McBean Theater, 12:30, 2:00, and 3:30pm
Journey through time, back to the exciting seafaring days in the early part of this century with Captain Irving Johnson, as he spins a salty tale of adventures aboard the massive square rigger Peking. Around Cape Horn (1929, 35 minutes) contains spectacular archival storm footage. ____________________________________________________________________
Films
Temporary Exhibition Area
For thousands of years people have pondered the mysteries of human behavior. Today is the last day to explore your own psychological make up-- thoughts, feelings and attitudes -- in this exciting hands-on exhibition. More than 30 displays cover an extraordinary range of topics from childhood development to mind-body interaction to leadership skills to personal space. Come measure your reflex time or your ability to handle stress. And bring the kids. Playspace, for children aged 4 and under (and a parent), is designed specifically for the very, very young.
Special Exhibit Closes: The Love Tapes
Temporary Exhibition Area
The public is invited to discuss their most intimate thoughts and feelings about love, videotaped in a private and unique environment of their choosing. This is an ongoing project of artist-in-residence and psychotherapist Wendy Clarke. Participants may have their videotapes added to the growing collection of extraordinary testimony on a topic both personal and universal. The Love Tapes is offered in conjunction with the special exhibition Psychology.
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McBean Theater, 2pm
In Our Planet Earth (1992, 23 min.) 17 astronauts and cosmonauts from 10 countries share their adventures and insights to convey the wonder and fragility of our planet as they have experienced it from beyond political and geographical bounderies. A spectacular display of the world's color and light, as continents pass in minutes, and the sun rises and sets sixteen times a day.
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Traditional Guatemalan Weaving with Santa Jimenez Perfitt
Museum floor, noon-5pm
Santa Jimenez was born in the village of Todos Santos Cuchumatan in the Guatamalan highlands at 9200 feet above sea level. She is a Mam speaking Indian -- a linguistic group descended from the ancient Maya. Like most village women, Santa learned to weave at age seven by watching her mother. Typically, a girl's first woven piece is a small band or servilleta (napkin). Most girls are skilled weavers by the age of twelve. In her work, Santa does not follow a paper pattern; she has memorized the traditional designs of her family and her village. She says, "I use design motifs depicting characters of Mayan myth and everyday life. My weaving is a personal declaration that ancient knowledge has been passed on. In the traditional passage from mother to daughter, Mayan culture survives. " Her work has been exhibited in museums throughout the US.
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McBean Theater, 2pm
In Search of the Edge: An Inquiry into the Shape of the Earth and the Disappearance of Andrea Barns (1990, 25 min.), by Scott Barrie, presents a carefully constructed humorous argument that the earth is flat! The film includes interviews with experts, stock foot-age, still photographs and animation woven together with the story of Andrea Barns, a Canadian woman who devoted her life attempting to convince all that the earth is flat.
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McBean Theater, 2pm
In recognition of Martin Luther King Day, we screen "Youth on Racism: Part 1 and Part 2" (1993, 40 min.) which was selected as Best of Festival from Wired Youth: The Second Annual Youth Video Festival. Produced by Community Television Network in Chicago, this documentary profiles four teenagers from different backgrounds and neighborhoods who come together to discuss the roots of racism. Another youth-made video, "And They Scream the Dream" (1993, 7 min.), produced by the Minnesota Art Center's High School for the Arts, uses archival footage of Dr. King and computer generated images to create a powerful remembering of the fight for desegregation in the 1960's.
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McBean Theater, 2pm
Join us for a weekend dedicated to our home, the Palace of Fine Arts. See A Trip Down Market Street-1905 and The Innocent Fair-1915, as well as other archival and vintage footage. Free architectural tours led by our Palace Guides take visitors through the grounds of this grand classical "ruin." This event is free with museum admission.
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Rising Above Our Garbage, a symposium organized by the Exploratorium for January 28-30, brings together public policy decision makers and artists in a groundbreaking three day forum that seeks to couple creative thinking and the very real problems posed by the demands of waste disposal and management.
____________________________________________________________________ Don't Miss February 2 Osher Fellowship Lecture: NY Sanitation Artist-in-Residence Mierle Ukeles
McBean Theater, 8pm
To quote the New York Times, "Michelangelo had his ceiling. Frank Lloyd Wright had his falling water. Ms. Ukeles has her garbage." As the New York City Sanitation Department's artist-in-residence for the past thirteen years, Mierle Laderman Ukeles has displayed works made of piled steel shavings from subway car wheels; choreographed a dance of big white street sweepers; and did a 5 year performance art piece that involved her shaking hands will all 8500 Sanitation Department employees, as well as numerous other New York, national and international commissions. As an Osher Fellow in Residence, Ms. Ukeles has been instrumental in the conception of the Garbage Symposium (See January 28) and this evening poses its basic premise: that opening up the design of landfill, solid waste, water treatment, and other public works dealing with infastructure, will be the great design challenges our age. She will also discuss her own work, including Danehy Park Landfill, Cambridge, MA, and Freshkill Landfill, NY, the largest landfill on earth, larger than the Great Wall of China. Free with museum admission. Call (415) 561-0361 for reservations.
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