“I will never look at electrical wires the same way again.”–Neil deGrasse Tyson
New Release
Surfing the Cosmos:
Energy and Environment
In Surfing the Cosmos (G Editions, September 2022), Miller presents a new body of work – photographs and paintings that juxtapose pictures of the chaotic electrical wire grids of the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro with those of the gigantic instruments used by scientists at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research based in Switzerland) along with reproductions of the scientists’ scribbled equations. Miller’s unique way of combining these seemingly disparate images reveals our shared humanity and our shared responsibility for the world around us.
Steve Miller
New York Artist Steve Miller has explored scientific concepts and experimented with new technologies in his photographic work since the 1970s. He is interested in our relationship to the planet and to each other, and has published two previous books Radiographic and Surf/Skate on the subject. Miller is recognized as an early pioneer of the “sciart” (science-based art) movement. In 2013, and 2017 the National Academy of Science mounted exhibitions of his work, each of which explored aspects of the deforestation of the Amazon and the impact on the fauna living there. The Wired and CERN work presented here evolved from those two earlier bodies of work. Follow Steve Miller on Instagram @stevemillerdotcom
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