The terms in quotation marks in the following text are those used by the curators to define the concept behind this exhibition. The text below can also be read in one go without the information in quotation marks.
“New Approaches” Reimagining the past invites us to rethink. “Between the Visible and the Invisible” We are currently living in an era where the reconquest of the Moon is the goal of the major powers. “The Coloniality of Our Time” Colonizing the Moon is a goal. Colonization… is it a leitmotiv? The Apollo 11, Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 missions brought back samples of lunar soil. This soil consists of Moon dust rather than sand, due to repeated collisions with meteorites. “Between imagination and research” This work, Poussière de lune, is made with analog moon dust at specific places, thanks to technology and samples provided by the European Space Agency and its Luna project. “Negotiating a future from a decolonial perspective” How far does curiosity go? Even our own curiosity as spectators?
The moon is uninhabited. Lunar stations will be set up there. “Opening up the possibility of new knowledge” Space technology is always far ahead of everyday life, and their research greatly benefits us in the long term, making our daily lives easier (communication: telephones, television, GPS; renewable energies, . . .). This proposal opens us up to thinking about an approach linking the past to the future, on the subject of “Reimagining the past.”
Photo Credit : Caroline Gueye for photos and videos.
“Poussière de Lune”
Installation: Musée Théodore Monod, Dakar / KINDL – Center for Contemporary Art
Polymer and analog lunar dust
170 cm x 80 cm
Year: 2023