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We plan on working with the rooms unique architectural elements, such as the archway. We plan on blocking off the alcove and turning the bottom part of the archway into a horizontal crescent light. We plan on covering up a few of the rooms features, such as the piping and the circuit box with dark fabric so that these unnecessary elements do not interfere with the experience. | We plan on working with the rooms unique architectural elements, such as the archway. We plan on blocking off the alcove and turning the bottom part of the archway into a horizontal crescent light. We plan on covering up a few of the rooms features, such as the piping and the circuit box with dark fabric so that these unnecessary elements do not interfere with the experience. | ||
====Artist Statements==== | |||
A faraway cold Palace Installation is named after the translation from the Chinese moon | |||
mythologies. | |||
In this installation we aim to bridge the gap and form an understanding of Eastern moon mythology, as a means of showcasing the Eastern, and Chinese new dominance of space exploration. Our installation and perfomance stems from the three major Chinese moon myths, | |||
the story of Chang’e, Wu Gang, and Jade Rabbit. For each of us the moon has a different meaning, our own social and cultural backgrounds had defined our perception of the Moon. | |||
For an American the perception of the moon is something that has slipped out of our grasp. Like a lost love, the moon has moved on, and the close connection to the joy and happiness, the collective memory of the moon landing itself was before our generation. Our perception of the space program itself is just the precession of surreal celestial images, and tragedy because our image of astronauts stems from the space shuttles Challenger and Colombia disasters. The successes of NASA are all in the past, and I believe there to be a national sense of disappointment in the space programs declining role in leading the way in space exploration. An American perspective is that space represents another declining world leadership role for our country, and like so many things China has started to fill our shoes. | |||
As a Romanian, I can't imagine that my country could have anything else to do with a space program, then as propaganda set up with no actual background. This could be a left over from our Communist era. I would say we were for far too long, following the Chinese model. So for my country to have any connection with any space project needs some help from a third party. Looking at the countries history I won't be surprised if we would keep our options open for both, East and West. So I see my roll in this project as a bridge between the two big cultural sides. | |||
I guess all the Chinese people would be just like me, when they hear the word “Moon” they would first think of, Chang’e ,Wugang -the old mythology stories, not of modern science. However, one day, when we really get there, what would we find? Are we going to the future, or back to the future? -We will see. | |||
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