EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

Science in the City: Reel Movies (Clip)

Running Time:
00:04:47

The end of an era is near: In movie theaters across the country, film projectors are rapidly being replaced by digital projectors. Paul Clipson, projectionist at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, gives us what may be a last-chance look at the tools and techniques—including lightning reflexes—at work in 35 mm film projection.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: March 15, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art, general science, physics

Keywords: 35mm, projection, film, paul clipson, film projection

QuickTime: 1600K

Miscellaneous: Compound Eyes Trailer (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:25

In this new series of short works, local Super-8 filmmaker and Exploratorium Artist-in-Residence Paul Clipson gets up close and personal with a dynamic cast of dragonflies, spiders, ants, butterflies, and slugs. These lyrical and concentrated studies reveal the world as more complicated, ugly, and beautiful than we had ever imagined. Accompanied by a newly-commissioned soundtrack by Berlin-based musician Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. To view this film join us at the Exploratorium! Show is ongoing through Sunday, Oct 2, 2011

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: September 22, 2011
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art

Keywords: film, artist in residency, paul clipson, super-8

Driven: The Hopeful Gesture (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:10

Megan and Rick Prelinger opened their personal library in San Francisco in 2004, seeking to share their collection of books and resources with a larger community. In this show, Megan shares her story of making this "hopeful gesture" towards a world where knowledge is accessible to all. As she puts it, "in utopia, there are no closed stacks."

Project: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration | Browse All

Date: October 22, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art, history

Keywords: prelinger library, prelinger archive, books, film, assets, appropriation, librarian

After Dark: Distortion: Thee Oh Sees and Harry Smith Film (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:49

A highlight of this After Dark evening was Thee Oh Sees, one of the Bay Area’s best underground bands, who created a playful aural disorientation while playing in front of “visual music” by the late experimental filmmaker and musicologist Harry Smith.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: March 4, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: music, band, concert, thee oh sees, harry smith, experimental, art, film, after dark

Miscellaneous: Between The Folds Preview (Clip)

Running Time:
00:02:02

The film Between the Folds is a 2009 work by filmmaker Vanessa Gould. Between the Folds chronicles ten artists and scientists who have devoted time to the unlikely medium of modern origami. Vanessa Gould, who has degrees in physics and architecture, explores the expression of mathematics through origami. She became captivated by the art and science of transforming sheets of paper into three-dimensional geometric shapes — and exposed a hidden subculture. The film will screen at the Exploratorium on Saturday, October 18th, at 2pm.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: August 28, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: paperfolding, origami, film, physics

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Green Fuse Films

Ice Stories: Conversation with 'Ice People' Scientists (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:34:58

In this live webcast, we look deeper into the film 'Ice People.' We speak with noted geologists Allan Ashworth and Adam Lewis, and filmmaker Anne Aghion in our San Francisco studio.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 14, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: ice stories, antarctica, polar scientists, ice, film, people, ancient, snow, biology

Real: 256K 600K

Windows Media: 256K 600K 600K

QuickTime: 1500K

ARTNANO: Trailer from All That Remains (Clip)

Running Time:
00:06:00

Animated abstract images create a portrait of matter in perpetual decomposition.

Project: ARTNANO | Browse All

Date: February 8, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: nano, art, film, video, rephotography, animation

Fabricated Realities: Destination Mars (Clip)

Running Time:
00:06:12

This machinima, a movie made entirely within Second Life (a 3-D virtual world), shows a simulation of the impact of a meteor on the surface of Mars.

Project: Fabricated Realities: Virtual Worlds, Mixed and Augmented Reality | Browse All

Date: January 24, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Art

Keywords: mars, space, asteroid, computer simulation, second life, machinima, film

Links:

Journey To Mars Website

QuickTime: 450K

AfterSchool Activities: Bee Hummer Activity: Introduction (Clip)

Running Time:
00:00:31

An introduction to the bee hummer, a simple musical instrument that sounds like a swarm of buzzing bees when you spin it around.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: sound, sound toy, music, musical instrument, vibration, ear, hear, buzz, afterschool

Links:	Download activity instructions
	Download concept map
	Going further

AfterSchool Activities: Bee Hummer Activity: Step-by-step demonstration (Clip)

Running Time:
00:06:08

A detailed demonstration of how to make the bee hummer, including a discussion of materials needed, troubleshooting tips if your hummer isn't humming well, and a demonstration of how the instrument should be played.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: sound, sound toy, music, musical instrument, vibration, ear, hear, buzz, afterschool

Links:	Download activity instructions
	Download concept map
	Going further


		Streaming Technology provided by: Digital Rapids	Webcasts made possible through the generosity of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Jim Clark Endowment for Internet Education, the McBean Family Foundation,.and the Corporation for Educational Networks Initiatives in California (CENIC).