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CURRENT EXHIBITION

Blended Worlds: Experiments In Interplanetary Imagination
September 21, 2024 - January 4, 2025

The City of Glendale’s Library, Arts & Culture Department, in collaboration with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), an operating division of Caltech and a Federally Funded Research and Development Center for NASA, is pleased to present a new exhibition titled Blended Worlds: Experiments In Interplanetary Imagination, at the Brand Library & Art Center. 

 

Through a series of art and science collaborations, Blended Worlds explores the landscape of human relationships with our ever-expanding environment. The exhibition includes artists collaborating with a team of JPL scientists and engineers to present a vision of the future that invites the viewer to consider the impact of greater connectedness with nature and its ability to foster a renewed sense of wonder and curiosity with our planet and the cosmos. Spanning a range of multimedia and cross-disciplinary works from 12 artists, Blended Worlds features contributions from David Bowen, Stuart Candy, Darel Carey, Ekene Ijeoma, Annette Lee, Ada Limón, Bruce Mau, Viktoria Modesta, Shane Myrbeck, Moon Ribas, Raffi Joe Wartanian and Saskia Wilson-Brown.

 

Blended Worlds is among more than 70 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art.​

Watch our Blended Worlds Playlist on YouTube to learn more about the artwork on view. Videos include an exhibition overview as well as artist spotlights that feature artists and their collaborating engineers and scientists. New videos will be released throughout the exhibition.

YouTube Playlist

Interested in art and science? Learn more by reading a book! This book list highlights featured exhibiting artists' works and echoes the themes investigated in Blended Worlds.

Accompanying Book List

​About The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL):

A division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, JPL began in 1936 and ultimately built and helped launch America’s first satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958. By the end of that year, Congress established NASA and JPL became a part of the agency. Since then, JPL has managed such historic missions as Voyager, Galileo, Cassini, the Mars Exploration Rover program, the Perseverance Mars rover, and many more.

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JPL acknowledges the generous support of the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission and the Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Trust.

Exhibition Hours:

The exhibition is open during Brand Library & Art Center's regular hours Tuesday - Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday, Holidays, & Holiday Weekends. See our Visit Page for more info.​

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Header Image: David Bowen, tele-present wind (Mars wind studio test) (detail), 2024. Courtesy of the artist.

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