https://jessicamacmillan.com Jessica MacMillan Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:47:16 +0000 https://jessicamacmillan.com en https://jessicamacmillan.com/Home-Time-Line Fri, 08 Sep 2017 09:49:48 +0000 Jessica MacMillan https://jessicamacmillan.com/Home-Time-Line Artica Svalbard presents: ‘Interview with Artica resident Jessica MacMillan’, a film by Tom Warner ︎︎︎&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; https://jessicamacmillan.com/MOBILE-Left-Nav Sat, 21 Dec 2024 18:05:12 +0000 Jessica MacMillan https://jessicamacmillan.com/MOBILE-Left-Nav Projects ︎︎︎Publications ︎︎︎ News ︎︎︎ Press ︎︎︎ About ︎︎︎ Contact ︎︎︎ https://jessicamacmillan.com/Projects Thu, 02 Jun 2022 19:09:02 +0000 Jessica MacMillan https://jessicamacmillan.com/Projects <img width="2000" height="1455" width_o="2000" height_o="1455" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/190f583abfd511e658693227aa0b317d46570df0ddce4423d59282469bf4e00b/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_in_Years_2.jpg" data-mid="239237995" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/190f583abfd511e658693227aa0b317d46570df0ddce4423d59282469bf4e00b/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_in_Years_2.jpg" />Light Measured in Years&nbsp;︎︎︎<img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d07b303b52322d02eb4e8ffbf0ec5c020966f83b140e08ee194e6196337c1c1a/DSC09305.jpg" data-mid="225247108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d07b303b52322d02eb4e8ffbf0ec5c020966f83b140e08ee194e6196337c1c1a/DSC09305.jpg" />Insolations&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02e367a17fa68a558a7713c190a22497d50324b0b1dde91e9a9e00c9b453c4f7/Jessica_MacMillan_Kyoto_Incense.jpg" data-mid="225308174" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02e367a17fa68a558a7713c190a22497d50324b0b1dde91e9a9e00c9b453c4f7/Jessica_MacMillan_Kyoto_Incense.jpg" /> Incense for the Mesosphere&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62b40ecb758a424cab833137c0bf41f6bc0a4881494b77ce71a7ccf4ce692e1c/Jessica-MacMillan_The-World-Before-Eyes.png" data-mid="182308930" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62b40ecb758a424cab833137c0bf41f6bc0a4881494b77ce71a7ccf4ce692e1c/Jessica-MacMillan_The-World-Before-Eyes.png" />The World Before Eyes&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="2249" height="1500" width_o="2249" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/872b9bc8b4af05115d33042bb0ab744fa27f36546b91c54c22455591df03dd2a/Jessica-MacMillan-Time-Line-Artica-6-copy.jpg" data-mid="144388605" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/872b9bc8b4af05115d33042bb0ab744fa27f36546b91c54c22455591df03dd2a/Jessica-MacMillan-Time-Line-Artica-6-copy.jpg" />Time Line&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1337380c501abe3b860265eeb4cd02e14de8cf1c2873907eef947678a5c8e78/Jessica-MacMillan-Wool-Sock-Moon_Still4.png" data-mid="144388495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1337380c501abe3b860265eeb4cd02e14de8cf1c2873907eef947678a5c8e78/Jessica-MacMillan-Wool-Sock-Moon_Still4.png" />Everyday Moons&nbsp;︎︎︎ &nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1a235cb956bd1576c8991b71b836068630a7e31584fed27ef20ea74e2a208cc/Jessica-MacMillan-Jupiter-Vol-I-1.jpg" data-mid="215233157" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1a235cb956bd1576c8991b71b836068630a7e31584fed27ef20ea74e2a208cc/Jessica-MacMillan-Jupiter-Vol-I-1.jpg" />Jupiter, vol. I&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="2000" height="1336" width_o="2000" height_o="1336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09dc54e0329735f9cca1d43ab6dc52203e06294a6f64f4f9411f428067b4a99c/Jessica-MacMillan_Antiplanet_Radii_1.jpg" data-mid="144388419" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09dc54e0329735f9cca1d43ab6dc52203e06294a6f64f4f9411f428067b4a99c/Jessica-MacMillan_Antiplanet_Radii_1.jpg" /> Antiplanet ︎︎︎&nbsp; <img width="4240" height="2832" width_o="4240" height_o="2832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/958a509b3cc75fed3d21f0ce321fd1648890904063dbf5788cf7c0dd3d7ce5e1/Jessica-MacMillan-Corrected-Vision-3.jpg" data-mid="144388464" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/958a509b3cc75fed3d21f0ce321fd1648890904063dbf5788cf7c0dd3d7ce5e1/Jessica-MacMillan-Corrected-Vision-3.jpg" />Corrected Vision&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="2000" height="1806" width_o="2000" height_o="1806" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64e90aa8fface7923711cdd4e7e2e4dce237d5976524d62bf98b7bc40b909af5/Jessica-MacMillan-Averted-Vision-1.jpg" data-mid="144388343" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64e90aa8fface7923711cdd4e7e2e4dce237d5976524d62bf98b7bc40b909af5/Jessica-MacMillan-Averted-Vision-1.jpg" />Averted Vision&nbsp;︎︎︎ &nbsp; <img width="2000" height="2274" width_o="2000" height_o="2274" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c4dc506b0b64a699e4e609c44efc5e7e3675296be964e0dcbffed243ef4c178/Jessica-MacMillan-Sagittarius-1.jpg" data-mid="144388292" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c4dc506b0b64a699e4e609c44efc5e7e3675296be964e0dcbffed243ef4c178/Jessica-MacMillan-Sagittarius-1.jpg" />Center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*&nbsp;︎︎︎ &nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbb1a172954dbb7690187e73e45803e9e2046da2994ce68dac74eb51cf635973/Jessica-MacMillan-Axis-Calibration-2.jpg" data-mid="144388404" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fbb1a172954dbb7690187e73e45803e9e2046da2994ce68dac74eb51cf635973/Jessica-MacMillan-Axis-Calibration-2.jpg" /> Axis Calibration&nbsp;︎︎︎ &nbsp; <img width="1469" height="1500" width_o="1469" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d50c39a2af919882e2e3089640c8fb87974fd5b0151544972aa7a2e7627efdb/Jessica-MacMillan-Proposal-41_square.jpg" data-mid="145151357" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d50c39a2af919882e2e3089640c8fb87974fd5b0151544972aa7a2e7627efdb/Jessica-MacMillan-Proposal-41_square.jpg" />Proposals&nbsp;︎︎︎ https://jessicamacmillan.com/News Sat, 21 Dec 2024 07:23:50 +0000 Jessica MacMillan https://jessicamacmillan.com/News NEWS ︎︎︎ SYMPOSIUM <img width="2953" height="1476" width_o="2953" height_o="1476" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/175832f242902effdf60173e709a24f5082c2c0e9e1b1643132a90592bd1a977/Correspondence-Banner-Logo_HEB_FLAT.jpg" data-mid="244851058" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/175832f242902effdf60173e709a24f5082c2c0e9e1b1643132a90592bd1a977/Correspondence-Banner-Logo_HEB_FLAT.jpg" />Correspondence – Artists Crafting Connections Kunstnernes Hus February 26 - 27, 2026 TiO2: The Materiality of White project welcomes you to the two-day symposium Correspondence – Artists Crafting Connections, which investigates alchemical and esoteric approaches in material-based art. We proudly present: Spike Bucklow, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev in conversation with Sara Yazdani, Petra Dalström, Agnes Guttormsgaard &amp; Vebjørn Guttormsgaard Møllberg, Jessica MacMillan, Chantal Powell, Aliya Say, Siv Bugge Vatne and the TiO2: MoW Group. Artists who work with colour, whether in ceramic glazes, dyed yarns or printing inks, draw on traditions rooted in a wide and