Wind Egg

Screening of a film by ACT Alumnus Haseeb Ahmed that uses modern technology to explore an ancient myth. Please see In Our Present Condition… at the Dean’s Office Gallery for artifacts from the film, and The Wind Tunnel Model lecture on April  3.

Haseeb Ahmed’s Wind Egg, a performance and film created at the NATO von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics outside of Brussels, subverts the language and methods of scientific experiment and reportage. The project speculates on new narratives for scientific research—including this attempt to realize the ancient Greek theory that the wind could fertilize animals and people.