Bruce Price: The Surface of Last Scattering

About This Event

“The surface of last scattering is a moment in the early universe, about 380,000 years after the Big Bang, when the cosmos cooled enough for electrons and protons to combine into neutral hydrogen atoms. Before this time, the universe was a hot, dense plasma in which photons (light particles) constantly scattered off free electrons, making the universe opaque. Once neutral atoms formed, photons could travel freely without being scattered. The surface of last scattering is not a physical surface, but rather a spherical shell around us in space-time: the farthest distance from which we can directly receive light. It provides a snapshot of the universe at that early moment, effectively our oldest “picture” of the cosmos.” Bruce Price is an artist residing in Denver, CO. Former Director of the Institute for Experimental Studies at RMCAD & a founding resource artist at Redline/Denver. Price holds a BFA in painting from Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design and an MFA in interdisciplinary studies from Maine College of Art. With 20 years of teaching foundations & fine arts in higher education, Price brings an exhibition history with solo exhibitions in New York and Denver including a solo exhibition at the Denver Art Museum. Mr. Price’s work has been collected internationally with works in several museum collections.