interconnected web of knowledge. Through hands-on processes such as throwing clay, spinning fibres or forging metal, they explore natural principles of growth, gravity and transformation. By engaging closely with materials – organic, mineral or human-made – artists can reveal hidden properties and unexpected cultural bridges, sometimes leading to works that challenge dominant narratives and scientific norms. Today, contemporary art and philosophy increasingly examine the boundaries of matter and the connections between human and non-human worlds. Correspondence aims to reveal sites where alchemical and esoteric thinking align with contemporary perspectives. Through presentations by a group of artists and scholars, it seeks to make visible how material-based art can resonate with relational views of physical reality. The symposium also aims to expand the notion of material-based art by exploring how artists build on existing symbols, language, natural forces and abstract imagery as ‘material’ elements within their practices. Correspondence seeks to highlight how artists forge unexpected connections that can lead to new understandings of matter and our shared alchemical past. The symposium is curated and organised by Marte Johnslien, associate professor of Ceramic Art and leader of the artistic research project TiO2: The Materiality of White. The symposium is part of the conclusion of the research project, which has been running since 2022. Open for all but be there early, since there is a limited number of seats and no registration. Free entrance. For more information, please visit the project’s homepage www.tio2project.com Thursday 26th February 10:00 - Welcome and introduction, Marte Johnslien10:30 - “Vegetative Alchemy &amp; The Artist as Living Vessel”, Chantal Powell11:20 - “Material Presence”, Petra Dahlström12:00 - 13:00 - Lunch break13:00 - “Pre-modern and Port-modern Correspondences”, Spike Bucklow13:50 - “Interference”, Agnes Guttormsgaard and Vebjørn Guttormsgaard Møllberg14:30 - Short break14:40-15:45 - Panel conversation and Q&amp;A with presenters.16:00– 18:00 - Launch of “Titanium Dioxide in Ceramic Glaze Compendium” and mini exhibition in the foyer, with the TiO2: Materiality of White Group. Friday 27th February&nbsp; 9:30 - Welcome, Marte Johnslien9:40 - “From the Cloud of Unknowing to the Tree of Knowledge: The path that knows is the path that blooms”, Aliya Say10:30 - “Cracking the Voynich Cipher», Siv Bugge Vatne11:00 - Coffee break11:15 - Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev in conversation with Sara Yazdani12:15 - Lunch13:00 - “Burning Days”, Jessica MacMillan13:40 - “The Alchemy of Titanium White”, Marte Johnslien14:15–15:30 - Panel conversation and Q&amp;A with presenters. Correspondence is created in conjunction with Agenda, with the support of the subject area Ceramics, department of Art and Craft, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway. The project is funded by the Norwegian Programme for Artistic Research, the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills. CONFERENCE<img width="2700" height="732" width_o="2700" height_o="732" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a88a42789d79a5416017d9119d57e016ca1caf9cd8b9098da36a3f5b8c2c542/Screenshot-2025-10-15-at-16.07.45.png" data-mid="239408734" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a88a42789d79a5416017d9119d57e016ca1caf9cd8b9098da36a3f5b8c2c542/Screenshot-2025-10-15-at-16.07.45.png" />“The Svalbard Science Conference – the only conference dedicated to Svalbard research – is a bi-annual conference arranged by the Svalbard Science Forum and the Research Council of Norway. This year's theme, Svalbard as an Arctic hotspot for climate change and international cooperation, underscores the critical importance of Svalbard research in understanding and addressing global climate challenges. The conference brings together researchers at all career stages, research managers, policymakers and other stakeholders of Svalbard research. The aim is to build and strengthen multi-generational, interdisciplinary and international collaboration. Over the course of the conference days, there will be sessions covering all important aspects of Svalbard research.Natural science often involves complex data that can be difficult for non-experts to grasp. Art – whether visual, musical, literary, or performative – translates this information into forms that are more intuitive and emotionally compelling. Art has the power to evoke emotions; fear, joy, hope, urgency, or inspiration that data alone may not. This year’s conference therefore also includes an art-and-science session. We have invited artists Torben Snekkestad, Morten Qvenild, Anja Lauvdal, Julie Freeman, Esther Horvath, Georgia Rose Murray, Olivier Morin and Jessica MacMillan to contribute to the session.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE CONFERENCE ︎︎︎ <img width="1980" height="474" width_o="1980" height_o="474" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c01385c3f3044b62ad6cf8c6379ecc830e21d848e2b154a0a1b9cbc843b51cf/Screenshot-2025-10-15-at-16.16.35.png" data-mid="239408986" border="0" data-scale="42" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c01385c3f3044b62ad6cf8c6379ecc830e21d848e2b154a0a1b9cbc843b51cf/Screenshot-2025-10-15-at-16.16.35.png" /> ARTIST TALK<img width="792" height="528" width_o="792" height_o="528" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8d0e900c8e136ee3c9827ea35883ed5aa76720422dbfcfd9ac0f006c003d45c/Solobservatoriet_Ukjent-fotograf_Kilde-UiO_Nasjonalbiblioteket_20190917060457-a4de4a20-me-1.jpg" data-mid="239408166" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/792/i/d8d0e900c8e136ee3c9827ea35883ed5aa76720422dbfcfd9ac0f006c003d45c/Solobservatoriet_Ukjent-fotograf_Kilde-UiO_Nasjonalbiblioteket_20190917060457-a4de4a20-me-1.jpg" /> Billedkunst LIVE: Excursion to Solobservatoriet, Harestua 25 August 2025 at 20:15 You are invited to yet another edition of Billedkunst LIVE, this time at Solobservatoriet — the Solar Observatory — at Harestua, while the artists are preparing the exhibition Sound of the Sun (opening 30 August). Being one of Northern Europe’s most prominent sites of solar research from its launch in 1954 throughout the 70s, the Solobservatoriet is today a preserved and protected technical cultural heritage. The exhibition, partly made as a site specific project, will take place in the observatory tower — a 20-meter tall construction — as well as the research facilities and the nearby forest. For this Billedkunst LIVE, you will have the opportunity to not only visit this unique site, but also get insight in how science and visual art can intermingel and inform each other in some of the participating artist’s works. Pablo Castilla will give a presentation on his archival project from Solobservatoriets vast photographic collection, followed by a conversation between artists Jessica MacMillan and Maggie Coblentz. <img width="2560" height="2047" width_o="2560" height_o="2047" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62b6b86e62ba55b52ab4b8eb7e4a5102b3825e1c7f091e20d1ea98a84b3900b2/Pablo-retrato-2024-scaled.jpg" data-mid="239408484" border="0" data-scale="63" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62b6b86e62ba55b52ab4b8eb7e4a5102b3825e1c7f091e20d1ea98a84b3900b2/Pablo-retrato-2024-scaled.jpg" /> Pablo Castilla Heredia (b. 1980, Granada) is based between Norway and Spain. His work is based on the direct exploration of reality and encoded in a documentary-based language through various disciplines such as cinema, performing arts and photography internationally. The use of a documentary style becomes in itself a strategy that reveals fissures in perception and challenges the boundaries between fiction and reality.