On November 6th the Hammer Museum hosted an Enormous Microscopic Evening, which demonstrated the range of equipment people are using to explore the invisible, from state of the art futuristic equipment to home made one-of-a-kind technologies. The clarity of the images, range of instruments and enthusiasm of both presenters and visitors created an air of extended awe in the glowing room.
Soon we will live in a world with over a billion connected microscopes, and Enormous Microscopic Evening captured a brief glimpse of what cheap and powerful networked devices might start to reveal. There were lots of portable platforms on display and demonstrations of the way that 'social microscopy' is being used in medicine, mapping and environmental safety. The day before the event Machine Project hosted a Microscopy Hacking workshop, in which Rich Pell taught how to transform a cheap USB camera into a powerful optical microscope and Phil Ross demonstrated how to make the original glass bead Leeuwenhoek device.
Entering the museum one first encountered a performance of miniature pianos scored by John Cage.
Images from the event can be found here and here.
Soon we will live in a world with over a billion connected microscopes, and Enormous Microscopic Evening captured a brief glimpse of what cheap and powerful networked devices might start to reveal. There were lots of portable platforms on display and demonstrations of the way that 'social microscopy' is being used in medicine, mapping and environmental safety. The day before the event Machine Project hosted a Microscopy Hacking workshop, in which Rich Pell taught how to transform a cheap USB camera into a powerful optical microscope and Phil Ross demonstrated how to make the original glass bead Leeuwenhoek device.
Entering the museum one first encountered a performance of miniature pianos scored by John Cage.
Images from the event can be found here and here.
Including:
Big Screen Microscopy with a RED One CameraRichard Weinberg USC School of Cinematic Arts
The CellScope: Telemicroscopy for Disease Diagnosis
The Fletcher Lab UC Berkeley’s Fletcher Lab
Cheek Cell Portraits
Caitlin Johnson The Exploratorium
DIY Microscope Bar
Maria Mortati SF Mobile Museum.
D-Rev One-Micron Pocket Field Scope
Kurt Kuhlman D-Rev
Entomoproboscopy
Joshua Myers The Exploratorium.
How To Look At Insects: Field to Lab Entomology
Lila Higgins Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Instant Social Microscopy
Richard Pell Center For PostNatural History
Philip Ross CRITTER
Mobile Field Scope
Denise King The Exploratorium.
Nikon Small World Gallery
Open Source ScanningTunneling Microscope
Sacha d’Angeli Pumping House: One, ChemHacker
The Rosetta Project
Dr. Laura Welcher The Long Now Foundation.
Single Molecule Perception
Stephen Quake the Quake Lab, Stanford University.
Victorian Micro-Art
Micro Sounds
Toy Piano Concerts in the Lobby:
Chris Kallmyer and Danny Holt
Ambient Life Room:
Phil Ross, Lauren Allen, Zota
Special Dressing
