In collaboration with the Getty, Pacific Standard Time (PST) recognizes exhibitions and programs that highlight topics relating to culture, education, visual arts, and science. In its third regional collaboration, the Getty's Pacific Standard Time series thematic overview includes sustainability and environmental justice, indigenous knowledge, technology and futurism, the science and technology of architecture, and more.
Forty-five institutions have been awarded funding totaling $5million. Hammer Museum director Ann Philbin discusses the role art and science will play during this iteration of PST in the following press statement. "We're eager to break that pattern with this new edition ofPacific Standard Time as we collectively explore nothing less than two fundamental modes of understanding the world and the powerful and surprising ways they connect."
According to the Getty Foundation site, "from alchemy to anatomy, and from botanical art to augmented reality, art and science have shared moments of unity, conflict, and mutual insight. The next PST theme connects these moments in the past with the most pressing issues of today. By examining such critical issues as climate change and the future of artificial intelligence, PST will create an opportunity for civic dialogue around the urgent problems of our time."
Below is a preview of recipients for the first round of research grants. The full list of grant recipients and their program details can be found here.
The Future in Our Past: Visualizing Human Evolution, 1850 to the Present
Edwin Hubble's famous M31 VAR! plate. Taken in 1923 with the Hooker 100-inch telescope of Mount Wilson Observatory, the image established the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) as separate from our own Milky Way. Part of a PST research project being undertaken at LACMA in collaboration with the Carnegie Observatories. Image courtesy of the Carnegie Observatories
Digital Capture: Southern California and the Origin of the Pixel-Based Image World
The second round of grant funding will be announced by the Getty at a later date this year. Previous Pacific Standard Time programs included Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.Aand Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.
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