La Luna al Popolo!

KOSMICA will present a kaleidoscope of artworks that connect in different ways to space exploration in poetical and critical ways. For this cosmic week, KOSMICA will share the work of 6 international artists throughout the week.

 

Programme

 

16th July

Ale de la Puente (Mexico)

… the first wish

09:13 / 2017

 

17th July

Sarah Jane Pell (Australia)

We are all explorer fish

06:36 / 2016

 

18th July

Melanie King (UK)

ECLIPSE // Composition I

06:36 / 2016

 

19th July

Tania Candiani  (Mexico)

Vimana

06:22 / 2017

 

20th July

2boys.tv (Canada)

Reflections Of A Space Traveler

04:17 / 2013

 

21st July

Manuel Díaz  (Mexico, Earth)

I Am (The Ship Goes)

02:58 / 2016

 

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONS

 

… the first wish,

An intervention to the skies of Mexico City to create an artificial astronomical event.

 

We are all explorer fish

Gripped by an obsession for Earthly connection, Amulet the first human born in low Earth orbit, agrees to work on the new Mars outpost. If she survives, others will follow and she will not be alone...

 

ECLIPSE // Composition I

A VHS Space Documentary abstracted by Circuit Bent VHS Visual Effects using Tachyons.
Sound inspired by NASA Voyager Probe interpretations, created by a handmade synthesizer.

 

Vimana

This work is based on the historical transfer of technologies between India and the Chinese region. It uses Taiwanese traditional flying lantern technology to recreate an Indian mythological phenomenon.

 

Reflections of a space traveler

A poetic essay about the relationship between human beings and planet Earth.

 

I Am (The Ship Goes)

A video performance about the encounter with a mystic state through symbolic and meditative actions.