Rosco Spectrum: Chicago’s world-famous Field Museum is not only renowned for the exhibits housed inside its walls, but also for the touring exhibitions that are designed there, and then travel to other museums around the United States. Such is the case with Antarctic Dinosaurs. This interactive exhibit takes visitors on a journey deep into the past to one of the most remote areas on earth in order to showcase the fossils of newly discovered dinosaurs and the habitat they lived in.
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As a fan of museums, living just outside Chicago is truly a blessing. We have tons of incredible museums and related organizations in the city, such the the Art Institute, the Adler Planetarium, the Shedd Aquarium, the Museum of Science and Industry, and the Field Museum. As a kid, I always loved the Museum of Science and Industry, but the Field Museum also holds a special place in my heart. I try to go whenever they have a new exhibit, and will likely try to see this one while I am home for Thanksgiving break, or possibly winter break. It will be really cool to experience, especially with this background knowledge! At first glance, I would have assumed that the projectors in use for the aurora in the exhibit would be video projectors, rather than gobo projectors. It is really interesting to see how the designers combined the use of a 70 degree lens, a Green Aurora effect filter, and a ColorWaves gobo to achieve this effect. I imagine that this method, as compared to a video projector, saves energy and space, as well as produces less heat. Especially for a museum, those are all critical factors in experiential scenic design!
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