&nbsp; In 2019, after completing a postgraduate degree in the Management of Photographic Collections at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Castilla started a project focused on the preventive conservation, digitisation, and storage of the historic photographic archive of Harestua’s Solar Observatory. He has been working on highlighting the value of this heritage since then. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/497232bd45d00c1ab3bc5545348b79bd592359c031dbded13fc58534097391a4/Jessica_MacMillan_Portrait.jpg" data-mid="239408487" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/497232bd45d00c1ab3bc5545348b79bd592359c031dbded13fc58534097391a4/Jessica_MacMillan_Portrait.jpg" /> Jessica MacMillan (b. 1987, USA) is an artist and amateur astronomer whose work spans sculpture, installation, 3D animation, and light. Her works investigate astronomy and planetary science through ordinary found objects and optical instruments, creating experiences that connect our everyday lives with the vast cosmic scales that surround us. <img width="1716" height="2145" width_o="1716" height_o="2145" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a58ced4cdd1c15632bf09d4d0f21113315ba1fdcba8c0ccca2b932af826b1c59/Maggie_Foto-Catherine-Lemble-1.jpg" data-mid="239408490" border="0" data-scale="51" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a58ced4cdd1c15632bf09d4d0f21113315ba1fdcba8c0ccca2b932af826b1c59/Maggie_Foto-Catherine-Lemble-1.jpg" /> Maggie Coblentz (b. 1988, Canada) is a researcher and multimedia artist. She draws inspiration from science fiction, outer space, and more-than-human worlds. What connects her work is an exploration of how humans relate to the cosmos. She has flown on parabolic research flights, led a fermentation study aboard the ISS, and led several field expeditions where she used cooking to connect people and place. Maggie works in the Science division at National Geographic. Previously, at MIT Space Exploration Initiative, she researched space food and culture and established an Arctic field school in Svalbard. She is the founder of Fieldscape, an interdisciplinary field program that brings together scientists, engineers, artists, and designers to improve accessibility to remote research environments. Maggie received a Master of Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been featured in publications such as WIRED, The Economist, Scientific American, BBC, NPR, CNN, and Popular Science. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE EVENT ︎︎︎ EXHIBITION <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9a3d8e25cbed4b9783edccafa2a69032985aa8ac317172d17561428f22c2d94/The_Sound_of_the_Sun.jpg" data-mid="235590458" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9a3d8e25cbed4b9783edccafa2a69032985aa8ac317172d17561428f22c2d94/The_Sound_of_the_Sun.jpg" /> Lyden av sola&nbsp; -&nbsp; The Sound of the SunSolobservatoriet&nbsp; -&nbsp; Harestua Solar Observatory Saturday, August 30 - Sunday, September 7, 2025OPENING: August 30, 12:00 - 23:00FREE BUS from Harestua station to the Solar Observatory on the opening day, August 30th. Harestua station is a one-hour train ride from Oslo Central Station.«The Sound of the Sun» brings together artists and researchers for an art exhibition, seminar, food experience, film screening, and an outdoor laser event that will take place throughout the Harestua Solar Observatory: inside the 20-meter Solar Tower, the research facilities, and in the surrounding forest. Astronomy, solar science, and the act of observation will be common threads throughout the exhibition, which will consist of sculpture, drawing, sound, photography, film, text, site-specific installation, and light. The exhibition explores the tension between art and science, where science seeks objective answers, and art opens up to wonder and imagination. With artists, writers, and researchers: ☆&nbsp; Hedvig Biong ☆&nbsp; Bjørn Bjarre ☆&nbsp; Marianne Bjørnmyr ☆&nbsp; Pablo Castilla ☆&nbsp; Maggie Coblentz&nbsp; ☆&nbsp; Kira van Hoegee ☆&nbsp; Laila Kongevold&nbsp; ☆&nbsp; Jessica MacMillan ☆&nbsp; Marius Moldvær&nbsp; ☆&nbsp; Kajsa Parding ☆&nbsp; Katie Paterson ☆&nbsp; Greg Pope ☆&nbsp; Vegard Rekaa&nbsp; ☆&nbsp; Maria Dorothea Schrattenholz ☆&nbsp; Frøydis Sollid Simonsen ☆&nbsp; Katarina Skjønsberg ☆&nbsp; Renate Soleng&nbsp; ☆&nbsp; Johan Österholm The program is organized by Hedvig Biong, Jessica MacMillan, and Marius Moldvær in collaboration with Vegard Rekaa and Torstein Nybø of Solobservatoriet. The exhibition is generously supported by Akershus Fylkeskommune / Akershus County Municipality, ⁠Kulturrådet / Arts Council Norway, ⁠Kunstsentrene i Norge / Association of Norwegian Art Centers, and ⁠Norske Billedkunstnere / Norwegian Artists Association. ARTIST TALK <img width="1080" height="1360" width_o="1080" height_o="1360" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70fbf7ba0a70a89849a572645a7953be590f9ba321bffb171314903dbda1c74e/Bioarts_Society_SOLU_Jessica_MacMillan.jpg" data-mid="234573050" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/70fbf7ba0a70a89849a572645a7953be590f9ba321bffb171314903dbda1c74e/Bioarts_Society_SOLU_Jessica_MacMillan.jpg" /> REsCENTING RELATIONS Saturday, June 14th, 2025 12:00 – 2:30pm (CET) / 1:00 – 3:30pm (EET) / 7:00 – 9:30pm (JST) Video call link: https://meet.google.com/byv-ykhg-rpx Join us Saturday the 14th of June for REsCENTING RELATIONS at the Bioart Society space SOLU and online. During the seminar, artists Jessica MacMillan (US/NO), Aaro Murphy (FI), Shota Yamauchi (JP) and researcher Greg Dvorak (US), will talk about their recent scent-related projects in and outside Japan.Dr. Greg Dvorak is Professor of International Cultural Studies at Waseda University in Tokyo, where he is based in both the Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies and the School of International Liberal Studies. Jessica MacMillan (1987, USA) is an artist and amateur astronomer based in Oslo, Norway. Through kinetic sculpture, 3D animation, and installation, MacMillan’s work investigates concepts in astronomy and planetary science. Using optical instruments, geophysical orientation, and ordinary found objects, she focuses on bridging the gap between our everyday lived experience and the context that contains us.Aaro Murphy (1991, FIN) is a Finnish visual artist working between Amsterdam &amp; Helsinki. Working across sound, video, scent and sculpture Murphy creates time-based installations that question boundaries between the organic and synthetic. In 2024 Murphy was part of the TOKAS Exchange residency program developing a new aroma related work, exploring the archiving or aromatic assets. Shota Yamauchi (1992, JPN) based in Tokyo, Japan. Yamauchi graduated with an MFA in New Media from the Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Film and New Media in 2016. He continues to work from various perspectives on the theme of the relationship between technology and humans. In recent years, he has been trying to draw today’s human condition by relying on haptic motifs such as ”skin” and ”smell”. EXHIBITION&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="2826" width_o="2000" height_o="2826" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/871cfd7446573ce1405996b68ec35419f8ae731769a628d16a630d107588febe/Druckdatei_Poster-A1_Unendlichkeit--Leere--Lebendigkeit.jpg" data-mid="223660633" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/871cfd7446573ce1405996b68ec35419f8ae731769a628d16a630d107588febe/Druckdatei_Poster-A1_Unendlichkeit--Leere--Lebendigkeit.jpg" /> Infinity – Emptiness – Liveliness Hamburg Planetarium &nbsp; January 25 - May 31 , 2025&nbsp;Vernissage: 24 January, 2025 from 19:00 - 21:00The vernissage will include a film screening of Everyday Moons in the Sternensaal, followed by a panel discussion with Jessica MacMillan, and a musical performance. —Is the imagination of infinity an essential motor for scientific and sustainable development? And if so, how can it be critically updated with a view to history? As part of the project ‘Infinity - Emptiness - Liveliness,’ an exhibition will be held at the Planetarium in Hamburg from 25 January to 31 May 2025. It brings together positions and scientific models on imaginations of boundlessness from artistic, mathematical and physical perspectives. Photographs of artistic works on the borderline of science and scientific models that provide an aesthetic experience open up a space for reflection for visitors to the exhibition regarding a responsible approach to this planet and its significance as part of this universe. EXHIBITION Incense for the Mesosphere京都芸術センター&nbsp; /&nbsp; Kyoto Art Center November 20 - 24, 2024 10:00 - 18:00 The world’s first wooden satellite, LignoSat, has just been launched into space. Using hōnoki magnolia wood, the satellite was built by researchers at Kyoto University and local craftsmen using traditional joinery techniques. During the months of October and November, I was an artist-in-residence at Kyoto Art Center, and in my time there I visited both the researchers and woodshop, and was given a piece of the very magnolia wood that was used to construct the satellite. I have used this magnolia wood to create Japanese style senkō incense for a new scent installation at Kyoto Art Center. https://jessicamacmillan.com/Press Sat, 11 Jun 2022 09:03:52 +0000 Jessica MacMillan https://jessicamacmillan.com/Press SELECTED PRESS + INTERVIEWS&nbsp;︎︎︎ 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Hadeland&nbsp; / &nbsp;“Stenger luftrommet over Harestua for festival” by Mari Volden, August 28 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; “Seeing Infinity from Finite Grounds. Planetary Visions in Jessica MacMillan’s Time Line and Everyday Moons” by Lana Uzarashvili &amp; Philipp Hohmann, exhibition catalogue essay for Infinity, Emptiness, Liveliness, Hamburg Planetarium, pg. 38 - 43 2022&nbsp; &nbsp; Interview with Artica resident Jessica MacMillan&nbsp; /&nbsp; Artica Svalbard, film by Tom Warner 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Kunstavisen &nbsp;/&nbsp; “Overhodet ikke hverdagslig” by Mona&nbsp;Gjessing 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Kunstkritikk &nbsp;/ &nbsp;“Sightseeing på månen“ by Eirik Zeiner-Henriksen 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Morgenbladet&nbsp; /&nbsp; “Et univers av ting” by Espen Hauglid / Click here for a PDF 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Klassekampen /&nbsp; “perspectiv: MacMillan,” January 8 2018&nbsp; &nbsp; NRK P2 Radio, Verdibørsen &nbsp;/ &nbsp;“Har kulturen blitt natur?” 46:00–49:11 2018&nbsp; &nbsp; Universitas &nbsp;/&nbsp; “Mennesket mot naturen” by Vera Maria&nbsp;Gjermundsen 2018&nbsp; &nbsp; Subjekt /&nbsp; “Høstutstillingen er ingen kuratorisk drøm, men det trenger den heller ikke være” by Ingrid Tellefsen Relling 2018&nbsp; &nbsp; Dagbladet &nbsp;/&nbsp; “På det beste er Høstutstillingen et underholdende og litt rart og viltert eventyr” by Arve&nbsp;Rød 2018 &nbsp;&nbsp; Intervju film med Jessica MacMillan / Galleri 54, Gothenburg, SE 2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Klassekampen &nbsp;/ &nbsp;“perspectiv: MacMillan,” June 16 2016&nbsp; &nbsp; KUNST, No. 4&nbsp; /&nbsp; “Avgangsstudenten: Jessica MacMillan” by Lill Charlotte Sætren 2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Billedkunst, No. 5&nbsp; /&nbsp; “Divergerende Tilnærminger” by Nicholas&nbsp;Norton 2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Klassekampen &nbsp;/ &nbsp;“Spredt Avgang” by Line Ulekleiv 2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Kunstkritikk &nbsp;/ &nbsp;“Så mye sensualitet” by Simen Joachim&nbsp;Helsvig 2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Aftenposten &nbsp;/ &nbsp;“Langt mellom høydepunktene på årets masterutstilling” by Kjetil Røed https://jessicamacmillan.com/Publications Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:33:50 +0000 Jessica MacMillan https://jessicamacmillan.com/Publications PUBLICATIONS&nbsp;︎︎︎ Arctic Practices: Design for a Changing World ed. Bert De Jonghe &amp; Elise Hunchuck Actar Publishers, New York / BarcelonaPages: 464 ISBN: 9781638401339 Publication date: April 2025 Arctic Practices: Design for a Changing World emerges at a critical juncture wherein the very stability of Arctic ecosystems hangs in a precarious balance induced, almost entirely, by humans. This volume assembles forty-six contributors—designers, educators, artists, photographers, filmmakers, some Indigenous, some residents, and some visitors to the Circumpolar North—to create a polyvocal assembly of Arctic practices. This assembly represents an attempt to deliberately depart from traditional academic frameworks that have historically privileged Western voices and epistemologies. <img width="1771" height="2539" width_o="1771" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4e7b4b15b78862d98666f833c06958d54edf343faf8fdc36d65e8241b86bd14/Arctic-Practices_cover-front.png" data-mid="235585246" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4e7b4b15b78862d98666f833c06958d54edf343faf8fdc36d65e8241b86bd14/Arctic-Practices_cover-front.png" /> The contributions collected here address critical gaps in published Arctic design literature. They also represent attempts to imagine new forms of design practice that might respond to the urgency of climate change and the necessity of reconciliation. This volume hopes to open new possibilities for meaningful design interventions across northern lands, seas, skies, and ice, always mindful of both the urgency of our present moment and the weight of historical injustices that have shaped these landscapes and the lives lived with them. With contributions from:Claudio Aporta, Brandon Bergem, Mari A. Aston Bergset, Caitlin Blanchfield, Arlyn Charlie, Thomas Juel Clemmensen, Bert De Jonghe, A K Dolven, Jakob Exner, Nadezhda Filimonova, Jeffrey Garcia, Aniella Sophie Goldinger, Maureen Gruben, Nicholas Gulick, Magdalena Haggärde, Peter Hemmersam, Elise Misao Hunchuck, Konstantin Ikonomidis, Morgan Ip, Maaretta