A Series of Environmental Exhibits by Exploratorium Artists in Residence...

探索馆要求支持四位国家认可的装置艺术家开发科学相关的互动展览，这些展览将模拟波、云、流水的运动及其与地球表面的相互作用。通过操纵或增强这些模拟的元素力的行为，改变它们的尺度或观察它们的角度，或减慢或加速它们的自然过程，艺术家可以表现出通常不容易观察到的特征。这些展品与探索馆的其他展品相互参照，将构成流体运动物理学和元素力相互作用展览子集的中心。它们将作为一个起点，探索能够引起和支持艺术家所模拟的自然现象的物理条件。我们将开发两种不同的传播材料：1)一份面向博物馆专业人员的出版物，讲述如何利用艺术向公众展示科学。2)印刷指南，指定探索馆内与环境有关的展品，涉及自然界流体运动的各个方面。这些新的“路径”将面向儿童，并将向参加实地考察的学生和公众开放。它们将与另外两个能源途径协调制作，并以题为“能源与环境”的包分发。

The Exploratorium requests support for four nationally recognized installation artists to develop scientifically relevant, interactive exhibits that will model the movements of waves, clouds, and flowing water and their interplay on and with the Earth's surface. By manipulating or enhancing the behavior of these simulated elemental forces, changing their scale or the perspective from which they are observed, or slowing down or speeding up their natural processes, the artists can bring out characteristics not easily observed, normally. Cross- referenced to other Exploratorium exhibits, these pieces will form the center of a subset of exhibits on the physics of fluid motion and the interaction of elemental forces. They will serve as a starting point for exploring the physical conditions that can cause and support the natural phenomena modeled by the artists. We will develop two different kinds of dissemination materials: 1) A publication for museum professionals, addressing the use of art in presenting science to the public. 2) Printed guides which will designate environmentally relevant exhibits at the Exploratorium dealing with aspects fluid movements in nature. These new "Pathways" will be intended for children and will be made available to students coming on Field Trips and the general public. They will be produced in coordination with two other Pathways on Energy and distributed in packets entitled "Energy and the Environment."