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Opening Reception | Chamber of Wonders: Artwork by Lisa Moren with Dr. Tsvetan Bachvaroff
December 14, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Free
RSVP in Advance
Exhibition on view: December 15, 2023 – February 4, 2024
Thursday-Friday: 3pm to 7pm
Saturday-Sunday: 10am to 4pm
Closed: December 24-31
Please join us for the opening of Chamber of Wonders: Artwork by Lisa Moren with Dr. Tsvetan Bachvaroff. In the exhibition, an artist and marine biologist have collaborated on a series of hands-on installations and displays telling the invisible stories of living microbes under the surface of the Chesapeake Bay. The artworks explore the social and poetic relationship between humans and non-humans, especially invisible critters affecting our everyday lives. Photography, drawings, and objects with hand-made assemblages are integrated in experimental multi-media forms of live microbes, augmented reality [AR] and animation that’s informed live conditions streaming in from the nearby Chesapeake Bay water.
Visitors will see animated Chesapeake Bay microbes, talk to real bioluminescent ones and experience how artists use live Bay conditions [data] to tell stories in several installations. Projects include “Under the Bay” presented for the first time as a mixed reality project and “What is the Shape of Water?” where viewers are invited to talk to ancient microbes or ask questions such as ‘what is the shape of water?’ and the excited critters will answer in turbulent shapes of blue light! New and related works will also be on display, including screenings of short films and a documentary by the artist and scientist on the topic.
This family friendly exhibition will challenge and delight curious citizens and experts of all ages. To listen to the project podcast, download the AR app or to learn more on the projects go to lisamoren.com.
Wheelchair and Physical Building Access / The Peale has a brand new elevator! The new accessible entrance is on the left side of the building, down Watchouse alley about 100 ft. There is a keypad on the right side of the elevator door. Press the button to call the elevator. There is a door that will swing open automatically once the elevator is called so stand back. Once the door is open you can enter the elevator portico and then step/roll/dance into the elevator. When you come out of the elevator you will be in a short hallway by the bathrooms and the lobby and welcome desk is on the right. There are three floors in the Peale there is a handrail on all flights of stairs. Various and ample forms of seating is available in every room. The historic entrance has five steps and no functioning handrail.
Parking / There is a temporary drop off spot in the “no parking” zone directly in front of the Holliday St. entrance. There are multiple public paid parking lots within a two block radius of The Peale as well as street parking. There are 4 access parking spots on the 200 block of Holliday Street.