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We are happy to share with you a video profile of one of our Exploratorium Cinema Artists in Residence, Paul Clipson. Phoebe Tooke (of Moving Images dept) shot and edited this piece after spending time with Paul in his process of creating a newly commissioned work. Special thanks to her for a beautiful short profile capturing Paul’s creation of a reflective, 16mm cine poem along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. Paul’s film not only frames the materiality of the water front, it also highlights the ephemeral or fragile qualities of both place and film. We are excited to see his finished work, but in the meantime, enjoy this!

~nicole

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thekhooll:

Gothic Architecture

These garments made from interlocking foam pieces by Croatian designer Matija Čop reference construction techniques and shapes found in gothic architecture 

nybg:

designcloud:

Dilston Grove by Ackroyd & Harvey

Dilston Grove (formerly known as Clare College Mission Church) located on the edge of Southwark Park in Bermondsey, London was transformed into a green chamber of living grass in collaboration with sound artist and composer Graeme Miller, Ackroyd & Harvey. This church was originally designed in early Italian style with an austere exterior which gave way to the dramatic difference created by the liveliness of the fabrics of growing grass. The clay, germinating grass seeds, water and natural light presented the sharp contrast between growth and decay, reverie and renewal. Through the interplay of light, sound and growth, this project brought resurrection to this old, inert and nonfunctional building, bringing back spiritual memories for local residence over a three week period.

I wonder if Patrick Blanc would appreciate the vertical minimalism. —MN

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lacma:

art21:

“Generally, we use light—we don’t really pay much attention to light itself. That’s my interest: this fascination with light and how we come to light.”
—James Turrell

Happy birthday today (May 6) to artist James Turrell.

Seen here is the The Light Inside (1999), commissioned by and installed at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The Light Inside is installed in the underground tunnel that links the museum’s Caroline Wiess Law Building with the Audrey Jones Beck Building.

This scene is featured in the Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 1 episode, Spirituality (2001).

WATCH James Turrell in Spirituality: Preview | Full Segment [available in the U.S. only]

IMAGES: Production stills from the Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 1 episode, Spirituality, 2001. © Art21, Inc. 2001.

We can’t wait for James Turrell: A Retrospective to open at LACMA later this month. Advance tickets (highly recommended) go on sale on Wednesday. Unless, of course, you’re a member, in which case you can reserve yours now.

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luckybystander:

Hellfire

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For thousands of years, Indian women have created these elaborate geometric designs using a variety of natural materials—flowers, spices, sand, and natural pigment—to mark auspicious occasions, celebrations, and milestones. The rangoli would evolve over the course of the day. Purvi Shah studied fine art and design in India. For the Exploratorium’s Grand Opening, she created an elaborate rangoli—a living, breathing Indian design tradition that is thousands of years old. Purvi and her students from the India Community Center used motifs derived from the Exploratorium and natural phenomena found in the local landscape to create this temporal painting celebrating the beauty of our new public space at Pier 15.

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tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of a young girl with a steroscope], Edward Abraham Kusel

via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

Giant projections by Obscura Digital on our opening night at the new Exploratorium.  Live performance by Miwa Matreyek(last photo).

Come see us at our new home!

Photos by Amy Snyder and Lowell Robinson

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This beautiful, wonderful artist, Miwa Matreyek, will be performing at the Exploratorium’s grand opening tomorrow night!  Pier 15, The Embarcadero, San Francisco.  Shows at 8:30pm and 9:30pm!  Repeated on Thursday night.  Don’t miss it, her shows are a true live experience!!

Check out this video to get a taste for Miwa’s work.

©Miwa Matreyek and The Exploratorium