The Speculative Frontier
Aug 07, 2009
Inspired by Stan Brakhage’s The Stars Are Beautiful (1974), a sound film that cycles through mythological explanations for the cosmos in dozens of permutations, the curators of tonight's event devised an exploratory text that drew from science fiction, structural anthropology, and deep-space physics. They then approached artists from a wide range of disciplines to create new work in response to this cue, resulting in a series of projects--performances, music, lectures, films, and videos--that navigate across the Speculative Frontier, the boundary between the known and the unknown.
Expect to see and hear: transmissions from Apollo 8, burning fluorescent tubes, black metal, alchemy, ghosts, gods, cartoons.
Participating artists include, among others:
Katherine Bauer
Frank Borman
Chemtrailz
Harry Crofton
Pete Deevakul
Micaela Durand
Bradley Eros
Mark Essen
Maximiliano Ferro
Chris Jolly
Ted King
Zak Kitnick
Andres Laracuente
Liturgy
Jesse Malme
Salter, Snowden, and Post
Josh Solondz
Jordan Stone
Twisty Cat
