this aer( )sculpture. A man is finishing his climbing on astairway and is ready to catch a new one, a stairway to heaven. This sculpturewas presented at the Museum of Cycladic Art under un electromagnetic field andthus it was hovering in the air, (photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS,10/2006).

10. Violin-shaped figurine. 20X12X2cm. Rotating like a planet, the sculpturechanges his shadow every second. Permanent collection of A.S Onassis PublicFoundation, (photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS, 10/2006).

11.Ephebos and stairway, 15X15X2,5cm. This aerogel plate was first realized atJet Propulsion Laboratory by Dr. Steven Jones, (photograph and copyright:MICHALOUS, 12/2005)


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12.Kore, 5x3x3cm, RealizedbyDr. Nicholas Leventis: It was back illuminatedwith focused white light from two halogen lamps using a Dolan-Jenner IndustriesInc. High Intensity Illuminator Series 180. The photograph was taken with a NikonCoolPix 5000 digital camera, (photograph and copyright: Dr. Nicholas Leventis,2008).

One of the authors projects in progress is the re-establishment of missing partson classical sculptures, using silica aerogel. Those transparent members couldoffer a celestial aspect on the classical statues, while theyll be almost absentsand thus theyll not impose themselves (the missing parts are the mosthypothetical) cf. the missing parts of Venus of Milos.

13, Blue I (eye), silica aerogel, rock,35X15X16cm. An aerogel sphere of adiameter of 2cm, was just gently pressed into the natural cavity of the head-formrock, in order to present a dialog between the heavy and the ethereal sculpturalmedium, (photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS, 1/2008).

14 .Atlas holding the sky, aerogel, brass, LED light.18X12X12cm, (photographand copyright: MICHALOUS, 11/2003).

15 . (M)other-Earth, silica aerogel, golden leaf, stainless steel, 50X10X3cm,(photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS, 1/2008)

16. Veria girl, silica aerogel, brass, laser liner beam. A laser liner creates the redscanning light we see. Thus the bi-dimensional line is transformed in a threedimensional surface, thanks to the quality of silica aerogel to react as frozensmoke. The aer( )sculpture was placed directly into the foundrys sand where themelted brass were poured all around it, (photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS,2006)

17. In September 2005 the author installs in Greece a 20 litters high temperaturesupercritical drying reactor. The set-up was made by Dr. Michael Droege(Ocellus Technologies, CA, USA) who trained the author. Into this vessel(diameter of 24cm and high of 42 cm) are created all the aer( )sculptures sincethen. Here the artist is opening the vessel after a 48 hours run, (photograph andcopyright: Massimo Pizzocaro 2/2008).

18. M(ed)use, silica aerogel , LED light, 12X12X9cm. Collection of Valentisfamily (photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS, 1/2008)

19, 20Pho(e)bos, silica aerogel , LED light, 15X15X10cm. (photographs andcopyright: MICHALOUS, 1/2008).

21 This is not (the smoke of) a pipe, silica aerogel, LED light, 15X5X5cm.Inspired by a masterpiece of the surrealist painter Ren Magritte This is not a

pipe which represents the painting of a pipe, (photograph and copyright:MICHALOUS, 1/2008).


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22, 23, (e .g)gnossis. silica aerogel plates, aluminum, glass, letters, iron.220X40X40cm. This outdoor installation was made in 2004 with the kindcollaboration of Mr. Jorgen Schultz (Technical University of Denmark) and Mr.Leif Cullberg (Airglass, Sweden). There are six plates 25X25X1,5cm and inbetween are placed two Greek letters and the personal symbol of parenthesis ( ),

as a letter O. All three double aerogel plates and the letters are forming theGreek word oon egg that thanks to the transparency of silica aerogel-can be read also from the end to the beginning as , noo I comprehend,(photographs and copyright: MICHALOUS, 2004).

24, 25 Prelude for cello and three violins, video installation with three violin-shaped aer( )sculptures, their golden hue shadows and also a 7 minutes video ofthe shadow of a female cellist. The indoor work was presented during the XXIVBiennale of Alexandria, Egypt and had received the 2007 Golden Price,(photographs and copyright: MICHALOUS, 2007).

26, 27 Hand, hand-made blown borosilicate glass, silica aerogel, golden leaf,LED light, 25X16X8cm. In 2005 invited as an Artist in Residence by Dr.Himanshu Jain at Lehigh University, PA, USA, the author had visited theBanana Factory and their Glass Workhop where he asked them to try to blowa real size hand on borosilicate. Then the author had poured the aelcogel. Herewe see the final result. (photographs and copyright: MICHALOUS, 2007).

