TONIGHT AT 7pm - Screening of THE CITY DARK at East Wing - Free Parking at the Limestone House. Hope to see you here! Tuesday 28 October 7pm – Admission FREE. To accompany our new exhibition, Darkened Cities, by Thierry Cohen, East Wing presents a free one night screening of this insightful documentary, which takes an in-depth look the extremes we go to in order to light our environments and how our practice of over-lighting effects nature, as well as our own personal health. THE CITY DARK chronicles the disappearance of darkness. The film follows filmmaker (and amateur astronomer) Ian Cheney (KING CORN, BIG RIVER,TRUCK FARM), who moves to New York City from Maine and discovers an urban sky almost completely devoid of stars. He poses a deceptively simple question, What do we lose, when we lose the night?” Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawaii, tracking disoriented hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing birds on Chicago streets injured by collisions with buildings, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights--including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above. In six chapters weaving together cutting-edge science with personal, meditative sequences reflecting on the human relationship to the sky, THE CITY DARK shines new light on the meaning of the dark. The film features stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, philosophers, historians, and lighting designers including Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, astronaut Don Pettit, neurologist Dr. George Brainard, Harvard Medical School scientist Dr. Steven Lockley, cosmologist Chris Impey, and lighting designer Hervé Descottes.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:44:17 +0000
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