16 Dec 11 — 26 Feb 12

Republic of the Moon

Name: Republic of the Moon
Start: 2011-12-16T18:00:00+00:00
Location: FACT

Imagine living on our closest celestial neighbour?

Seven international artists are declaring a Republic of the Moon with us in this new exhibition.

Weaving together fact, imagination and storytelling, the artworks offer alternative visions of lunar life: a remote lunar habitat for mythical “moon geese”, an immersive encounter with the smell of the moon, DIY astrobiology experiments and the tale of a man who met the moon (and stayed with her for the rest of his life).

Who will be the first colonisers of the Moon? Perhaps it should be the artists.

WE COLONISED THE MOON, Enter at Own Risk, 2011. Photo by Brain Slater.

Leonid Tishkov, Private Moon, 2011. Photo by Brain Slater.

Agnes Meyer Brandis, The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility, 2011. Photo by Brain Slater.

Curated by FACT and Arts Catalyst, Republic of the Moon includes major new commissions by Agnes Meyer-Brandis and WE COLONISED THE MOON, and works by Leonid Tishkov, Andy Gracie, Liliane Lijn and Sharon Houkema.