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=== Geotrauma Lab (2019) === Geotrauma Lab engages the visitor into an active dialogue about humanity’s deep future, both on Earth and in outer space. Part architectural integration, part performance piece, it functions as a temporary space where scenarios about the future are being constructed, questioned, and archived. A parasitic architectural structure was built inside the Palazzo Viceconte, starting in one of the exhibition spaces and extending all the way into a centuries-old water cistern. The lower part of the structure inside the water cistern was conceived as a human habitat. During his performance, Angelo Vermeulen lived in isolation in this hypogean space for several consecutive days. When a visitor entered the architectural structure, the artist came up, took a seat opposite him/her, and proposed a series of deep future scenarios. These scenarios ranged from global atmospheric deoxygenation to rebooting human civilization in outer space. The ensuing discussions were recorded and added to a gradually growing archive. While living inside the cistern, the artist was analyzing, transcribing, and printing the ideas that were exchanged. After the performance, the lab was opened to the public.
== Selected Scientific Projects ==
=== E|A|S (Evolving Asteroid Starships) === The hostile and unpredictable environment of deep space requires a new conceptual approach for interstellar flight, one that differs radically from any current design in aerospace. Using biology as inspiration, E|A|S (Evolving Asteroid Starships) explores the concept of spaceships that physically grow and evolve during their interstellar journey. Resources extracted through asteroid mining are used to 3D print new components of the ship in an endless process of adaptation. A biological life support system based on the European Space Agency’s MELiSSA program is used to keep multiple generations of crew members alive. The DSTART (TU Delft Starship Team) team is currently developing detailed concept studies and computer simulations to test these ideas. The DSTART team is part of the SEAD network.
=== HI-SEAS === HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) is an analog habitat for human spaceflight to Mars.[1][2][3] HI-SEAS is located in an isolated position on the slopes of the Mauna Loavolcano on the island of Hawaii. The area has Mars-like features and an elevation of approximately 8,200 feet above sea level. HI-SEAS is funded by the NASA Human Research Program for four research missions. The missions are of extended duration from four months to a year. The purpose of the detailed research studies is to determine what is required to keep a space flight crew happy and healthy during an extended mission to Mars and while living on Mars.[4]Research into food, crew dynamics, behaviors, roles and performance, and other aspects of space flight and a mission on Mars itself is the primary focus. The HI-SEAS researchers also carry out studies on a variety of other topics as part of their daily activities. Vermeulen was crew commander of a four-month Mars simulation mission. HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analogand Simulation) takes place on the flanks of the Mauna Loa Volcano which is the closest approximation of the actual surface of Mars. The mission intends to study improving the taste and nutritional quality of the meals consumed during a spaceflight. Previous spaceflight simulations such as MARS-500 proved the importance of the quality of the food during long periods of isolation of this nature. During the mission, Vermeulen is in charge of a six-man crew consisting of researchers from different backgrounds. Among the other researchers Oleg Abramov, Simon Engler, Kate Greene, Sian Proctor, and Yajaira Sierra Sastre, Vermeulen is the only European member of the crew. Due to his experience in community building in complex conditions, such as Biomodd and other projects, he is commissioned as the leader of the crew. Aside from the food study, Vermeulen investigates the possibilities of remote-operated robotic agriculture in order to create semi-autonomous farms for Mars settlement. The mission is initiated by NASA in collaboration with Cornell University of New York and the University of Manoa in Hawaii. In September - October 2015, Vermeulen exhibited a selection of art photos he made when he was commander on a HI-SEAS mission at the Dome of Visions in Stockholm (Sweden).
=== MELiSSA === The Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative (MELiSSA) is a European Space Agency initiative (ESA) with the aim to develop the technology for a future regenerative life support system for long term human space missions. Initiated in 1989, the design is inspired by a terrestrial ecosystem. Today MELiSSA is a consortium made up of 30 organisations across Europe.
== Awards == 2003: Provincial Price for Visual Arts East Flanders 2012: Witteveen + Bos Art + Technology Award 2012: Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design Fellowship
== Notes ==
== References == N.N. (2012). "Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award 2012". Witteveen+Bos. ISBN 978-94-90335-05-2 Pain, Elisabeth (2009). "The Itinerant artist". in: Science. March 2009. Web. 4 May 2013. Resseler, Yvonne (2008). "Conversation avec Yvonne Resseler". Éditions Tandem. ISBN 978-2-87349-060-7 Steveheydens, Ive (2006). "Games zijn extreem zintuiglijk". in: Etcetera. Vol 24, Iss. 100, pp 53 – 57. print Steveheydens, Ive (2004). "Angelo Vermeulen – De denkmachines van een wetenschappelijke charlatan". in: Martens, Hans (ed.). Oogst/Récolte/Harvest. Provinciale Prijs voor Beeldende Kunst 2003. Ghent. Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen. ISBN 90-76686-20-3 Thysens, Margot (2012). "Angelo Vermeulen. Van biologie & fotografie tot mediakunst". in: Beeld Express. 2012, Iss. 5, pp 22 – 27. print. Van Dijk, Thomas (2013). "Making meals on Mars". in: TU Delta. 26 February 2013. Web. https://web.archive.org/web/20130621102635/http://delta.tudelft.nl/artikel/making-meals-on-mars/26367 Wynants, Marleen and Jan Cornelis (eds.) (2007). Brave new interfaces. Individual, Social and Economic Impact of the Next Generation Interfaces. Brussels: VUB Press. ISBN 9789054874164
== External links == Official website Angelo Vermeulen at TED