OBSERVER Film Screening

​This Climate Week NYC, The New York Climate Exchange, in partnership with Stony Brook University and the Science Communication Lab/Wonder Collaborative, will be sharing the new film OBSERVER. After the screening, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with each other and the world around them and participate in activities that apply the learnings of the film.

​In OBSERVER, filmmaker Ian Cheney embarks on an experiment in which he brings a series of keen-eyed observers - scientists, artists, a hunter - to a range of locations around the world, often without telling them where they are going, and asks them simply to describe what they see. 

​What unfolds is a deep exploration and celebration of the power of observation: what happens when you find new ways to sense & perceive the world around you? With customary whimsy and a small painted red square that Cheney brings on every journey, the film is an invitation to viewers to find beauty and meaning in even the most quotidian of locales. Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of7Hfd0bNFQ 

​This event is made possible by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Schmidt Sciences and University of California, Santa Cruz Science Communication Catalyst Grant.