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Space And Contemporary Art [ Next ] Space has entered the contemporary art scene in recent years. Contemporary artists are realizing the infinite possibilities that the "space" frontier offers to artistic exploration. Below are some the highlights.
"Wave UFO" is
a distillation of all Mariko Mori's work over
the past few years. It is a dynamic sculptural form that hovers
'Space Design - Life in Weightlessness' at Zurich's Museum für Gestaltung November 2001 - March 2002
TATE-IN-SPACE – www.tate.org.uk/space/ Artist Susan Collins initiated a virtual space art
project in collaboration with the London Tate museum on its website.
The project placed
a virtual ‘Tate Satellite’ with a webcam in orbit and
also investigated the idea of extending the Tate museum into space
by adding a new ‘wing’ that would be attached to the
International Space Station (ISS). A competition was held for architectural
ideas and an online discussion form was developed. @rt Outsiders Festival, Maison Européenne
de la Photographie, Paris www.art-outsiders.com The exhibition and symposium presented various installations,
films and conferences that are linked to space and art. These rather
original and committed pieces gave the public a real feeling of
the revolutionary period we are living. Artists : Addictive TV,
Marcel-li Antunez Roca, Astropioneers, Marc Battier, Ewen Chardronnet,
Miguel Chevalier, Richard Clar, Susan Collins, Pierre Comte, Kitsou
Dubois et Eric Duranteau, Jérôme Duval, Kodwo Eshun,
Vadim Fishkin, Flow Motion : Anna Piva et Edward George, Danielle
Jaeggi, Eduardo Kac, Jean-Yves Leloup, Takuro Osaka, Marko Peljhan,
Jean-Marc Philippe, Frank Pietronigro, le collectif Pleix, Anjalika
Sagar, Andreï Ujica, Douglas A. Vakoch, Louise Wilson, Arthur
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"Star
City" is
a 4 channel
DVD/Video installation by British artists Jane & Louise
Wilson that
was filmed at Star City, a Russian space training center just outside
of Moscow. In this powerful work,
the artists extend their exploration of power structures, along
with the impact and illusions of the architecture within them.
Highlighting two sides of the former Soviet Union, the advancements
of space
travel are depicted alongside the worn,
neglected physical
spaces of a past era and a dense political history. The artists
were granted access to a highly secured secret environment, a
world to which most people have only a partial view and knowledge.
The
installation is projected on two sets of corner screens suspended
from the ceiling. This configuration of free standing screens
position the viewer in an intimate relationship with the installation.
on
the border between large-scale sculpture and bio-amorphous architecture.
As a futuristic version of an integral work of art, it offers participants
a multi-faceted experience involving physical, mental, and aesthetic
perception. "Wave UFO" is a space with seductive qualities,
it lures us away from the reality of everyday life and takes us
on a journey to an esoteric cosmos. 
"Wave UFO" is a visionary work, which
brings together art, science, performance, music, and architecture
in an integral work of art. In this project, Japanese artist Mariko
Mori has fused new technologies, computer graphics, video projections,
and engineered structures in order to expand the art experience.
The visitors participate in the artist's conceptions of interconnected
dream worlds. In a capsule within a huge architectural
sculpture of whale-like proportions (approx. 5m x 11m x 5m),
which can only be accessed via a staircase, three people can recline
in seats for seven minutes. The images projected on the dome screen
of the capsule are generated by a kind of interactive bio-feedback
loop that reads the brainwaves of the participants. In a computer-animated
video projection, Mori sends the "travelers" on a trip
to a spiritual cosmos.
In
collaboration with scientists, architects and artists, the Museum
für Gestaltung in Zurich, Switzerland,
organized an adventurous journey into new dimensions and spheres
of experience. 'Space Design' (Gm. 'All
Design') takes as its subject
the everyday life of an astronaut and his (weightless) world, whereby
the
historic and present examination of (missing) gravity represents
the central concern. Visions, hypotheses, and facts from the
fields of research and culture supply funny to serious exhibits.
The exhibition included a number of artists, designers and architects
inspired by the concepts of outer space and weightlessness or working
directly with space themes, images and technologies. 
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