Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – detail lower transparency – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – detail photo calendar and shelves – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – detail Newton ring demonstrations – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – detail of Newton ring demonstration – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – detail of Almanac copy and Newton ring demonstration – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – detail Newton ring demonstration – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – detail Almanac copy – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – detail prism and Almanac copy – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – detail Newton ring demonstration – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – detail Newton ring demonstration – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – detail Almanac copy – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – detail found lens – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Jocelyne Prince – Newton’s Observations – installation view – variable – Exhibited at John Hay Library.
Newton’s Observations
Jocelyne Prince
2020
Found lenses, prisms, copies of pages from White's Almanac, high-speed digital photographs, photo transparency of Newton's observation, in display case
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Newton’s Observations uses Newton’s rings to evoke phenomena that occur on the less-visible scale. The rings also look like a graphic representation of some type of orbit. The large poster mimics the calendar layout of February 2020, where every day has a high speed camera image of glass in movement. White’s 1812 Almanac was used as a guide for the calendar. The display case is anchored by a black and white photographic transparency of Newton’s schematic drawing of the colors present in the Newton Rings. The painted spectrum underlay reproduces Newton’s color indications.

1. Newton’s rings, Wikipedia.

This artwork was exhibited at the