A Very Liquid Heaven Exhibit

In his 1644 Principles of Philosophy, René Descartes described the earth as surrounded on all sides by “a very liquid heaven.” Although later discoveries discredited this idea, in a sense Descartes was on target. Modern astronomy reveals stars not as hard, fixed objects, but as pulsing plasma, and interstellar space... See more 

This exhibition catalogue explores the problem of permanence versus mutability and the perception of time. AVLH explores the human perception of stars, with an emphasis on the contrast between the traditional picture of immutable points of light and the modern picture of physical objects, many of which dramatically... See more