Journey to Space

The picnic near the lakeside in Chicago is the start of lazy afternoon, early one October. We begin with a scene one meter wide, which we view from just one meter away. Now every ten seconds we will look from ten times farther away and our field of view will be ten times wider. This square is ten meters wide, and in ten seconds, the next square will be ten times as wide. Our picture will center on the picnicers, even after they’ve been lost to sight.

This show will feature a movie we’ve had a number of requests for, “Powers of Ten”. Made by legendary designers and artists Charles and Ray Eames, the movie shows the size of the universe, from the scale we are most used to, to all the known galaxies, and back into the atom in one, all in one continuous shot. It’s marvelous.

Our journey will continue with a Apollo rocket launch, space flight, and the moon.

And if you don’t know yet, as always, we’ll be improvising a live show to these films. Joining us for the music is Chip Newton, an absolutely fantastic guitarist. There’s always something to learn at a Modern Robot show, so come out and hang with us.