• A story that tells the tale of the photo. Is it the story of what is happening in the photo? Or a tale of how the photo was taken?
The room was quiet, except for a soft buzzing sound from the lights. On the ceiling, lights were arranged to look like stars in the night sky. Every night, Mira came here—not to run away from the busy city, but to remember the stars she used to see as a kid living in the countryside. She would sit in the middle of the room and look up, pretending those lights were real stars. But deep down, she knew they weren’t. They were fake, carefully made to look like something wild and free. This photo shows that feeling—wanting something real, but only having something that tries to copy it.
• Write a new artist statement for this photograph. You can either connect it to the theme of the exhibit or connect to another interpretation.
This photo explores how modern life replaces real nature with fake versions. It shows a ceiling made to look like the night sky, but everything is too perfect and clean. Real stars are random and full of mystery. The photo makes people think about how we try to control and recreate nature, but we often lose the magic when we do. It makes us feel both amazed and a little sad.
• Write a response to this artwork using any of the Entry Point Windows from the hand out. Use the questions as a guide, but feel free to write your own questions and to ignore whichever ones don't make sense to you.
When I see this photo, I feel kind of sad. It reminds me of the last time I saw real stars, far from the city lights. It was quiet and beautiful. This picture is pretty too, but it also shows what we’re missing now that we live in places full of lights and buildings.