Isabella MartinJul 26, 20153 minShip ShapeWhat does it mean to spend two months in the middle of a landscape? We’re all in the middle of landscape, so to rephrase: what does it me...
Isabella MartinJun 3, 20152 minSpace ShipsThird in residence, following Simon and Sean, taking up dwelling in these studios which seemed big when I visited them mid-build, unclad ...
Mark DruryMay 12, 20151 minAnimations from Sean HarrisAnimations created by artist Sean Harris and projected between The Observatory structures as part of his magical and mesmerising final re...
Sean HarrisMar 30, 20153 minWhat Light Through Yonder Door Breaks?(With apologies to both William Shakespeare and the Mighty Boosh for the mashed-up title of this post... did you see the episode of the B...
Mark DruryMar 19, 20151 minArtists on film...As part of The Observatory project we have commissioned filmmaker Matthew Dunkinson to create a series of short films looking at the expe...
Mark DruryMar 18, 20151 minSR: My harmonograph wallMy time in the actual Observatory is now over, so the work continues back in the studio, where I have put up all the harmonograph drawing...
Mark DruryMar 16, 20151 minSR: Out of the boxToday is my last day in the Observatory. It has come to feel a little like home. My time there has initiated plenty of ideas for new work...
Mark DruryMar 16, 20151 minSR: Philae talk now onlineThe research talk I gave recently in the Planetarium at the Winchester Science Centre is now online. You can find it at the front of this...
Mark DruryMar 9, 20151 minSR: The Kepler OrreryA recent Horizon programme took a look at our latest understanding of how the planets circle our Sun. Away with the old idea of fixed orb...
Mark DruryFeb 27, 20152 minSR: The colour whiteI have been wanting to experiment with chalk drawing for some time, so sitting here in the Observatory on the South Downs seems like a go...
Mark DruryFeb 25, 20151 minSR: Headlost WalkfoundI took a walk up onto Cheesefoot Head early this morning, to see if I could clear my head from all that I have unearthed during this resi...
Mark DruryFeb 24, 20151 minSR: Romantics in spaceI don’t know about you, but when I am putting on a talk I have to run through it again and again until I feel it is inside me; that I can...
Mark DruryJan 31, 20151 minSR: The story so far...Whilst this project has been getting up and running I have been posting to my own blog at www.simonhryder.wordpress.com So please first h...
