Working with local artist and Magdalen Studios director Diana Bell and University of Oxford zoologist Dr David Bass, I designed and built this cabinet to hold a laptop computer for an installation called Black Box Safari. This was part of the Art in the Aboretum event that took place from 1st to 18th July 2009 in Harcourt Arboretum. The box was hinged at the back and held a laptop computer with the screen open to display a high resolution microscopic image. A magnifying glass was mounted on the lid of the box so that when a member of the public looked into it they had the impression of looking at a real magnified object.
Tags: art, bespoke, educational, outdoors, science