Orbiting Satellites
dal 14/7/2011 al 2/10/2011
Segnalato da
Alejandro Duque
Joanna Griffin
David Pello
Reni Hofmueller
Luca Carrubba Husk
Lord Epsylon
Xiu Cueva
Bruno Vianna
Cinthia Mendonca
Laura Plana
Pedro Soler
Gonzalo Garcia
Pablo Gallo
Victor Mazon
Raquel de Juan
Teresa Gallego Alvarez
Ana Arboleya
Nuria Rodriguez
Cristina Ferrandez
Lorena Lozano
Josian Llorente
Aritz Zabaleta
14/7/2011
Orbiting Satellites
LABoral Art and Industrial Creation Centre, Gijon
Following the tradition of independent communities involved in the creation of Free Information infrastructures, the meeting brings together experts and amateurs from different countries and cultures to draw up a declaration that poetically sketches a map of the possible uses of satellite-technology based systems.
Orbitando satélites [Orbiting Satellites] displays the results from a research process initiated by LABoral’s Plataforma Cero in May 2011 from a meeting bearing the same name. In the words of Mathurin Milan: “Galileo destroyed geocentricism, but this was in itself reconstructed due to the unstoppable ambition for connectivity, represented by the ring of artificial geostationary satellites. And so the Earth became –once again– an immobile object in the centre of a medial universe.”
Orbitando satélites proposes an exercise on the visibilisation of these objects which hold a great and hidden influence on our daily lives in spite of being concealed from the human eye. Research is conducted on how they operate, gaining access to their signals by fabricating antennae and using radio systems; showing how to locate and observe them through the use of free software.
Following the tradition of independent communities involved in the creation of Free Information infrastructures, the meeting brings together experts and amateurs from different countries and cultures to draw up a declaration that poetically sketches a map of the possible uses of satellite-technology based systems.
In an attempt to reverse Panoptical logic, the satellites that watch over us will be observed and their political implications as a non-transparent system of control –as well as their potential as a liberating force- will be explored; their poetry will be investigated through visualisation and creative exercises in order to access a mythology and even a new kind of astrology. And in the final stage, an actual satellite is designed which will be launched by balloon in July to coincide with the exhibition.
Participants: Alejandro Duque / Joanna Griffin / David Pello / Reni Hofmueller / Luca Carrubba "Husk" / Lord Epsylon / Xiu Cueva / Bruno Vianna / Cinthia Mendonça / Laura Plana / Pedro Soler / Gonzalo Garcia / Pablo Gallo / Victor Mazón / Raquel de Juan / Teresa Gallego Alvarez / Ana Arboleya / Nuria Rodriguez / Cristina Ferrández / Lorena Lozano / Josian Llorente / Aritz Zabaleta /
Produced by: Plataforma Cero
Taking place on 15th July 2011, at 8 pm.
At 9 pm. Sagaan (MP19) will perform the concert Dark Matter
Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
Universidad Laboral Gijón