Rock Bottom Riser

538 Congress St,Portland ME 04101

03 April, 2022

Description

Rock Bottom Riser ALL AGES Fern Silva's essential, exhilarating exploration of post-colonialism and pop culture in Hawaii traverses geology ethnography and astronomy In his dynamic feature debut, Fern Silva examines myriad encounters with an island world at sea. From the earliest voyagers who navigated by starlight, to present-day astronomers scanning the cosmos for habitable planets, explorers have long made Hawaii the hub for their searching. Today—as lava continues to flow on the island—another crisis mounts as scientists plan to build the world’s largest telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii’s most sacred and revered mountain. With cinematic brio and a wry wit, ROCK BOTTOM RISER traverses geology, ethnography and astronomy to offer a palimpsest of post-colonialism and pop-culture.