A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...an exhibition exploring the universality of natural elements, patterns, and ornament as vehicles for meditating on beauty. At the heart of the exhibition is Schaechter’s most ambitious work to date (also titled Super/Natural), an 8-foot-tall, 5.5-foot-diameter stained glass dome created during her residency at the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics. Designed to accommodate a single viewer inside, the artwork represents a three-tiered cosmos that reflects her study of biophilic design and its impact on human consciousness. Biophilic principles are often used in hospitals and office buildings to create “refresh rooms” and chapels—places designed to lower stress and foster feelings of serenity and peace…
...The Super/Natural dome features 65 vibrant stained-glass panels teeming with fantastical insects, flora, birds, and beasts. By situating the viewer at the center, Super/Natural invites contemplation of inner space, how we experience environments neurologically and psychologically, and outer space, how we extend ourselves into our surroundings..."
