Heidi Neilson
Home Planetarium Survey
August 7 - September 27, 2009
Opening Friday August 7th, 7-10pm
For the inaugural exhibition at The Cabinet, artist Heidi Neilson presents Home Planetarium Survey, a display of seven toy planetariums and photograms of the constellation Orion as projected by the planetariums. Home Planetarium Survey is accompanied by a limited edition digital-offset printed saddlestitch bound book produced by the artist.
Using this iconic constellation and its easily identified belt as the basis for comparison reveals just how perception may be affected by the lens through which the world is viewed. The seven home planetariums: Orbiter Motorized Planetarium and Talking Film Projector, model ORPTS; Oshizorakodu Planetarium Kit. Tomy Co.; National Geograhic Society Star Planetarium. Uncle Milton Industries.; Portable Junior Planetarium No. 6500. Harmonic Reed Corporation.; Our amazing Home Planetarium. Educational Design, Inc.; Haro Planetarium. Banpresto Co.; Otona no Kagaku Planetarium Kit. Gakken Co.
more information at www.heidineilson.com
books available at www.AHNVHS.com
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