Jean Dubuffet - Cristallisation du rêve - 1952
Ellsworth Kelly - Spectrum Colors arranged by chance II -
The Sun is not silent. The low, pulsing hum of our star’s heartbeat allows scientists to peer inside, revealing huge rivers of solar material flowing around before their eyes — er, ears.
Data from ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), sonified by the Stanford Experimental Physics Lab, captures the Sun’s natural vibrations and reveals what can’t be seen with the naked eye.
In this audiogram, our heliophysicist Alex Young explains how this simple sound connects us with the Sun and all the other stars in the universe.
This piece features low frequency sounds of the Sun. For the best listening experience, listen to this story with headphones. 🎧
Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/2LMW42o
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Analogue photograph from our hike in Norway
James Turrell at the National Gallery of Australia
Mort à Vignole (Death at Vignole), Olivier Smolders, 1998.
Ghost Story, Angela Deane (because)
Confectioner Lauren Ko takes pie baking to another level -
Yayoi Kusama, INFINITY-NETS [TWXOB], 2014 David Zwirner Gallery
Blue Valley | Local Preacher
René Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967), Le monde des images [The World of Images], 1950. Oil on canvas, 100 x 80.6 cm.
Digital collage. Idea for a poster