IIT Art Exhibit Explores the Secret Life of Plants
Exhibit asks, "How Does Your Garden Grow? "- Opening Thursday, October 9
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is pleased to present "How Does Your Garden Grow?," an art exhibition revealing the secret life of plants as captured by artists and scientists using x-ray and microscopic photography, time-lapse video and robot monitors. Part of art@iit, the exhibition will be on display October 9 through November 14, 2008, in the Kemper Room Art Gallery of the Galvin Library, 35 West 33rd St., Chicago, on the university's main campus.
The exhibition displays the delicate structures of flowers in Steven Meyer's x-ray photography, nature's silent rhythms seen in Roger Hangarter's "Plants in Motion" videos, fluorescent plant cells in microscopic images by Michael Davidson, Peter Osler's photo essay on time's wear, David Bowen's growth charting robot and more. "How Does Your Garden Grow?" provides a unique way for attendees to view and appreciate plant life.
An opening reception for the exhibition will take place from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, October 9, in the Kemper Room Art Gallery. At 5:30 p.m., Peter Osler, director of landscape architecture at the College of Architecture at IIT, will offer a presentation titled "Time's Way, Time's Wear, and the Poetics of Shears."
art@iit was established in 2004, the product of a cross-discipline, interprofessional student project, with a mission to feature and promote the art of technology.
Exhibit hours are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For additional information, travel and parking directions, please visit art.iit.edu or call 312-567-5293.
Founded in 1890, IIT is a Ph.D.-granting university with more than 7,300 students in engineering, sciences, architecture, psychology, design, humanities, business and law. IIT's interprofessional, technology-focused curriculum is designed to advance knowledge through research and scholarship, to cultivate invention improving the human condition, and to prepare students from throughout the world for a life of professional achievement, service to society, and individual fulfillment. Visit www.iit.edu.
