Viewing a landscape through a frame changes the way we see, whether that frame is a window, a smartphone screen, or the lens of a camera obscura, projecting images into a darkened room. These optical devices can both heighten and distort our perceptions of the world around us. Join us for a talk on the architecture of landscape perception and a celebration of optical exhibits, historical instruments, and artworks designed for landscape observation in the Bay Observatory.
Free. RSVP required. To RSVP, email [email protected], or call 415.528.4444 and choose option 5.
Speakers
Observation and Knowledge in the Bay Observatory
Bay Observatory Curator Susan Schwartzenberg
Phantom Geographies, Chambered Terrains: Camera Obscura and the Architecture of Landscape Perception
Bryan Connell
On the Construction of a Camera Obscura
Peter Richards and Phil Williams
Reanimating the Heavens: New Views of the 1882 Transit of Venus and Comet Morehouse (1908)
Tony Misch
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Free. RSVP required. To RSVP, email [email protected], or call 415.528.4444 and choose option 5.
Speakers
Observation and Knowledge in the Bay Observatory
Bay Observatory Curator Susan Schwartzenberg
Phantom Geographies, Chambered Terrains: Camera Obscura and the Architecture of Landscape Perception
Bryan Connell
On the Construction of a Camera Obscura
Peter Richards and Phil Williams
Reanimating the Heavens: New Views of the 1882 Transit of Venus and Comet Morehouse (1908)
Tony Misch
Viewing a landscape through a frame changes the way we see, whether that frame is a window, a smartphone screen, or the lens of a camera obscura, projecting images into a darkened room. These optical devices can both heighten and distort our perceptions of the world around us. Join us for a talk on the architecture of landscape perception and a celebration of optical exhibits, historical instruments, and artworks designed for landscape observation in the Bay Observatory.
Free. RSVP required. To RSVP, email [email protected], or call 415.528.4444 and choose option 5.
Speakers
Observation and Knowledge in the Bay Observatory
Bay Observatory Curator Susan Schwartzenberg
Phantom Geographies, Chambered Terrains: Camera Obscura and the Architecture of Landscape Perception
Bryan Connell
On the Construction of a Camera Obscura
Peter Richards and Phil Williams
Reanimating the Heavens: New Views of the 1882 Transit of Venus and Comet Morehouse (1908)
Tony Misch
read more
Free. RSVP required. To RSVP, email [email protected], or call 415.528.4444 and choose option 5.
Speakers
Observation and Knowledge in the Bay Observatory
Bay Observatory Curator Susan Schwartzenberg
Phantom Geographies, Chambered Terrains: Camera Obscura and the Architecture of Landscape Perception
Bryan Connell
On the Construction of a Camera Obscura
Peter Richards and Phil Williams
Reanimating the Heavens: New Views of the 1882 Transit of Venus and Comet Morehouse (1908)
Tony Misch
show less
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