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Friday, 25 May 2018 to Sunday, 27 May 2018
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Friday, 25 May 2018 - 6:00pm

Cosmic Perspectives

Lumen present 50 interdisciplinary artists exploring the fragility and monumental importance of life on Earth from the darkness of space, and how concepts such as the Overview Effect alter collective perception of ecology.

Through the exhibition, Lumen has invited participants to create a new conversation around climate change, and the overall damage and destruction we are causing to our environments. The exhibition will aim to inspire a change of thinking through highlighting the precarious nature of life, and the extraordinary set of circumstances that allow us to exist, in an otherwise, possibly, lifeless universe.
Alongside the exhibition there will be a programme of events including a talk with Public Astronomer of Royal Observatory Greenwich Marek Kukula and film screenings curated by KOSMICA.

 

Exhibition Timings
Friday 25 May, Private View 6pm - 9pm, with performance from Look Mum No Computer
Saturday 26 May, 11am - 6pm
Sunday 27 May, 11am - 6pm

Events
27 May, 12pm - Marek Kukula // The Intimate Universe - see more info. -book at https://www.lumenstudios.co.uk/future-events/

27 May, 3pm - KOSMICA Film Afternoon -- see more info.  - book at https://www.lumenstudios.co.uk/future-events/

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Artist ( Description ): 

Anna Gray • Aria Kiani • Becky Lyon • Chad Stayrook • David Lunt • David O'Malley • Diego Ruben Brambilla • Douglas Clark • Dovilė Dagienė DoDA • Elizabeth Jordan • Eva Rudlinger • Hannah Mattes • Hannah Pratt • Hannah Scott • Harry Gammer-Flitcroft • Heather Merkle • Helen McGhie • Hondartza Fraga • Jane Millar • Joe Patrick Shellard • John Timberlake • Kristina Puljekova • Ky Lewis • Leah Stewart • Lianne Milward • Light Society • Liz Orton • Louise Beer & John Hooper • Luke Harby • Maria Luigia Gioffrè • Maria Macc• Mario Abela • Natasha Sabatini • Neil Shirreff • Nettie Edwards • Paul Hill • Plex Noir • Rebecca Huxley • Rob Olins & Douglas Benford• Rose Mengmei Zhou • Rowan Eastwood • Silvia De Giorgi • Sisetta Zappone • Steve Bennett • Susan Eyre • Tim Corne • William Fraser • Yambe Tam

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Events
27 May, 12pm - Marek Kukula // The Intimate Universe

Tickets - £5+booking fee - book at https://www.lumenstudios.co.uk/future-events/

Our familiar surroundings are full of astronomical connections: everything from the water in your taps, your holiday suntan to the vagaries of the British weather all have their origins far out in space. Even our own bodies are made from material forged in the hearts of long-dead stars. Marek Kukula will show that to properly understand our living planet we need to explore the wider universe of which it is an integral part.

Marek Kukula is the Public Astronomer at Royal Museums Greenwich, home of the Royal Observatory Greenwich and the Queen’s House art gallery. In 2015, Marek and Dr Melanie Vandenbrouck curated the exhibition “dark frame/deep field” at Breese Little Gallery to coincide with the New Horizons probe’s fly-by of Pluto. Media-partnered by super/collider, the exhibition showcased a number of works by contemporary artists alongside vintage NASA photographs, highlighting our ongoing desire to explore and map the cosmos.

27 May, 3pm - KOSMICA Film Afternoon

Tickets - £5+booking fee -  book at https://www.lumenstudios.co.uk/future-events/

Cosmic Perspectives presents KOSMICA Film, an afternoon of video art that will take us closer to outer space. Through a series of curated artworks we will present a kaleidoscope of approaches to explore outer space. 

The evening will be divided in two different thematic sections. The first one examines gravity and weightlessness through space missions, the body and DIY experiments. The second block will show artworks that use poetics to reflect on space and our connection with the universe. 

About KOSMICA

KOSMICA is a global institute founded in 2011 with the mission to establish a platform for critical, cultural and poetic discourse on our relationship with outer space and the impact of space activities here on Earth. The Institute develops initiatives that bridge art and humanities, the space sector and wider society. We explore the cultural impact of space exploration as well as thinking about the future of humanity and addressing the most urgent issues we are currently facing on Earth. KOSMICA was ifirst presented in 2011 by Arts Catalyst.

Follow: @KOSMICAinstitute

Venue ( Address ): 

47-49  Tanner Street, Bermondsey, London, SE1 3PL 

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