Solar Projections - A Poetry Day Ireland Project (2022)
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Our future may be written in the stars. But what about the star that plays the biggest role in our lives, the sun? Solar Projections is a poetry activity for all ages that can be done anywhere, that brings together poetry and solar forecasting. In a short film, viewers will be shown how to build their own DIY solar projectors from household objects, be encouraged to write a poem about their forecast for the future, and will be asked to photograph the image of the sun projected on their written poem to create a digital poetry archive.
Not sure where to start? Fear not, in the video above you’ll be able to watch poets Eoin McEvoy, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan and Molly Twomey set the scene with readings of their own poems, while putting together their own solar projectors!
This project was funded by Poetry Ireland's Bright Ideas Fund for Poetry Day Ireland, and created in collaboration with DIAS Dunsink Observatory in Dublin 15 and Trinity College Dublin with the support of Brendan Owens and Dr Sophie Murray, with filming at Dunsink by Alberto Cañizares.
Solar Projections was created, coordinated and edited by Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan.
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