Some images from the volcano film archive which has been collecting dust.....
there's some great footage, and we're forming some ideas of how to work with it
a collection of 16mm films from the turn of last century through the 40's 50's 60's.....
Filming non-stop all week....
Spent all week filming intensively and doing a couple of interesting interviews.
Getting pulled into Dicks Hawai'i volcano project, which he's been studying for twenty years.
He's being very generous with his knowledge and the tools of his science.
Thanks are due to Dick Fiske and Jon Cooper for letting us observe them working and Tim Rose for rummaging around in the materials processing lab.
Jon busy in his lab
meteorite thin sections in the making
Dick Fiske
some of Dicks scoria samples
Material Processing Lab.
Presenting...
Wednesday this week we presented our work to the department, all the suggestions and responses that came our way afterwards have been overwhelming... we're feeling well accepted into this community now and feel like we can plough ahead with a sense of purpose. All these suggestions and opportunities have spurred new inspirations but we know we need to focus to achieve anything solid.
Thursday spent a great day filming Dick Fiske sorting his volcanic tephra samples from Hawai'i field trips.....learning more about his and Tims project.
idea forming in our space...
Materials Processing Laboratory
The golden chalice that is the materials processing lab...we'll hopefully get in here and do some filming of Tim and John cutting up rocks...we've decided we need to spend a year here...
Exploring the corridors....
Exploring some of the other labs - the museum is updating all the interior of the science labs so this romantic 19th century style will be disappearing soon we feel like we should be capturing it but oh so many other things to do here...
Formulating
Another packed day; a seminar on Super Volcanoes, documenting some of our ideas (not sure if we'll be able to do some of them logistically or time-wise, but excited about their potential none the less!) explored the rock and ore collection more, started on the mineral sciences library......feeling hyper perceptive to what's going on around us which is sparking nuggets of inspiration.
Reticulite: 'an extreme form of pumice in which all bubbles have burst and become interconnected'
Classifying meteorites
hanging out with some of the meteorites team today who are classifying these sections of meteorites
Week 1
This week we've been having some great tours of all that goes on here and are feeling very inspired by all the people we have met and the work they do. We have a long list already of things we'd like to explore further and are verrry excited about being here...
meteorites collection tour....
a vast collection of matter out of this world...
we held a piece of Mars!
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