DecadesOut News

Still Accepting Submissions for 2009 and
Looking Forward to 2010!!

The Launch Pad is a FREE arts development program focusing on theatre. Submissions are open globally, and we encourage writers, directors and actors to submit both new plays and new visions of established plays. The only thing we ask (in keeping with our mission) is that the play invoke science.

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The following quote says it so much better than I ever could.

“Science and art are not separate from each other. They assist us in observing nature. With the help of science we can discover the routines of nature. Through art we can describe the emotions of nature.” —Cheng-Dau Lee, Nobel Laureate in Physics

I have always loved both these things, and have always felt the parallels between them. These words, and there are thousands of examples of words like these as well as deeds throughout history. Think of the artists and scientists of the Renaissance. The great ‘A-ha!’ to create a company whose mission is to explore the cultural significance of science through the arts came a few years ago at nothing other than a conference on nanotechnology. An engineer was reveling, (and I mean waving hands, high-pitched voice, bugged out eyes) about the beauty of nanoscale fiber that is the width of a human hair that will change the way buildings are constructed, bridges are built, etc, etc. He was definitely passionate in a way that I’ve seen poets holler.

It is this kind of marriage among the arts and sciences that led to the creation of DecadesOut which takes its name from the John F. Kennedy speech announcing the goal of putting a man on the moon before ‘this decade is out.’

Thanks for checking us out, and we’ll keep you posted as to what going on. In the meantime, if you are an artist (writer, filmmaker, painter, photographer…) or know an artist, we’d love to hear from you and about what you’re working on. Join our mailing list, drop us a comment. Frank