Science – but not as you might know it. Come and read scientific works from medieval Europe with modern scientists and medieval specialists. Find out about the medieval big bang, the science of the rainbow, and how to move beyond the horizon.
Category Archives: Napa Lighted Art Festival
Preview 8: Beyond the Material at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 19 Jan 2019
All that glitters is not gold. Joshua Harvey, an experimental psychologist from the UK and Henrike Lange, an art historian from UC Berkeley, present some of the ways in which the eye can be tricked.
Preview 7: Beyond the Fringe at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 18 Jan 2019
Luke Fidler, an art historian, will talk about how artists like Stan Brakhage and Hollis Frampton drew on a range of medieval texts and images and changed our understanding of the filmic medium’s aesthetic possibilities in the process.
Preview 6: Taste Beyond Borders (2) at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 18 Jan 2019
Come and experience a taste of the past! Giles Gasper, and Andy Hook will bust myths about medieval European food!
Preview 5: Beyond Color at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 18 Jan 2019
What is color? How do we perceive it? Join multi-media sculptor Alexandra Carr, and experimental psychologist Joshua Harvey in an exploration of color from very different perspectives.
Preview 4: Horizon and Beyond the Horizon at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 17, 18, 19 Jan 2019
Find out about the science and history behind the projection piece, Horizon.
Preview 3: Beyond the Visible at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 17 Jan 2019
What happens when the wonderful complexities of light in all its forms, as understood by modern science meet the intricacies of modern art?
Preview 2: Taste Beyond Borders at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 17 Jan 2019
Come and experience a taste of the past! Giles Gasper, and Andy Hook will bust myths about medieval European food!
Preview 1: Beyond Belief at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 17 Jan 2019
Explore the powerful role of artistic expression in religious belief with two experts from the UK. Cate Watkinson, glassmaker, academic and stained glass restorer is joined by Giles Gasper, a historian of the Middle Ages.