This exhibition proposal summarizes an experience that allows visitors to stand in the position of the Hubble telescope. On the ground floor, visitors will see a model of Hubble and take a glass-floored lift up to the first floor. There, scale models of planets in our solar system will be displayed in a dark room lit by an animated earth on the lift floor. Sound systems will play recordings of each planet's electromagnetic vibrations, with volume decreasing based on each planet's distance from Earth. Visitors can move around to hear planets more clearly. The aim is to give visitors an immersive sense of Hubble's view from orbit.
5. This exhibition is for you to
experience part of the Hubble
mission by standing in Hubble’s
position in the space.
It is for adult audiance who
are intrested in the space, the
planets and cosmology
6. Ground floor
In this floor, the audience will first see the
model of Hubble.
Then, on the wall next to the lift is this
message: “Be The Hubble”. The aim of
this exhibition is for you to experience
part of the Hubble mission by standing in
Hubble’s position in the space.
After that, they take the lift to go to the
first floor.
Lift: The reason to have a lift is because
the Hubble is sent to the space and it can
give some similar feeling to the audience.
The floor of the lift is made of Glass.
Inside the lift is dark. The light is coming
from the animated earth on the floor.
This animation will start when they enter
the list and then end when they leave the
earth.
Animated earth
8. First floor
Entrance is in the first floor. The list does
not have any door to be opened to give
the similar feeling as when Hubble was
sent to the space. The entrance to the
first floor is next to the earth planet.
Around the earth, is a circle designed
with glue in the dark colour.
This circle shows the Hubble’s orbit
around the earth.
The audience should walk in the circle
first.
In the first floor, the planets in our solar
system are displayed such as Jupiter,
Saturn, Neptune and etc.
Size of planets: The sizes of the planets
that are displayed in the exhibition
are different relatively to indicate their
comparative size in reality.
10. Hypothetical Link system
Hubble Photography: Usually, Hubble is
taking photos of planets as they are In
line with Hubble’s position.
The pictures of the planets in this
exhibition are chosen from the first
photos that Hubble has got from them.
11.
12. Sound system
NASA: Sound does exist as
electromagnetic vibrations. Through
specially designed instruments the
NASA Vayager, INJUN 1, ISEE 1, and
HAWKEYE space probes. The recorded
sounds are the complex interactions of
charged electromagnetic particles from
the solar wind, ionosphere and planetary
magnetosphere. ( ritekid, (2010) NASA
Space Sounds. Online: https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=-MmWeZHsQzs. Accessed [10
February 2016] )
Speaker: Using a special speaker for the
sound system. French based company
Akoustic Arts manufactured the device.
The speaker will be positioning on the
back and top of each planets.
Audience can hear the sound of each
planet based on Hypothetical Link
system when they look directly at the
planet.
For the gaps between the planets, they
will hear a very low sound of space.
The sounds of those planets that are near
to the earth are louder than those planets
that are far from the earth.
The audience also can go outside the
circle near to the planet. When they get
near to a planet, the sound of that planet
will be louder.