Enter into the “Macroscope” with this new public art installation.
Campus Arts continues to make headway in expanding the availability of art to students, as another project has been approved for installation. Located at the Millennium Science Complex, the Materials Research Institute (MRI) will be the location of a public art piece titled Macroscope.
In a collaboration known as Encoded Objects, artists Jonathan Rockford and Michael Hadley will integrate the work of MRI with their creative practice of utilizing art to explore connections to the physical world through the use of technology.
In May of 2019, the artists visited the site of the piece.
Macroscope will be comprised of an animated, time-lapse projection onto the windows above the building’s lobby. A mounted camera will record those passing through the building’s entrance, utilizing the footage to create a colorful abstraction of reality to project onto the building’s windows.
Artist rendering of Macroscope as it will be projected
MRI aims to create a new generation of highly qualified students through a multi-disciplinary approach to materials research, and has a unique advantage through their direct interface with the life sciences at the Millennium Science Complex. Just as MRI works to integrate various disciplines for its students, Rockford and Hadley will integrate art, technology, and the reality of the world around us to produce a beautiful piece for students and staff to enjoy.
Here, the work of MRI intersects with the piece, as the projection’s crystalline pattern is reminiscent of MRI’s materials research.
We look forward with anticipation to the coming installation of this unique and ever-changing representation of the reality of the world we live in.
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