{"id":2220,"date":"2009-11-12T06:10:34","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T13:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2009-11-12T06:10:34","modified_gmt":"2009-11-12T13:10:34","slug":"white-nights-at-the-bloomfield-science-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=2220","title":{"rendered":"White Nights at the Bloomfield Science Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anything is possible when science meets art \u2013 especially in the middle of the night! French videoartist Judith Darmont performs at the Bloomfield Science Museum \u201cWhite Nights\u201d which take place on three consecutive Thursdays from 21:00 to 2:00 (26.11, 3.12 &amp; 10.12). Entrance is free and the museum offers a multitude of reasons to stay up late.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Darmont, known for creating digital visual illustrations to music, will perform \u201cJunction\u201d at 22:00, 23:30 and 1:00 each Thursday. The current work is inspired by images from exhibits on the brain which relate to illusion, perception, the brain\u2019s structure and processes. Darmont combines poetic video art with music and scientific images of the brain in a creative interpretation of dreams. Let the beat move your feet and the images dance before your eyes. In the clip below, Darmont performs on video keyboard with MOVIESONIC.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/STzlInnmdck&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/STzlInnmdck&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Other museum highlights include a festival of French science films on topics ranging from astrophysics to Darwin, humans and their environment and the Mediterranean. There will be guided tours of the museum\u2019s exhibits:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2222\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/\u05d3\u05e8\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05df-Largesassontiram1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2222\" title=\"\u05d3\u05e8\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05df (Large)sassontiram\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/\u05d3\u05e8\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05df-Largesassontiram1.jpg\" alt=\"Darwin Exhibit\/Photo: Sasson Tiram\" width=\"410\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/\u05d3\u05e8\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05df-Largesassontiram1.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/-Largesassontiram1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darwin Exhibit\/Photo: Sasson Tiram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Darwin Now: an exhibit celebrating the 200th anniversary of Darwin\u2019s birth and 150 years to the publication of his famous book \u201cThe Origin of Species.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Journey Through the Brain: directions in contemporary brain research.<\/p>\n<p>Exposed Nerves: color photos of the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Einstein: the amazing world of the most famous scientist of our time.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be activities and demonstrations on the topics of: film, photography, light, color and movement. All museum exhibits will be open to the public. The museum\u2019s \u201cWhite Nights\u201d are part of a Jerusalem-wide event in which several museums and cultural organizations will participate, and are intended for youth, students and adults. The events are sponsored by the Municipality of Jerusalem and the Ariel Company.<\/p>\n<p>Kids, tell your parents it\u2019s educational.<\/p>\n<p>The Bloomfield Science Museum<br \/>\nMuseum Blvd. near the Givat Ram Campus, Hebrew University, Jerusalem<br \/>\nInformation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mada.org.il\/\">www.mada.org.il<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:mada@mada.org.il\">mada@mada.org.il<\/a>, 02-6544888<br \/>\nTop image: Judith Darmont\/Photo courtesy of The Bloomfield Science Museum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anything is possible when science meets art \u2013 especially in the middle of the night! French videoartist Judith Darmont performs at the Bloomfield Science Museum \u201cWhite Nights\u201d which take place on three consecutive Thursdays from 21:00 to 2:00 (26.11, 3.12 &amp; 10.12). Entrance is free and the museum offers a multitude of reasons to stay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}