Each season has its own magic, and this time of year we should ponder autumn’s: splendid colors by day; crisp, sharp skies at night filled with bedazzling starscapes. And between the two – the wondrous sight of migrating birds drawn to destinations reachable only by a pair of wings.
It’s a fitting time, then, for “Starry Transit,” an installation by Madison artist Martha Glowacki. Inspired by and built specifically for the picturesque, 19th-century Washburn Observatory peering high above the UW-Madison campus, “Starry Transit” explores our own fascination with the heavens and the feathered creatures that soar where we cannot.