Illusion At Discovery Place And Engaging Young Adults In The Cultural Sector

Published February 12, 2015 at 10:26 AM EST

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Columba, Roseline de Thelin: Columba is named after the small, faint star constellation Columba Noachi (Latin for Noah’s Dove) and symbolizes our growing consciousness";

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Columba, Roseline de Thelin: Columba is named after the small, faint star constellation Columba Noachi (Latin for Noah’s Dove) and symbolizes our growing consciousness";

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Significant Birds, Nye Parry: In Significant Birds the listener is confronted with a group of twelve bird cages, each containing a small loudspeaker.

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Significant Birds, Nye Parry: In Significant Birds the listener is confronted with a group of twelve bird cages, each containing a small loudspeaker.

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Delicate Boundaries, Chris Sugrue: As digital technologies have become embedded in everyday life, the line between the virtual and real is becoming increasingly blurred.

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Delicate Boundaries, Chris Sugrue: As digital technologies have become embedded in everyday life, the line between the virtual and real is becoming increasingly blurred.

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Typographic Organism, Adrien M & Claire B: Forms float in an aquarium. They are made from letters, but their movements suggest that they are actually smalls creatures, like bees trapped in a bottle.

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Typographic Organism, Adrien M & Claire B: Forms float in an aquarium. They are made from letters, but their movements suggest that they are actually smalls creatures, like bees trapped in a bottle.

9:00 a.m. Friday, February 13, 2015

Perception is often our reality but the trouble is, your perception could be wrong. A new Discovery Place exhibit makes that crystal clear. Nothing is as it seems in Illusion, which uses optical, audio and other tricks to fool your eye and your senses. We hear more about how they accomplish that in the first part of the program and then we find out about how some cultural institutions- including Discovery Place- are engaging young professionals.

Events
Illusion’s coordinating Science on the Rocks at Discovery Place: Smoke & Mirrors is Friday February 20, 5-9 PM.

The next Rush Hour Recital for Bechtler Young Visionaries and Pulse members is March 18, 6 PM.

Guests
Part I:

Conor Courtney - Chief Researcher, Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland
Catherine Wilson Horne - President and CEO of Discovery Place, Inc.

Part II:

Catherine Wilson Horne – President and CEO of Discovery Place, Inc.
Christopher Lawing – Vice President of Programming and Research at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Greene – Co-Chair, Pulse, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra