“We too once lived in this house of stars, and we thought of you”

Murmurs of Earth, Carl Sagan et al. 1978 

My question with this project is a simple one: what is communication?

The Voyager record emphasises the “homo musicus”: human beings sing as well as speak. The Golden Record is laden with music and sonic material as a mode to communicate the quality of experience and emotional dimension of being human.  

This showing of work is part of the Inside Out showing at the ACA Centre, a group showing by artists, writers & musicians on Residency 161.

You’re invited to a simple interactive experiment with projection and sound on the land where the Voyager probes were launched.  An exploration of time and the stars, at a point when Spacex rockets are being launched from Cape Canaveral and the tone, aesthetic and character of space investigation is shifting into a new phase. Communication is not a time capsule, but responsive: this project blends the future longed for in 1977 with the current moment. 

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