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20138 minPGdoc-short

Art History Scientific Research

Sunlight

20138 minPGdoc-short

Thousands of glass-plate slides of the Sun, created between 1875 and 1945, form a two-screen video work lasting eight minutes.

Art History Scientific Research

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Elizabeth Price

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Thousands of glass-plate slides of the Sun, created between 1875 and 1945, form a two-screen video work lasting eight minutes.

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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory houses thousands of glass-plate slides depicting the Sun, created between 1875 and 1945. Artist Anna Price discovered these during her residency there. "Sunlight," an 8-minute video work from 2013, presents a two-screen display of these historical images. The project combines scientific history with visual art, reflecting on the evolution of solar observation.

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