Like so many others, I’ve been stuck at home for the better part of this year and unable to carry out my research in person. Normally, I’d be spending most of my days in the …
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Withdrawn (2020), Matthew Vivirito
When we emerge from this pandemic, we will have the opportunity to reflect on our experience of isolation, of loss, and of privilege in the freedoms we can once again engage with. This understanding, this …
The Workshop of Science, Kushin Mukherjee
The Workshop of Science Kushin Mukherjee I like to spend my moments of leisure practicing drawing. During my non-leisure hours, I’m a cognitive scientist in training, so my job is to think about thinking. Among …
Inclusive Art, Aedan Gardill
My name is Aedan Gardill and I’m a physics graduate student at the UW, as well as an artist! I am very excited to join the Kohler fellowship as one of the art fellows to …
“Evermoving wanderers:” Astrophotography and the Anthropocene, Kaitlin Moore
In November 1886, an essay by the director of the Lick Observatory, Edward S. Holden, appeared in Overland Monthly magazine. Holden, an astronomer and professor of mathematics (and former employee at the Washburn Observatory at UW Madison) devoted significant …
The Reality of Pretending, Katherine E. Norman
When I was small, there were zombies in the basement. The light switch was at the bottom of the stairs which meant that, when coming upstairs, one had to flick the switch before climbing. …
Color Culture, Matt Ferens
Imagine living in a world where you did not have access to artificial colors – the color wheel, paints, computer screens, and so on. Imagine living, say, in ancient Greece. Would you use such words …