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The Astronomer

Australia, 2005
film

A paint-on-glass animation, “The Astronomer” is the story of an old timekeeper who, little by little, loses sense of his world. It is a quiet rumi..

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The Texture of light: The Astronomer (1668) Johannes Vermeer

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The Astronomer's workshop

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A Watch on the southern sky

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A Brief history of astronomy

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The Survivor

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Moon to Dust

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Outta space

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The Moment

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Exploring the night sky

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The Urban migration

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The Universe and I: the future

United States, 1976
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The Story of time

United Kingdom, 1950
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Landscape

Hungary, 1998
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Skyfall

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Changing days

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Jettison

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Brassketeers

Australia, 1999
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Cosmic zoom

Canada, 1969
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