#exploafterdark

Checkout Hip Hop For Change curating “After Dark” event at SF Exploratorium. Posted @withregram • @hiphop4change This week, 9/30 join us at @exploratorium's #exploAfterDark: Discover the Wonder Find your aha moment at tonight’s After Dark—follow your bliss among hundreds of exhibits and installations exploring art and science. Enjoy a cocktail at Seaglass Restaurant, dance to a live DJ, and find out what happens when an artist, a scientist, and a magician walk into the Gold Beams Social Club. This Thursday, we have partnered up with @gold.beams to bring you something special: → DJ @heykingmost and @unlearntheworld representing @hiphop4change. →King Most's life truly revolves around music. He is a well-respected DJ and producer, known throughout the Bay and beyond. DJing since he was a teen, he continues to evolve thanks to his discipline and commitment. With a steady output of original remixes that he's branded "Redirections," King Most's music can be found in the sets of celebrity DJs and everyday selectors, as well as on radio stations like BBC and KCRW, and on Apple music. →UnLearn the World is an MC, beatmaker, and DJ. UnLearn the World’s artistic style is influenced by his upbringing in New York City during the late 1990s. Early on as a performer, UnLearn the World received notoriety as a supporting act for the Lyricist Lounge Club Series Tour, and has opened for Dead Prez, Killer Mike, and the Hip Hop icon Big Daddy Kane. In addition to working with artists and producers including Fat Joe, Jean Grae, Jake One, and The Beatnuts, UnLearn the World has shared the stage with Wu-Tang's Ghostface Killah, Skyzoo, Griselda, Jay Electronica, and Talib Kweli. Curious? Learn more and reserve your timed tickets at exploratorium.edu/afterdark⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ After Dark: Discover the Wonder Thursday, September 30th, 6–10 p.m. Ages 18+ . . #localartists #bayareaartist #djculture #hiphopeducation #rapper #hiphop #blackmusicmatters #blackartists #oakland #sf #soulmusic #undergroundhiphop #mc #graffiti #bayareahiphop #believinginyourself #leadersoftomorrow #dj #endwhitesupremacy #hiphoplife #hiphopheads #hiphoplifestyle #rnb #turntablist #scratchlife #afroasiansolidarity (at Exploratorium) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUYYmaYBMy1/?utm_medium=tumblr

In Silhouette invites you to experience remarkably complex and inventive works of shadow play—open at the Exploratorium from March 1st through April 28th, with a special opening night at #ExploAFTERDARK: Seeing Double on Thursday, February 28.⁣ Link in bio for more info.⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Upon entering the darkened Black Box, you encounter what appear to be mundane blank surfaces. However, hidden within each piece are unforeseen images that are revealed only under a flashlight’s beam.⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Appearing to be small, mesh surfaces, Drzach & Suchy’s water-suspended Floats reveal rival words in shadow when lit. A pioneer of hand-drawn holography, Tristan Duke presents works that result in floating, 3-D forms when illuminated. Rayform’s plexiglass plates resemble clear windows, but their projections onto nearby walls reveal a detailed photorealistic tableaux. Arm yourself with a handheld flashlight and bring these optical wonders to light.⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ //FEATURED ARTISTS//⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ → Drzach & Suchy⁣⠀ Drzach & Suchy are a design duo like no other: Drzach is an architect who combines art and design, while Suchy is a cryptographer and software engineer who experiments with holograms and various shadow techniques and materials. Together they showcase the hidden potential of light and shadow that can be unlocked using emerging technology.⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ → Tristan Duke⁣⠀ Tristan Duke has a background in photography and holography, and a deep interest in the science of optics and visual perception. Since 2008 he has been pioneering the development of hand-drawn holography as a creative medium. He is a fellow at the Museum of Jurassic Technology and current Artist-in-Residence at the Exploratorium.⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ → Rayform⁣⠀ Rayform develops light redirection technology that generates highly detailed images in shadow form. Cultivated through research at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, their technique uses computer-based algorithms to form images of caustics, a familiar optical phenomena. By machining subtle yet precise ripples into a transparent or reflective surface according to the algorithm’s calculations, incoming light is redirected to form amazingly clear and highly detailed images on nearby surfaces. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuZIo2XHt0C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19o5an62a7cdv

