It felt great to be back in the groove of being involved in another Open Night in March 2024 – now two in a row since the shutdown of the pandemic. The challenge as far as the Twin Dome was concerned was that the…
The most satisfying part of re-opening the old Twin Dome observatory is in getting visitors along to see the new space, as many as possible. This is not just during the now well established observatory open nights in…
The northern side of the interior of the Twin Dome The final configuring of the interior part of ‘in colour’ relied on bringing together three distinct elements at one moment in the middle of Summer 2023. Firstly, the…
The flowers around the base of the south wall Before the final transformation of the interior space, I wanted to make sure that as much “in colour” as possible could also find its way beyond the walls of the Twin Dome…
The inside of the Twin Dome at various stages of its transformation. As mentioned in the earlier blog – Letting the light in – for practical reasons the new window really needed to be installed facing directly due east…
Izzy Donaldson and Emily Frank painting “in colour’ on the Twin Dome With our new start to life in the Twin Dome, largely thanks to extended funding from the Shine Project, the building would now start to experience a…
Interior views of the Twin Dome on Open Night 2023 By early 2023, with our fabulous new window installed and ready to transform the space with light, myself and Anne-Marie were turning our thoughts to the summer and…
Exterior and interior views of the newly installed Twin Dome window Two days before Christmas 2022 School of Physics and Astronomy technician Chris Watson managed to astound me and Observatory Director Aleks Scholz by…
Google earth street view of the Twin Dome in February 2021 As with so much of our day-to-day activity during the pandemic years, the previously steady emergence of the Twin Dome as a new space for art and science was…
Left – detail of Open Night poster. Right – artwork photographed in sunlight Looking back on the sequence of events in the recent evolution of the Twin Dome, it’s been something of a juggling act to try to avoid…