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 ===Installation and Performance===
 We had a successfull performance and installation on March 11th, thank you everyone who came!
-There will be pictures of the installation posted shortly.
 Please enjoy the videos of our performance as well as the creation of our project!
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-The Performance
+'''''The Performance'''''
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-The Setup Process
+'''''The Setup Process'''''
-[[Image:Afarawaycoldpalaceconcept.pdf|right|thumb|260px|Official Exhibit Poster]]
+[[Media:Afarawaycoldpalaceconcept.pdf|Official Exhibit Poster]]
 ===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.
-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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e/ Chang'e] 嫦娥, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Gang/ Wu Gang]吴刚 , and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit/ Jade Rabbit] 玉兔. These three myths revolve around a mystical laurel tree that grows 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 [[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 Marien Strasse 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.
+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.
 <gallery>
-Image:Installation16.jpg|Light with Ash
+File:afcp13.jpg|
-Image:Installation15.jpg|Installation Process
+File:afcp11.jpg|
-Image:Installation14.jpg|One small step for Timi
+File:afcp10.jpg|
-Image:Installation13.jpg|Creating the craters
+File:afcp9.jpg|
-Image:Installation12.jpg|
+File:afcp8.jpg|
-Image:Installation11.jpg|the bags of ash
+File:afcp7.jpg|
-Image:Installation10.jpg|Brining in the Ash
+File:afcp6.jpg|Group photo of the artists
-Image:Install2.JPG|Installation Process
+File:afcp5.jpg|the performance
-Image:Install03.JPG|Installation Process
+File:afcp4.jpg|the performance
-Image:Install04.JPG|Attaching the canvas to the frame
+File:afcp3.jpg|the performance
-Image:Install05.JPG|Lighting test
+File:afcp2.jpg|the space before the perfomance
-Image:Install06.JPG|Creating a drop ceiling
+File:afcp1.jpg|costumes
-Image:Install07.JPG|The base for the craters
+File:Installation16.jpg|Light with Ash
-Image:Install08.JPG|Meeting with the actors
+File:Installation15.jpg|Installation Process
-Image:Roomproject1512.jpg|The Sketch
+File:Installation14.jpg|One small step for Timi
+File:Installation13.jpg|Creating the craters
+File:Installation12.jpg|
+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
+File:Installation idea4.jpg|
+File:Archway.jpg|
+File:Afarawaycoldpalaceconcept1.jpg|
+File:Moondust.JPG|
+File:Moonleaves.jpg|
+File:Instalationplan.jpg|
+File:2003.62 ph web.jpg|
+File:20092169377143.jpg|
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 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====
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 =====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.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://mobile.orbit.zkm.de/?q=node/223 Moon Flight]
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