Zero Gravity. An artistic Approach of the space adventure
After the exhibitions dedicated to the Anthropocene in 2014, followed recently by Suspended Animation: Bodies Lost in Digital Space, Les Abattoirs continue their exploration of contemporary intersections between the sciences and the arts.
Following the long-term loan of its contemporary art collection to Les Abattoirs, Mus茅e - Frac Occitanie Toulouse, the CNES Space Observatory announced in 2017 that the CNES arts-sciences laboratory would pursue its collaboration with the museum in Toulouse. The two institutions are joining forces to present, from 5 April to 26 August 2018, a new exhibition entitled Zero Gravity that will deal with the artistic exploration of the adventure of space and the figure of the artist as astronaut.
Well before humans were able to travel to space, artists and writers explored it with their imagination and creative powers. On several occasions, artists 鈥� from Robert Rauschenberg (with Moon Museum by Forrest Myers in 1969) to Paul Van Hoeydonck (with Fallen Astronaut in 1971) 鈥� have designed works that space journeys purportedly or reportedly left on the moon. While science fiction has often found life beyond Earth a hot topic, this exhibition project brings together works that are rooted in the reality of space travel. The artists who, each in their own way, help us rediscover the history, dreams, and disappointments of space exploration, rely on the testimonies of scientists, engineers, historians, or astronauts, in their attempts to tear themselves away from gravity. The utopian dreams of artistic creation and space exploration join forces on the first floor of Les Abattoirs, transformed into an immersive space. The artists rediscover history, archives, and dreams through it, but also reap disappointments, narrating the life of the astronauts or attempting to be one.
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After the exhibitions dedicated to the Anthropocene in 2014, followed recently by Suspended Animation: Bodies Lost in Digital Space, Les Abattoirs continue their exploration of contemporary intersections between the sciences and the arts.
Following the long-term loan of its contemporary art collection to Les Abattoirs, Mus茅e - Frac Occitanie Toulouse, the CNES Space Observatory announced in 2017 that the CNES arts-sciences laboratory would pursue its collaboration with the museum in Toulouse. The two institutions are joining forces to present, from 5 April to 26 August 2018, a new exhibition entitled Zero Gravity that will deal with the artistic exploration of the adventure of space and the figure of the artist as astronaut.
Well before humans were able to travel to space, artists and writers explored it with their imagination and creative powers. On several occasions, artists 鈥� from Robert Rauschenberg (with Moon Museum by Forrest Myers in 1969) to Paul Van Hoeydonck (with Fallen Astronaut in 1971) 鈥� have designed works that space journeys purportedly or reportedly left on the moon. While science fiction has often found life beyond Earth a hot topic, this exhibition project brings together works that are rooted in the reality of space travel. The artists who, each in their own way, help us rediscover the history, dreams, and disappointments of space exploration, rely on the testimonies of scientists, engineers, historians, or astronauts, in their attempts to tear themselves away from gravity. The utopian dreams of artistic creation and space exploration join forces on the first floor of Les Abattoirs, transformed into an immersive space. The artists rediscover history, archives, and dreams through it, but also reap disappointments, narrating the life of the astronauts or attempting to be one.
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