As black forms the backdrop against which we see the stars, works on show at Science Oxford, at the bottom of Headington Hill, have been created from chalk on traditional blackboards. There are a dozen pictures, together with a collection of haikus, which have been superimposed on to images from the photographic archives at Culham.
Capturing the Sun: a Fusion of Creativity is the result of a series of drawing workshops held over the past 12 months at the Culham Science Centre. The workshops were attended by scientists and support staff working at the centre, under the guidance of Oxford-based poet and artist Jane Corbett in her stint as the centre's artist in residence.
The drawings can be best understood if accepted as thought pictures - illustrations of things that can't easily be seen which bring together both artistic and scientific ways of looking at things.
The haikus, which are now so popular with contemporary poets because of their brevity, include three lines such as: Fields pulse Plasma form writhing Now it's gone.
Only a few of the works on display are signed, leaving visitors to guess if they were created by a scientist, a member of the Culham support staff or Jane herself. We are also left to guess the subject matter as the works are untitled. Perhaps it's the anonymity of these pictures which intrigues visitors so much.
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