Jaukkuri, Akie Kono, Kyra Kordoski, Elena Krapivina, Helena Lennert, Gisle Løkken, Nicole Luke, Jessica MacMillan, Dorte Mandrup, Caitlin Jakusz Paridy, Olga Petri, Andrey N. Petrov, Lasse Rau, Sophy Roberts, Svetlana Romanova, Marya Rozanova-Smith, Todd Saunders, Anastasia Savinova, Susan Schuppli, Lola Sheppard, Sofia Singler, Inuuteq Storch, Bertine Tønseth, Michael Turek, Eimear Tynan, and Mason White. AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE HERE&nbsp;︎︎︎ EXHIBITION CATALOGUE Infinity - Emptiness - Liveliness Planetarium HamburgJanuary 25 - May 31 , 2025 &nbsp; &nbsp; “Seeing Infinity from Finite Grounds. Planetary Visions in Jessica MacMillan’s Time Line and Everyday Moons” By Lana Uzarashvili &amp; Philipp Hohmann, pgs. 38 - 43&nbsp; https://jessicamacmillan.com/About Sat, 11 Jun 2022 09:08:43 +0000 Jessica MacMillan https://jessicamacmillan.com/About <img width="2720" height="1813" width_o="2720" height_o="1813" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca2db2c25bb1703be0cd71771868cfda20cfebe0b2148f242a834b12fd0e5870/Jessica_MacMillan.jpg" data-mid="234576608" border="0" data-scale="76" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca2db2c25bb1703be0cd71771868cfda20cfebe0b2148f242a834b12fd0e5870/Jessica_MacMillan.jpg" /> Jessica MacMillan (b. 1987, New Hampshire, USA) is an artist and amateur astronomer based in Oslo, Norway. Through kinetic sculpture, 3D animation, and installation, MacMillan's work investigates concepts in astronomy and planetary science. Using optical instruments, geophysical orientation, and ordinary found objects, she focuses on bridging the gap between our everyday lived experience and the context that contains us: on a tiny and fragile planet, in a massive solar system, within a galaxy among billions. SOLO EXHIBITIONS + PROJECTS&nbsp;︎︎︎ 2026&nbsp; &nbsp; (Upcoming) Insolations, Artica Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Svalbard 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Light Measured in Years,&nbsp;Harestua Solar Observatory, Harestua, Norway 2024&nbsp; &nbsp; Incense for the Mesosphere, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan 2023 &nbsp;&nbsp; The World Before Eyes,&nbsp;K4 galleri, Oslo, Norway2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Time Line, Artica Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Svalbard2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Everyday Moons, Billedkunstnerne i Oslo og Akershus (BOA), Oslo, Norway2018 &nbsp; &nbsp;Radii, Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Corrected Vision, Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland2017 &nbsp;&nbsp; Antiplanet, Studio 17, Stavanger, Norway2016 &nbsp;&nbsp; Averted Vision, White Box Galleri, KHiO, Oslo, Norway2015 &nbsp;&nbsp; Axis Calibration, Galleri Seilduken, KHiO, Oslo, Norway2010 &nbsp;&nbsp; [in] between, with Emmy McIntosh, President's Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA, USARECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS + PROJECTS&nbsp;︎︎︎ 2026&nbsp; &nbsp; The Sidereal Library, Solobservatoriet, Harestua, Norway 2025 &nbsp;&nbsp; Aura Slice, Sandefjord Kunstforening, Sandefjord, Norway 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Lyden av sola / The Sound of the Sun, Harestua Solar Observatory, Harestua, Norway (co-organizer) 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Lingering Light, Unge Kunstneres Samfund (UKS) / Young Artists’ Society, Oslo, Norway2025 &nbsp;&nbsp; Infinity – Emptiness – Liveliness, Hamburg Planetarium, Germany 2023&nbsp; &nbsp; ARTICA in Residence at QSPA, QSPA Bispevika, Oslo, Norway 2022&nbsp; &nbsp; Mini-MUNCH Festival, Everyday Moons screening, MUNCH, Oslo, Norway 2022 &nbsp;&nbsp; Østlandsutstillingen, Oppland Kunstsenter, Lillehammer, Norway2022 &nbsp;&nbsp; Østlandsutstillingen, NITJA senter for samtidskunst, Lillestrøm, Norway2021 &nbsp;&nbsp; ÖRES 21 Summer Exhibition, Örö Island, Skärgårdshavets Nationalpark, Finland2018 &nbsp;&nbsp; Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway2018&nbsp; &nbsp; Farfuglar, Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Sequences VIII: Elastic Hours, “Blikk,” Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Høstutstillingen i Inkognitogata, Inkognitogata 4, Oslo, Norway2017 &nbsp;&nbsp; Here and Not, Atelier Nord ANX, Oslo, Norway, with artists Richard Alexandersson and Pete Fleming2017 &nbsp;&nbsp; Screengrab, FKDS Studio Grant Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway2017 &nbsp;&nbsp; Seven Black Holes, Blomster &amp; Bureau, online exhibition: blomsterogbureau.com2016 &nbsp;&nbsp; Ora or Labora, MFA Avgangsutstilling, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway2016 &nbsp;&nbsp; Forårsudstillingen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark2015 &nbsp;&nbsp; Chambre d’Amis, Semperdepot, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria2015 &nbsp;&nbsp; EXCESSIVE AND IRRATIONAL, Akademirommet, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway2015 &nbsp;&nbsp; Beasts and Pets, Studio 17, Stavanger, Norway RECENT ARTIST TALKS + PRESENTATIONS&nbsp;︎︎︎ 2026&nbsp; &nbsp; Symposium: Correspondence – Artists Crafting Connections, KHiO, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Art &amp; Science Session, Svalbard Science Forum Conference, The Research Council of Norway, Oslo, Norway 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Billedkunst LIVE: Ekskursjon til Solobservatoriet på Harestua, Norske Billedkunstnere (NBK), Harestua, Norway 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; REsCENTING RELATIONS, SOLU / Bioart Society, Helsinki, Finland 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Arctic Design Seminar: Design Histories in Svalbard, University of Toronto 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Hamburg Planetarium, Hamburg, Germany 2022&nbsp; &nbsp; Mini-MUNCH Festival, MUNCH, Oslo, Norway 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Artica Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Svalbard 2018&nbsp; &nbsp; Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden RESIDENCIES ︎︎︎2026&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Artica Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Svalbard 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Harestua Solar Observatory, Harestua, Norway 2024&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan (OCA: Office for Contemporary Art Norway) 2023 &nbsp; &nbsp; The Satellites residency, pilot program, Diskobugt, Greenland 2021 &nbsp; &nbsp; Artica Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Svalbard&nbsp;(OCA: Office for Contemporary Art Norway)2019 &nbsp; &nbsp; ÖRES: Örö Island Residency Program, Skärgårdshavets Nationalpark, Finland2019 &nbsp; &nbsp; NBK Ny-Ålesund Research Station residency, Svalbard2018 &nbsp; &nbsp; Project Room, Atelier Nord ANX, Oslo, Norway2017 &nbsp; &nbsp; Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, Seyðisfjörður, IcelandGRANTS + AWARDS ︎︎︎2026&nbsp; &nbsp; Fellowship, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York, NY 2026&nbsp; &nbsp; One-year stipend, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund / Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK2025&nbsp; &nbsp; Project Support Grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund / Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; One-year stipend, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund / Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK 2023&nbsp; &nbsp; Two-year stipend, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund / Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Two-year stipend for young artists, Arts Council Norway / Kulturrådet2020&nbsp; &nbsp; One-year stipend, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund / Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK2020&nbsp; &nbsp; Stipend for young artists, City of Oslo / Oslo Kommune2019&nbsp; &nbsp; Ny-Ålesund Research Station residency grant, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond2019&nbsp; &nbsp; One-year stipend, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund / Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK2018&nbsp; &nbsp; Project Support Grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund / Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK2018&nbsp; &nbsp; One-year stipend, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund / Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Art and Technology Grant, Arts Council Norway / Kulturrådet2017&nbsp; &nbsp; One-year stipend for young artists, Arts Council Norway / Kulturrådet2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Project Support Grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund / Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Exhibtion Support Grant, Arts Council Norway / Kulturrådet2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Project Support Grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund / Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Art Publications and Manuscript Development Grant, Arts Council Norway / Kulturrådet2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Kunstnernes Hus Studio Grant, Fondet for Kunst- og Designstudenter ved KHiO2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Stipend for Newly Graduated Artists, Arts Council Norway / Kulturrådet2015&nbsp; &nbsp; Development of Practice Grant, Fondet for Kunst- og Designstudenter ved KHiO2010&nbsp; &nbsp; Helen Blair Crosbie Sculpture Award, First Prize, MassArt2010&nbsp; &nbsp; Foundation Auction Award, MassArt2009&nbsp; &nbsp; Silver Award for Sculpture at The Boston Biennial, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA2009&nbsp; &nbsp; Special Projects Grant for Public Art, MassArtEDUCATION ︎︎︎2017&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Arizona State University, Astronomy: Comparative Planetology2014 - 2016 &nbsp; &nbsp; The Academy of Fine Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO), MFA Fine Arts2005 - 2010 &nbsp; &nbsp; Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), BFA Sculpture and Art HistoryMEMBERSHIPS ︎︎︎2018 - Present &nbsp; &nbsp; Visual Artists Association of Oslo and Akershus / Billedkunstnerne i Oslo og Akershus (BOA)2017 - Present&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The Planetary Society2016 - Present&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Association of Norwegian Visual Artists / Norske Billedkunstnere (NBK) https://jessicamacmillan.com/Contact Sat, 11 Jun 2022 09:18:08 +0000 Jessica MacMillan https://jessicamacmillan.com/Contact ︎&nbsp; &nbsp;jessmacmillan [at] gmail [dot] com︎&nbsp; jessmacmillan https://jessicamacmillan.com/Light-Measured-in-Years Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:47:16 +0000 Jessica MacMillan https://jessicamacmillan.com/Light-Measured-in-Years Light Measured in Years <img width="2000" height="1455" width_o="2000" height_o="1455" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/454a2e17699c43bdc0fe729bcd662bf3c1be6866fcf28db3639626effeb86948/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_in_Years_2.jpg" data-mid="239237926" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/454a2e17699c43bdc0fe729bcd662bf3c1be6866fcf28db3639626effeb86948/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_in_Years_2.jpg" /> 2025Light installation at Solobservatoriet, Harestua, Norway A high-powered beam of laser light was fired into the emptiest part of our universe: the Boötes Void, or ‘The Great Nothing.’ Given the vast, unimaginable desolation of this supervoid, the laser light will likely continue undisturbed at the speed of light for thousands, millions, or possibly even billions of years. The 6-watt laser was installed in the main tower at Harestua Solar Observatory, and used its network of quartz and aluminum mirrors to aim the light at the specific coordinate. <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/362f93bb7de04c795a36bec1853b958f7891ad874dbd28f9e1661183264edf56/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_In_Years_6.jpg" data-mid="239887181" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/362f93bb7de04c795a36bec1853b958f7891ad874dbd28f9e1661183264edf56/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_In_Years_6.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7375fca68be2a5e3595cd8f6347eadedac830e4eb0b91e7f2983778dd0ce53a2/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_in_Years_3.jpg" data-mid="239237927" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7375fca68be2a5e3595cd8f6347eadedac830e4eb0b91e7f2983778dd0ce53a2/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_in_Years_3.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c52fb831b30ce363b5ba22bcc99eadbcca6fc7d3997e3d2073dea5737bad3ea8/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_in_Years_4.jpg" data-mid="239237928" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c52fb831b30ce363b5ba22bcc99eadbcca6fc7d3997e3d2073dea5737bad3ea8/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_in_Years_4.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="2000" width_o="1600" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f87fb6621c2ad0468661f9184d24e26707921fe85a0150fe3b18c3903908818/Tower-Diagram-copy.jpg" data-mid="239888133" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f87fb6621c2ad0468661f9184d24e26707921fe85a0150fe3b18c3903908818/Tower-Diagram-copy.jpg" /> <img width="6336" height="4224" width_o="6336" height_o="4224" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11df4f3aa75c0b232e8d10a9fbb60a0e3b509ac661a74e6a67c9fab834985eda/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_in_Years_5.jpg" data-mid="239237929" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/11df4f3aa75c0b232e8d10a9fbb60a0e3b509ac661a74e6a67c9fab834985eda/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_in_Years_5.jpg" /> <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5847ea82e190cda0a88d9e172157f8916f0ac23e027a0ad405df161d2a8e7ca1/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_in_Years_1.jpg" data-mid="239237925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5847ea82e190cda0a88d9e172157f8916f0ac23e027a0ad405df161d2a8e7ca1/Jessica_MacMillan_Light_Measured_in_Years_1.jpg" /> https://jessicamacmillan.com/Insolations Mon, 20 Jan 2025 23:14:30 +0000 Jessica MacMillan https://jessicamacmillan.com/Insolations Insolations Insolations in the exhibition Incense for the Mesosphere, Kyoto Art Center, November 20 - 24, 2024 <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ea2bfee9180e465471c749c945e3a72e19ffc346afc7e20a5a430c9d4b176d4/DSC09286.jpg" data-mid="225245470" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ea2bfee9180e465471c749c945e3a72e19ffc346afc7e20a5a430c9d4b176d4/DSC09286.