Exhibition & Events
April 15 - May 14, 2022
Buropolis, Marseille

 

The exhibition "Cosmopolitics" takes as its starting point the assertion of a cosmos as a common good, one that shouldn't be shared as a territory to conquer and exploit, but rather as a limited resource.

Today, the conquest of space is reaching unprecedented proportions and revealing the capitalist intentions of its actors. With the arrival of Perseverance on Mars, the launch of China's first space station, and the flights of SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic, it's clear that space exploration is driven more by political and commercial objectives than scientific ones. An inevitable privatization of the cosmos is on the horizon.

"Cosmopolitics" is a reflection on the very validity of these initiatives which, in the name of progress, export the problems generated on Earth into space without seeking to question them. The colonization of celestial bodies, the pollution of low orbit, and the militaristic use of advanced technologies are already the reality of this new space era.

Between utopia and dystopia, science fiction and real events, the exhibited artworks fuel new imaginaries that offer alternative visions of our relationship with the cosmos. Eleven artists invite us to engage in a debate about the occupation of space, one from which we have been deprived.

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With: Juliette Chartier, Stefan Eichhorn, Audrey et Maxime Jean-Baptiste, Adriana Knouf, Nonhuman Nonsense, Quadrature, Marina Smorodinova

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with the support of DICRéAM

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