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Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - 9:00am to Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 5:00pm
Curated to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Bioinformatics Support Hub at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, the “Data as Art” exhibition invites visitors to explore the aesthetic potential of scientific data. This unique display challenges the conventional perception of data as purely objective, highlighting its capacity to inspire artistic expression and creativity. “Data as Art” presents an array of data visualizations and representations that transcend their scientific origins, revealing the inherent beauty and interpretative depth within data. For example, the study of the
Sunday, August 18, 2024 - 9:00am to Sunday, March 2, 2025 - 5:00pm
“Amnesia”—a 1986 work of interactive science fiction—was an early attempt to bring video games into the realm of literary art by translating a novelist’s script into a medium that readers could only experience by interacting with a computer. Visitors can play the game on workstations in the Hanke Gallery in Sterling Memorial Library and in Bass Library, using Emulation-as-a-Service Infrastructure (EaaSI) software. Curator’s Talk and Exhibit Opening Reception is on Oct. 1, 2024, 4:30-6 p.m.
Thursday, July 25, 2024 - 12:00am to Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 12:00am
Exhibit Opening Reception:Thursday, Sept. 26, 5-7 p.m. “In the First Person” is the first large-scale public exhibition of footage from the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Excerpts from 19 video testimonies present the experiences of survivors and witnesses to the atrocities and genocide committed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. Also on display are books, pamphlets, manuscripts, and documents from Yale Library collections.
Monday, April 29, 2024 - 12:00am to Sunday, October 6, 2024 - 12:00am
For nearly two centuries, the ports of New England were home to the “Yankee” whaling industry. The exhibit draws on Sterling Library’s Manuscripts and Archives Whaling Logs Collection. Logbooks were essential navigational tools and also document whaling voyages and reveal the complex world of the industry.
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 12:00am to Sunday, October 6, 2024 - 12:00am
“Maker of a Kindly Permanence” celebrates Yale’s Oral History of American Music with film clips, objects, and recordings from OHAM’s earliest days and more recent materials, some featuring gospel writer Roxie Ann Moore (1916-2012). Curated by Ambre Dromgoole and Libby Van Cleve with Richard Boursy (organizing curator)