Private Cosmologies By Dennis Miller and Gus Evrard 
The piece/series is based upon four concepts:
- Cultural cosmologies (judeo-christian, greco-roman, hindu, maori, etc.) are based upon understandable, shared information that is generally based on the natural world.
- One of the biggest challenges physicists face as teachers and scientists is finding ways to explain ideas that initially seem inexplicable.
- Each of us has a view of the world that is based on a lifetime's worth of information-gathering. the perception and comprehension of new information is dependent on its relationship to everything else we know.
- The surrealist Max Ernst defined his work as 'the juxtaposition of opposing realities as a means of making a new, harmonious reality.' This work attempts to juxtapose our private cosmologies and Gus Evrard's research as a means of seeing what they may (or may not) have in common.
Dennis Miller is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Michigan School of Art and Design. Recent research projects have included a traveling exhibit entitled "Designed Life" that traveled to high schools throughout Michigan; an NSF-funded project for the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum that included games and challenge problems designed to teach problem-solving skills to elementary school students; and "Design Futures," a state-funded program for which he develops curricula and learning materials for Michigan high school teachers and students. In addition, Miller developed The Design Summer Camp program at the School for high school students. Prior to his arrival at U-M, Miller worked in the private sector as a graphic designer of corporate communications, with clients in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and London.
Gus Evrand is a professor at the University of Michigan and an astrophysicist.