Discovery Science Center & Planetarium, #37
4450 Park Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604
www.shudiscovery.org
203-416-3521
info@shudiscovery.org
Museum Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm
Monday, 10am - 5pm (for Discovery members only)
We believe in the importance of providing hands-on STEAM learning experiences that resonate with children’s natural curiosity and love of learning. We are active advocates for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) literacy in Connecticut and use our unique resources and expertise in informal STEAM learning to encourage and provide a pathway for all young learners to become STEAM-empowered and informed decision makers in an increasingly technology-driven world. Our mission is to engage, excite, and educate young learners through experiences and programs that inspire wonder and ignite creativity as the foundation for a lifetime love of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) learning. Please check our website and social media pages for all upcoming events!
Bridgeport Art Trail 2025 Schedule
Coming November: Jeremiah Chechik - Art Exhibit
Excerpt from Artist’s Statement:
“Over the years we have become somewhat hard-wired to regard photographs as truthful and real. As photography distanced itself from the aesthetic of painting, it embraced "objective" interpretation of the world as a factual representation. No matter that the depiction of Ansel Adam's Moon and Half Dome (1960) or Cartier Bresson's leaping man in Place de l'Europe Gare Saint Lazare (1932) are tonally abstract and black and white. Compare these "realistic" images with a Rembrandt painting such as Self Portrait with Beret and Turned up Collar (1659). The Rembrandt seems much more objective, more colorfully realistic, than the photographs, which use only form plus white, grey, and black tones to achieve their effect. And yet, it is the photographs that claim to present the objective true moment…
…While the eye seeks to believe that these images are a methodical and clinical record, the instinct revolts, as we feel the pull of an unnatural dreamscape. If creativity is based on remixing existing elements into new combinations, then all art is to some degree derivative. With diffusion models, large and small language models, the empathetic and conscious artist can collaborate with the supreme intelligence of the machine and take us to a familiar “unknown.”
Art cannot be created or destroyed, only remixed. We borrow what we like and build on it. This cultural exchange insures that art, technology, and culture will continue to evolve. My work is intended to transport the viewer through a kind of false memory to a different time and place, where everything feels familiar, real, and emotionally tinged.”