Campuswide Exhibition Bridges Art and Science at Caltech

Powers of Ten (5) in Dabney Hall lounge is the largest gallery in the exhibition. It traverses science visualization from the smallest particles to the expanse of the cosmos and across diverse scientific disciplines. The gallery includes a large-scale original artwork, You, Me, and Infinity by Lia Halloran, a recent Caltech artist-in-residence and collaborator with Kip Thorne, Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus. Powers of Ten also features artwork and data visualization by Hillary Mushkin, research professor of art and design in engineering and applied science and the humanities and social sciences and a co-organizer of the Data to Discovery project.

The final stop, at the Chen Neuroscience Research Building, features an untitled installation (6) by artist Helen Pashgian, who was the first female artist-in-residence at Caltech in 1969. The space features one of her luminous resin “lens” sculptures.

“It was at Caltech in the late 1960s that Pashgian first began experimenting with polyester resins that still form the primary material for her art,” says Crossing Over curator Claudia Bohn-Spector. “Today, Pashgian is one of the leading representatives of Southern California’s famous Light and Space movement, renowned worldwide for her ephemeral and transformative sculptures. We are absolutely delighted she shared her work for this special occasion, providing a powerful endpoint to an exhibition that starts with a live image of the Sun.”

For members of the campus community, Collopy says Crossing Over is an opportunity to gain “a new sense of the history of the place, of the historical resources that exist in the archives, and of the potential in the current moment for integrating the visual into science and engineering research.” And for everyone else: “This exhibit is an invitation to people who don’t have a connection to Caltech to form one.”

Crossing Over: Art and Science at Caltech, 1920–2020 is free, self-guided, and open to the public. Visiting hours for the indoor galleries are Wednesdays–Sundays, 11 a.m.– 4 p.m.

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