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Dan Holdsworth: At the Edge of Space, Parts 1 - 3
Untitled from Hyperborea 2006 by Dan Holdsworth (c) Courtesy of the Artist
Stills, Edinburgh
29 March 2007, 6pm
As part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival, Stills is presenting a mesmerising exhibition of new and retrospective work by the innovative photographer, Dan Holdsworth.
Commissioned by the National Maritime Museum, At the Edge of Space, Parts 1-3 reveals the visual impact of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights experienced in Reykjavik, Iceland as well as the Andoya Rocket Range in Norway – located above the Arctic Circle. We will travel on to the American National Astronomy and Ionosphere Centre in Puerto Rico, home to the largest radio telescope in the world. Here Holdsworth has produced a series of four-hour long exposures concentrating on the ‘Gregorian’ reflector that is suspended 450ft in the air, and collects data from the furthest reaches of known space. We will then land in South America where Holdsworth explores the European Space Agency’s spaceport deep in the jungle of Kourou in Guiana.
‘The experience of photographing the Northern Lights felt like I was entering a different time space,’ says Holdsworth. ‘Whilst being alone in the Arctic wilderness, I became aware of the cycle of the Earth. The lights are a visual representation of everything that we cannot see but which goes on around us all the time. It’s like being given a glimpse of the rhythm of the universe.’
Joining us on this voyage of visually spectacular imagery will be Kirsten Lloyd, Programme Manager at Stills.
We look forward to seeing you there.