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4015b45e63554750553301b294a0e97b5ea24f4418ca1b1d23d0c833a9bf262c/DSC09290.jpg" data-mid="225245515" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4015b45e63554750553301b294a0e97b5ea24f4418ca1b1d23d0c833a9bf262c/DSC09290.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00d0494b5b72f989247a2e900ea68fd7488d8fa6db696b24c1240c7b5f9965a0/DSC09299.jpg" data-mid="225245458" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00d0494b5b72f989247a2e900ea68fd7488d8fa6db696b24c1240c7b5f9965a0/DSC09299.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43080b4573f3bc92c321f6261866c83aaf81fbfa6dcdbec7b9ff502d2420f06a/DSC09342.jpg" data-mid="225245545" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43080b4573f3bc92c321f6261866c83aaf81fbfa6dcdbec7b9ff502d2420f06a/DSC09342.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b224e8fc210d7b7503750efdca2833feaf7a5b5a2193fc98c50af5772070d81/DSC09360.jpg" data-mid="225245382" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b224e8fc210d7b7503750efdca2833feaf7a5b5a2193fc98c50af5772070d81/DSC09360.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0ac53c689c58a20fb2342fe777ecdc48c5ec201fd3d6d200c43833d58fa75ef/DSC09333.jpg" data-mid="225245544" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0ac53c689c58a20fb2342fe777ecdc48c5ec201fd3d6d200c43833d58fa75ef/DSC09333.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7412b5c10cd19234a38a64b68d2375d66de79df0b85eadaa47d71bda6c48e92/DSC09314.jpg" data-mid="225245532" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7412b5c10cd19234a38a64b68d2375d66de79df0b85eadaa47d71bda6c48e92/DSC09314.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2dcc9ecaa94a52c92dda5290bade8c624dd1e4a75404917b0f25eca25f837582/DSC09352.jpg" data-mid="225245525" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2dcc9ecaa94a52c92dda5290bade8c624dd1e4a75404917b0f25eca25f837582/DSC09352.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4bd9490918de8e0d13ef706dbe618fd85168d8ad274907848530344cecfe7648/DSC09323.jpg" data-mid="225245522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4bd9490918de8e0d13ef706dbe618fd85168d8ad274907848530344cecfe7648/DSC09323.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e4e8a4d1e16e27c348ad315f4989d691d9f223a0f858911fadb27a1f207817d/DSC09282.jpg" data-mid="225245461" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e4e8a4d1e16e27c348ad315f4989d691d9f223a0f858911fadb27a1f207817d/DSC09282.jpg" /> Each wooden bowl is a record of the motion and strength of the sun over the course of a day. A 70mm spherical lens is placed inside the bowl, and the bowl is then placed outside in an open area before the sun rises. As the sun travels across the sky and sunlight passes through the spherical lens, it is focused to a point on the opposite side and slowly burns a line on the interior surface of the bowl.&nbsp;The interior hemispheres of the bowls can be viewed as upside-down celestial spheres. “Insolation” is a term defined as the total amount of thermal radiation received from the Sun. Each line inside of the bowls is the mark of a singular insolation—a drawing created by the rays of the sun and the clouds passing overhead. The bowls were found in different shops around the city of Kyoto during my residency at Kyoto Art Center in autumn of 2024. Each bowl, being a different type of wood, surface coating, and curvature, responded slightly differently to the beam of sunlight. The use of found soup bowls makes a connection to a daily ritual—the eating of a meal—to the ritual of the rotation of the earth, and the rising and setting of the sun. <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f27b88a50e013f825d23b77b33883fca9f0af9acc681ba564f8169dd7c2fbd6b/DSC09216.jpg" data-mid="225247070" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f27b88a50e013f825d23b77b33883fca9f0af9acc681ba564f8169dd7c2fbd6b/DSC09216.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb7d2f5b608cda4c4d494e432156c93659060e4be4b7c6b126fe9170da965db5/DSC09299.jpg" data-mid="225247071" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb7d2f5b608cda4c4d494e432156c93659060e4be4b7c6b126fe9170da965db5/DSC09299.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7be2852d282fed089782fd881c5d60c601cce4a407a38dc219a5679fe41ba2dd/DSC09301.jpg" data-mid="225247072" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7be2852d282fed089782fd881c5d60c601cce4a407a38dc219a5679fe41ba2dd/DSC09301.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c907fae60cb0982243c2bf1f9325a351f2eb956e1b2f424e235b9090bd3030c9/DSC09311.jpg" data-mid="225247073" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c907fae60cb0982243c2bf1f9325a351f2eb956e1b2f424e235b9090bd3030c9/DSC09311.jpg" /> Location: Kamogawa Delta, KyotoDate: 12 November, 2024Daylight hours: 10h 24m 49sWood: Unknown <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/943125571434070658e2805503093714a557effc05eac4dfc71c3dc893f9ce3a/DSC09247.jpg" data-mid="225245682" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/943125571434070658e2805503093714a557effc05eac4dfc71c3dc893f9ce3a/DSC09247.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5690b5d2b16aa3f19c60a79a339a92d75d6af3445f52026c065644b2499008c4/DSC09286.jpg" data-mid="225245683" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5690b5d2b16aa3f19c60a79a339a92d75d6af3445f52026c065644b2499008c4/DSC09286.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18b1ad83c8fb72afbc25d8222121352f9a2bc030fc2736303ae48f49d24dd1cc/DSC09287.jpg" data-mid="225245684" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18b1ad83c8fb72afbc25d8222121352f9a2bc030fc2736303ae48f49d24dd1cc/DSC09287.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a74de06134693345aae661e55e91d41e10767bc4e0f57fb393eae943aebfccc4/DSC09295.jpg" data-mid="225245685" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a74de06134693345aae661e55e91d41e10767bc4e0f57fb393eae943aebfccc4/DSC09295.jpg" /> Location: Horikawa Danchi, Kyoto Date: 21 November, 2024Daylight hours: 10h 10m 52sWood: Magnolia obovata <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72442cc9972f9b084d531e3c7bd40632285f5d3c174db0e207d112b958e47ba6/DSC09211.jpg" data-mid="225245717" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72442cc9972f9b084d531e3c7bd40632285f5d3c174db0e207d112b958e47ba6/DSC09211.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a801da604be0e3a22fbd4fa9cf60c81fb8550364098ca886090d4b90a423590e/DSC09290.jpg" data-mid="225245718" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a801da604be0e3a22fbd4fa9cf60c81fb8550364098ca886090d4b90a423590e/DSC09290.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9105543ea6c03bbf7cd6a55a41c8dd28cdbb1f5d3063a502063ffebfe5c16297/DSC09292.jpg" data-mid="225245719" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9105543ea6c03bbf7cd6a55a41c8dd28cdbb1f5d3063a502063ffebfe5c16297/DSC09292.