“We heard they had a bar” Everett laughs.⠀ ⠀ Everett and Anthony are colleagues visiting AFTER DARK for the first time. This evening the #ExploAFTERDARK theme was Craft, which featured programs like Intro to Beer Making and the Art of Knitting. ⠀ ⠀ “I’ve never been here before,” Anthony says. “It’s nice since we’re both kinda into engineering and science.”⠀ ⠀ Everett chimes in, “We were both STEM majors in college, so this is kind of right up our alley”⠀ ⠀ And what did they enjoy most on the floor? “The first part…the biology” Anthony says, “I loved the chicken embryo, it was pretty cool!”⠀ ⠀ They both seemed to be enjoying the nightlife at the museum. Of course, an evening bar outing with friends usually makes for a great time!⠀ ⠀ “I think I’ll come back for sure!”⠀ ⠀ ***⠀⠀ Welcome to #50FacesofExplo, our new series that celebrates the many faces of the Exploratorium in honor of our 50th anniversary. Join us all year long as we share smiles and stories from curious explOrers like you! And if you'd like to submit your own story or memory, head over to www.exploratorium.edu/myexplo or tag us in your posts using #MyExploratorium! ⠀ ⠀ 🎁 This month, we're giving away a pair of tickets to the Exploratorium for daytime or AFTER DARK to a lucky #MyExploratorium winner! (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt7AY0gH2LT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11rcom2e3j8eh

January's #MyExploratorium winner is @thin_knight, for sharing this #InflatableSF memory with us! Our January prize is a 2019 Optical Illusion Calendar—congrats @thin_knight! #MyExploratoriumMonday ⠀ ⠀ This February, we're giving away a pair of tickets to the Exploratorium for daytime or #ExploAFTERDARK! All you have to do is share your favorite Exploratorium memories with us: Your first cow’s eye dissection, yesterday’s field trip, the morning you mastered magnetism, your sparkliest Glow selfie, last summer’s workshop, your best Frank Oppenheimer story, your bell-bottomed Explainer days? Share it with us using #MyExploratorium or by following the link in bio to submit your stories on our web gallery! (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtfQ9FwnSEe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cv00f7bxa3mk

// 🔊 SOUND ON for this #ExploAFTERDARK Spotlight from artist/maker Neil Mendoza! Don't miss his and others' amazing works at our AFTER DARK #CuriousContraptions closing party on Thursday Jan. 17! Ticket link in bio.⠀ ⠀ Repost @neilmendoza: Robotic Voice Activated Word Kicking Machine (video needs sound) will be on display at the @exploratorium this Thursday evening alongside the amazing @maywa_denki. If you're in SF, come along!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #contemporaryart #kineticart #projectionmapping #robot #openframeworks #arduino (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bst6crcnA6Y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10lenruoav717

Kick off your New Year's resolution to do more and learn more at #ExploAFTERDARK: Resolution this Thursday night! Get tickets with link in bio or http://explo.me/1bC030naAaQ⠀ ⠀ Bonus points: check out our handy Exploratorium Bucket List for more adventures and activities that'll keep your spark of curiosity alive all year long! Work your way down the list at https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/2019-bucket-list.⠀ ⠀ #Exploratorium50 #MyExploratorium (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsKCKR7nqBk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pdl1j7ik2g5

⚡️⚡️⚡️TONIGHT: From the synapses in our bodies to superconductors to Earth’s magnetic field, electricity is everywhere. You'll get a charge out of Van de Graff generators, plasma tubes, and so much more! Prepare to be shocked by science at #ExploAFTERDARK: It's Electric! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Get tickets with link in bio! https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFiBmYH9x-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ul8oh6dfi8wn