We drove out to the Vanderbilt Planetarium after an early dinner to see a live performance in the planetarium of a friend of mine from the astronomy club. Yannaki Arrizza is a musician and a composer. There was a live musical performance and an amazing visual show on in the planetarium dome. This is a formal portrait I did last year for his first show, shot on a rehearsal day. I was able to light him and move around to get the best composition, which I would not have been able to do tonight during the show.
I was expecting just a laser light show, but that was only part of it. The projector capabilities of this planetarium are astounding! This is an image of a Saturn rocket which nearly fills the dome! Look how small he is at the bottom of the picture where you can see him at his electronic keyboards. Yannaki's music includes brilliant electronic soundscapes that combine digital and analog synthesizer sounds along with modern textures provided by the latest digital-audio technologies.
In this image we are seeing a video of an aurora on the dome. The music and the video projections were just astounding!
I do have to say this - the music was loud! After a short while I had to put my fingers in my ears for parts of the program. Imagine my surprise when I suddenly noticed the man in front of me was doing the same thing!
1 comment:
Love the images of the Saturn rocket and the aurora. What a creative way to use the planetarium. Betsey
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