OBSERVER will open the 18th annual Science New Wave Festival on October 17, 2025 at 7 pm followed by a reception in the DCTV Firehouse Lobby.
What do we see when we look at the world around us? In a playful investigation into how we perceive our surroundings, director Ian Cheney scoops up various uniquely observant individuals, be they scientists, artists, or others, and tasks them to describe what they encounter, at home or far abroad. Constructed as a globe-trotting adventure in eight chapters, OBSERVER takes in all the surfaces of things, in alluring detail, to get at the deeper philosophical questions and urgently timely concerns that describe our shifting place on Earth.
