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| DESCRIPTION | Astronomical Pictures at an Exhibition is a suite of high-definition videos that takes viewers through a virtual gallery featuring awe-inspiring, art-like images and science visualizations of the cosmos as well as Salgado's own astronomy-inspired artwork. As the camera moves towards the works of art, audience members find themselves entering space through pictures and flying past Earth, planets, stars, black holes, and galaxies. As in his earlier production, Gustav Holst's The Planets, Dr. Salgado pays close attention to the tone and tempo of the music, resulting in an experience in which the music and visuals reinforce each other instead of competing for the viewer's attention. |
| MOVEMENTS |
00. Opening Titles
01. Main Gallery: Astronomy Inspired Artwork (Promenade I) 02. Galaxies and Cosmology (Gnomus)
03. Earth Gallery (Promenade II)
04. Earth from Space (Il vecchio castello)
05. Early Galaxy Observers (Promenade III)
06. Hubble Survey of Galaxies (Gnomus)
07. Saturn (Bydlo)
08. Stellar Evolution Exhibit (Promenade IV)
09. Pillars of Creation (Ballet of the unhatched chicks) 10. The Eagle Nebula (Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle)
11. Valles Marineris (Limoges - Le marché)
12. Images from Mars (Catacombae)
13. Telescopes (Cum mortuis in lingua mortua)
14. Gran Finale - A (The hut on fowl's legs)
15. Gran Finale - B (The Great Gate of Kiev) |
| PHOTOS | Stills and Concert Photos |
| REVIEWS | Chicago Sun Times - review Wednesday Journal - review Chicago Sun Times - announcement |
| CREDITS | |
| Directed, Produced, and Edited by | José Francisco Salgado, PhD e: salgado@adlerplanetarium.org |
| Executive Producer | Adler Planetarium |
| Astronomy-inspired Artwork by | JF Salgado/Vectors & Pixels Unlimited |
| Images Courtesy of | NASA, ESA, NRAO/AUI/NSF, NOAO/AURA/NSF |
| Visualizations Courtesy of | Adler Planetarium, ESA/Hubble, NASA/Caltech, NASA/GSFC, NASA/JPL, NASA/STScI, NCSA, NRAO/AUI/NSF, NOAO/AURA/NSF, SDSS (U of Chicago) |
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