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4bd6ea870644bafc2718db704e821e41a3f6b320e2231f3a4953a7715481129/DSC09293.jpg" data-mid="225245720" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4bd6ea870644bafc2718db704e821e41a3f6b320e2231f3a4953a7715481129/DSC09293.jpg" /> Location: Horikawa Danchi, KyotoDate: 21 November, 2024Daylight hours: 10h 10m 52s Wood: Maple <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2f87cd63dff0127a522c0b0475871d7c2b2ad5c7ad9ae46f9eeebe2fb3ed55e/DSC09342.jpg" data-mid="225246129" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e2f87cd63dff0127a522c0b0475871d7c2b2ad5c7ad9ae46f9eeebe2fb3ed55e/DSC09342.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f45e80db9517208aa9661247c5c3dc3e71bd486df617f1802e38df260bf3f380/DSC09347.jpg" data-mid="225246130" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f45e80db9517208aa9661247c5c3dc3e71bd486df617f1802e38df260bf3f380/DSC09347.jpg" /> Location: Kamogawa Delta, KyotoDate: 11 November, 2024Daylight hours: 10h 26m 31sWood: Unknown <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b36bd560bebd1698e5c37ec5e24559aed36b85beae050c2ffb73beacedc8023/DSC09235.jpg" data-mid="225246871" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6b36bd560bebd1698e5c37ec5e24559aed36b85beae050c2ffb73beacedc8023/DSC09235.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49aa0616872bcca0d93cc6bc9e557e7b0d7c29e0ca9595311c98e2797fd3c067/DSC09353.jpg" data-mid="225246872" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49aa0616872bcca0d93cc6bc9e557e7b0d7c29e0ca9595311c98e2797fd3c067/DSC09353.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24efea7140dca3b4f7e494570949d5261f18383aa84709f21b3cfe9af1f45223/DSC09356.jpg" data-mid="225246873" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24efea7140dca3b4f7e494570949d5261f18383aa84709f21b3cfe9af1f45223/DSC09356.jpg" /> Location: Funaokayama Park, KyotoDate: 4 November, 2024Daylight hours: 10h 39m 01s Wood: Jujube <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8ed510ce0a1468b4d4d0a1fe36e924d6b2022581c189b4424f6c29e2cbd2add/DSC09225.jpg" data-mid="225246107" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8ed510ce0a1468b4d4d0a1fe36e924d6b2022581c189b4424f6c29e2cbd2add/DSC09225.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fc34830c9578c95f10a144852c9d9d06a5560de1dd7f8845ca4eaf4e2fd168a/DSC09323.jpg" data-mid="225246108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8fc34830c9578c95f10a144852c9d9d06a5560de1dd7f8845ca4eaf4e2fd168a/DSC09323.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/062c28fa28877e2856e9d433745ce3913043e8256206a53477e5d671b22b724a/DSC09328.jpg" data-mid="225246109" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/062c28fa28877e2856e9d433745ce3913043e8256206a53477e5d671b22b724a/DSC09328.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0010248944aaefeff135a3b1f3a0c70876ec06584e980e235dcbce19a6b88258/DSC09331.jpg" data-mid="225246110" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0010248944aaefeff135a3b1f3a0c70876ec06584e980e235dcbce19a6b88258/DSC09331.jpg" /> Location: Kamogawa Delta, KyotoDate: 13 November, 2024Daylight hours: 10h 23m 09sWood: Maple <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab7c13c7b6412cd44f933986b9dc99799542c3e6a32dc16c3839178a714c0c80/DSC09222.jpg" data-mid="225245777" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab7c13c7b6412cd44f933986b9dc99799542c3e6a32dc16c3839178a714c0c80/DSC09222.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f52bf4eb5e632f70d0a76e0849acaf65c2ac6efc044110806ebc4c93d286536/DSC09333.jpg" data-mid="225245778" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f52bf4eb5e632f70d0a76e0849acaf65c2ac6efc044110806ebc4c93d286536/DSC09333.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/822f26f74d1d57a95f094d4af575153f0442a4848cd3adffc83f97e47f2cbfac/DSC09336.jpg" data-mid="225245779" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/822f26f74d1d57a95f094d4af575153f0442a4848cd3adffc83f97e47f2cbfac/DSC09336.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29d129b663f19ae0ffa4b4a89d35e00ffec276866380aefb7dc022cd1d566969/DSC09340.jpg" data-mid="225245780" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/29d129b663f19ae0ffa4b4a89d35e00ffec276866380aefb7dc022cd1d566969/DSC09340.jpg" /> Location: Kamogawa Delta, KyotoDate: 12 November, 2024Daylight hours: 10h 24m 49sWood: Unknown <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c91b03da1be65233089b72780315cdbf04e809fe7b62bb2e9765213ecc643a60/DSC09244.jpg" data-mid="225246967" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c91b03da1be65233089b72780315cdbf04e809fe7b62bb2e9765213ecc643a60/DSC09244.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/212257dcd596cdb9c00333e3c6a6c31e9a30112dfa3ed033a486cef6c43cb90d/DSC09360.jpg" data-mid="225246968" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/212257dcd596cdb9c00333e3c6a6c31e9a30112dfa3ed033a486cef6c43cb90d/DSC09360.jpg" /> Location: Kamogawa Delta, KyotoDate: 11 November, 2024Daylight hours: 10h 26m 31sWood: Unknown <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c25f49912efd3123d1331f6939597ae78c008045722be825bc8d69c3029a100/DSC09221.jpg" data-mid="225246739" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c25f49912efd3123d1331f6939597ae78c008045722be825bc8d69c3029a100/DSC09221.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a5bc0b284051c1359226857c96c873144d680b0defc282e7328dd2f590e6180/DSC09313.jpg" data-mid="225246740" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a5bc0b284051c1359226857c96c873144d680b0defc282e7328dd2f590e6180/DSC09313.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bbe949a05c637e2bee1b773d44374b99c6e573e5a91da98b7c3255628f89a2bc/DSC09316.jpg" data-mid="225246741" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bbe949a05c637e2bee1b773d44374b99c6e573e5a91da98b7c3255628f89a2bc/DSC09316.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55f951f0ba90a843df998f5b38481f58d6fa63f76c69df30141eefc10213ae92/DSC09320.jpg" data-mid="225246742" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55f951f0ba90a843df998f5b38481f58d6fa63f76c69df30141eefc10213ae92/DSC09320.jpg" /> Location: Kamogawa Delta, KyotoDate: 13 November, 2024Daylight hours: 10h 23m 09sWood: Unknown <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53a142ee56b88dd0a6881727d372ab0f2774b8e301be85a67b184e855498fa84/DSC09241.jpg" data-mid="225246987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53a142ee56b88dd0a6881727d372ab0f2774b8e301be85a67b184e855498fa84/DSC09241.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e3fa58ac4ab1f17e272b2940581da2c4762f9e8e5eedda15735dcccc6465acb/DSC09282.jpg" data-mid="225246988" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e3fa58ac4ab1f17e272b2940581da2c4762f9e8e5eedda15735dcccc6465acb/DSC09282.jpg" /> Location: Horikawa Danchi, KyotoDate: 3 November, 2024Daylight hours: 10h 40m 53sWood: Jujube This project was made possible through the support of Office for Contemporary Art Norway <img width="9417" height="1928" width_o="9417" height_o="1928" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d5a9e1ab0530738919201881d1d541141e771491ae21ee0a9128f0fc9b8b771/OCA_logo_digital.png" data-mid="225262202" border="0" data-scale="41" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d5a9e1ab0530738919201881d1d541141e771491ae21ee0a9128f0fc9b8b771/OCA_logo_digital.png" />