A R T I F I C I A L A S T R O N O M Y, 2012 & 2015
Ecoismi, Environmental Art Exhibition, Milan, Italy, 2012
Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke, Auckland, New- Zealand, 2015
Material: 7 Star constellations from the Northern (2012) & Southern (2015) hemisphere, plastic cowls, wood, tape text, metal fasteners
Size: Various dimensions
The work deals with the ecological problem of light pollution. Approximately half of the Europeans live in an environment where it’s impossible to perceive the Milkyway with bare eyes. Light pollution is excessive or obtrusive artificial light that has made the stars almost impossible to see. Increased night lighting associated with human civilization disrupts important behaviors and physiological processes with significant ecological consequences. Most animal species depend on light and dark for some portion of their daily or seasonal life cycle. Especially animals that need darkness are suffering from light pollution. Artificial Astronomy invites visitors to view the night sky that is being threatened or in some parts perhaps even lost. The work can be seen as a humble homage to the greatness off the night sky but even more as a reminder of these harmful effects and their causes.
Ecoismi, Cassano D'Adda, Italy 2012
Ars Sippola, Sippola/Kouvola, Finland 2013
Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke, Auckland, New-Zealand 2015
Matariki Festival, Auckland (2015), Hanasaari Cultural Center, Helsinki, Finland 2015
Ecoismi, Environmental Art Exhibition, Milan, Italy, 2012
Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke, Auckland, New- Zealand, 2015
Material: 7 Star constellations from the Northern (2012) & Southern (2015) hemisphere, plastic cowls, wood, tape text, metal fasteners
Size: Various dimensions
The work deals with the ecological problem of light pollution. Approximately half of the Europeans live in an environment where it’s impossible to perceive the Milkyway with bare eyes. Light pollution is excessive or obtrusive artificial light that has made the stars almost impossible to see. Increased night lighting associated with human civilization disrupts important behaviors and physiological processes with significant ecological consequences. Most animal species depend on light and dark for some portion of their daily or seasonal life cycle. Especially animals that need darkness are suffering from light pollution. Artificial Astronomy invites visitors to view the night sky that is being threatened or in some parts perhaps even lost. The work can be seen as a humble homage to the greatness off the night sky but even more as a reminder of these harmful effects and their causes.
Ecoismi, Cassano D'Adda, Italy 2012
Ars Sippola, Sippola/Kouvola, Finland 2013
Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke, Auckland, New-Zealand 2015
Matariki Festival, Auckland (2015), Hanasaari Cultural Center, Helsinki, Finland 2015
