“You look at the outside of what’s meant to represent the celestial sphere, which is actually the opposite of its form. Our position in relation to it is inverted; in fact, we are inside the sphere looking out, not on the outside looking at this globe. But we’ve learned to read it, even though it shouldn’t make sense.”—Matt Mulican on “Planetarium,” his interactive scale model of the solar system, a project for Triple Canopy programmed by Patrick Smith. Above image: the print companion of the project, From Me (in Space).
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“You look at the outside of what’s meant to represent the celestial sphere, which is actually the opposite of its form. Our position in relation to it is inverted; in fact, we are inside the sphere looking out, not on the outside looking at this globe. But we’ve learned to read it, even though it shouldn’t make sense.”—Matt Mulican on “Planetarium,” his interactive scale model of the solar system, a project for Triple Canopy programmed by Patrick Smith. Above image: the print companion of the project, From Me (in Space).

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