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==A Faraway Cold Palace (广寒宫)== | |||
===[[Katarina Sengstaken]], [[Timea Tofalvi]], [[Yuxiang Wen]]=== | |||
[[Image:Poster.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Official Exhibit Poster]] | |||
===Installation and Performance=== | ===Installation and Performance=== | ||
We had a successfull performance and installation on March 11th, thank you everyone who came! | |||
Please enjoy the videos of our performance as well as the creation of our project! | |||
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'''''The Performance''''' | |||
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The Setup Process | '''''The Setup Process''''' | ||
[[Media:Afarawaycoldpalaceconcept.pdf|Official Exhibit Poster]] | |||
===Concept=== | ===Concept=== | ||
The moon has come into focus again in the great Space race. It has been forty years since Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, now after the recent discovery of water on the moon a new interest has been sparked about finally heading back. In this new moon race has new contenders, the US and Russia are no longer in the lead. By 2015 it might be a Chinese man to be the next to step foot on the moon. | The moon has come into focus again in the great Space race. It has been forty years since Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, now after the recent discovery of water on the moon a new interest has been sparked about finally heading back. In this new moon race has new contenders, the US and Russia are no longer in the lead. By 2015 it might be a Chinese man to be the next to step foot on the moon. | ||
We conceptualize our project around dissolving the western ideals and myths about the moon and working with Chinese mythology and symbolism as our focus. Our concept of the moon stems from the three Chinese moon myths the story of [ | We conceptualize our project around dissolving the western ideals and myths about the moon and working with Chinese mythology and symbolism as our focus. Our concept of the moon stems from the three Chinese moon myths the story of [[wikipedia:Chang'e|Chang'e]] 嫦娥, [[wikipedia:Wu Gang|Wu Gang]]吴刚 , and the [[wikipedia:Moon rabbit|Jade Rabbit]] 玉兔. These three myths revolve around a mystical laurel tree that grows on the moon. | ||
Our project is not just an installation, but also involves a performance piece. The installation itself takes place in the Basement room of | Our project is not just an installation, but also involves a performance piece. The installation itself takes place in the Basement room of Marienstraße 5, where its floors will be covered with fine ash sculpted to look like the lunar surface. The archway in the room is covered and shaped into a crescent where luminescent blue light, represents a lunar earth-rise. | ||
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File:afcp6.jpg|Group photo of the artists | |||
File:afcp5.jpg|the performance | |||
File:afcp4.jpg|the performance | |||
File:afcp3.jpg|the performance | |||
File:afcp2.jpg|the space before the perfomance | |||
File:afcp1.jpg|costumes | |||
File:Installation16.jpg|Light with Ash | |||
File:Installation15.jpg|Installation Process | |||
File:Installation14.jpg|One small step for Timi | |||
File:Installation13.jpg|Creating the craters | |||
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File:Installation11.jpg|the bags of ash | |||
File:Installation10.jpg|Brining in the Ash | |||
File:Install2.JPG|Installation Process | |||
File:Install03.JPG|Installation Process | |||
File:Install04.JPG|Attaching the canvas to the frame | |||
File:Install05.JPG|Lighting test | |||
File:Install06.JPG|Creating a drop ceiling | |||
File:Install07.JPG|The base for the craters | |||
File:Install08.JPG|Meeting with the actors | |||
File:Roomproject1512.jpg|The Sketch | |||
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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. | |||
===The Moon and Chinese Mythology=== | |||
'''Chang’e''': is a Chinese goddess of the Moon. She left her husband and live along on the Moon. There are many versions of the story. The lunar exploration-orbiting spacecraft Chang’e 1 is named after her. | |||
'''Woodcutter Wu Gang''': is a character in Chinese folklore. He is known to ut down a self-healing cherry bay on the moon, punished by The Jade Emperor. But as fast as he cuts into the tree, it heals itself,and he never makes any progress. | |||
'''Moon rabbit''': also called the Jade Rabbit, is a rabbit that lives on the moon in Chinese folklore. It make medicine with leaves of cherry bay to healing sick people on the earth. It is often portrayed as a companion | |||
of the moon goddess Chang’e, constantly pounding the elixir of life for her. | |||
====Related Video==== | ====Related Video==== | ||
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=====Links to some Artist Websites whose work reflects similar ideas of what our space is going to be like===== | =====Links to some Artist Websites whose work reflects similar ideas of what our space is going to be like===== | ||
* [http://flavin.pulitzerarts.org/#/home/ Flavin], | * [http://flavin.pulitzerarts.org/#/home/ Dan Flavin], | ||
* [http://www.diaart.org/exhibitions/main/100#c1240/ Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster], | * [http://www.diaart.org/exhibitions/main/100#c1240/ Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster], | ||
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/424993462/douglas-wheeler.html/ Douglas Wheeler], | * [http://www.artnet.com/artist/424993462/douglas-wheeler.html/ Douglas Wheeler], | ||
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* [http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2003/10/29/31493.html Moon Window] | * [http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2003/10/29/31493.html Moon Window] | ||
* [http://mobile.orbit.zkm.de/?q=node/223 Moon Flight] | * [http://mobile.orbit.zkm.de/?q=node/223 Moon Flight] | ||
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