28A piece of sky in between your fingers, In Mars 2004, invited as an Artist inResidence by Dr. A. Venkateswara Rao at Shivaji Univerity, Maharastra, India,during some experiments we made with Dr. Sharad Bhagat,we had arrived tocreate the first cumulus cloud into a sample of silica aerogel. It was Sunday the

21st of Mars 2004, (photograph and copyright: MICHALOUS, 2004).

29, 30, 31, Bottled Sky, silica aerogel, glass, rubber, 10X3X3cm, In September2008 the author publish the web site http://www.skyforsale.com where he puts insale his last achievement: vials of 20 and 30 ml of silica aerogel with a uniqueand different feather cloud into each vial, (photographs and copyright:MICHALOUS, 2008).

32 Bottled Nymphe, silica aerogel, glass, rubber, 10X3X3cm, (photograph andcopyright: MICHALOUS, 2008).

33, 34 Sky, silica aerogel, 20X20X10cm. Thanks to a black and glossy surfacewe can see the magnificent sky-blue and sunset-orange natural colors of theartwork. One of the authors projects in progress is to realize silica aerogelsculptures where the clouds could appear, move, and disappear into thesculpture Hopefully with the help of the scientific community specialized onaerogels, (photographs and copyright: MICHALOUS, 2009).


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35, 36 KarditsasHeart, Permanent museum installation, silica aerogel, stainlesssteel rods, LED lights, 100X70X100cm. The idea of a heart made of aerogel wasof the artist Ms. Yi-Zhou. In August 2008 I tried to make it for her but without a lotof success (because of the big volume of the alcogel). In April 2009 the directorof the Museum of Karditsas town Ms Fenia Lekka asked me to make an artwork

for the Museum. As the Greek word Karditsa mean little heart (it is authorsnative town in the middle of Greece) and to this museum it belongs the heart ofthe ever memorable Greek prime minister Nicholaos Plastiras, the idea of a silicaaerogel heart came again. With a very slow drying the author arrives to createthe silica aerogel heart with two clouds into it. On the final display the heart isplaced onto orbits of five planets. Two LEDs are lighting the total: the first one islighting the silica aerogel heart and thus creates a golden hue shadow, a secondheart. The second LED is lighting a stainless steel capsule with the donatedheart, (photographs and copyright: MICHALOUS, 2009).

37 (L)imited sky, four litters of silica aerogel, birdcage, LED white light,40X40X25cm, (photograph and copyright MICHALOUS, 2008).


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Glossaryaerosculpture: an authors invented word, from airand sculpture. A pair ofparenthesis -as a personal symbol of an open space in between- will replacethe letter o and will give the visual word aer( )sculpture.

Biomimicry: (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is anancient concept recently returning to scientific thought that examines nature, itsmodels, systems, processes, and elements and emulates or takes inspirationfrom them to solve human problems sustainably. Scientific and engineeringliterature often uses the term Biomimetics for the process of understanding andapplying biological principles to human designs.

Free-Dimensional Space Art: The author is playing with the three dimensionalspace which in the case of the indefinitive transparency of his aer( )sculpturesbecomes a non Euclidean space. Silica aerogel itself can be considered as a

personification of what the French mathematician Henri Poincarr named arepresentative space, a space you cannot measure; you just live in with all yoursenses, cf. Ioannis MICHALOU(di)S, Aer( )sculpture: the enigmatic beauty ofaerogels non-entity in a pilot art & science project, Journal of Non-CrystallineSolids, Volume 350, 15 December 2004, Pages 61-66.

LED: Light-emmiting diode, an electronic light source.

Keywordsair, art, biomimicry, carbon, cloud, cosmos, glass, inorganic, immaterial, LED,

light, light beam, memory, NASA, orbit, organic, ready-made, sculpture, shadow,

SiO2, silica, silica aerogel, sky, space, space in between, transparency.

Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank Dr. Michael Droege, Dr. Larry Hrubesh, theAgricultural Cooperative of Kato Ktimeni, the A.S. Onassis Public BenefitFoundation, Mrs. and Mr. Papadimitriou, the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens(Greece), Mrs. Katerina Koskina, Mrs. Ayako Ono, Ms. Yi Zhou, Dr. Nicholas

Leventis, Dr. Michel Aegerter, Dr. Himanshu Jain, Dr. Steven Jones, Dr. SharadBhagat, Mrs. Mari &Teti Georgantopoulou, Mrs. Mariliza Papadouri, Mr. MariosVazaios, Mr. Vassilis Philippatos, Mr. Iannis Roussos, Mr. Alex Liakopoulos, Mrs.Sylvie Blanchet, the Hellenic Union of Physicists, the ERT World Channel, Mr.Maccimo Pizzocaro, Mrs. Elissavet Laloudaki, Mrs. Iris Kritikou, the Museum ofTown of Karditsa, Mrs. Fenia Lekka and all the anonymous collectors ofBottledSkies.

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