{"id":239481,"date":"2012-01-08T16:41:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T16:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/lunation-art-on-the-moon-opening-party-observatory-this-saturday-january-7\/"},"modified":"2012-01-08T16:41:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T16:41:01","slug":"lunation-art-on-the-moon-opening-party-observatory-this-saturday-january-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/anatomy\/lunation-art-on-the-moon-opening-party-observatory-this-saturday-january-7.php","title":{"rendered":""Lunation: Art on the Moon" Opening Party, Observatory, This Saturday, January 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Saturday at Observatory we will he hosting the opening party for Lunation, our first group-curated show. Admission is free, and the art will be intriguingly wide-ranging. I have a few pieces in the show, as do many other familiar faces.<\/p>

Full details follow; hope very much to see you there!
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LUNATION
Art on the Moon
<\/b>Observatory's first group-curated show • January 7 – February 26, 2012<\/i>
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Opening Party: This Saturday, January 7th, 7–10 PM, FREE<\/span>
Closing Party\/Observatory's 3rd Anniversary Fundraiser: Saturday, February 18th, 8 PM\/$20
Show Viewing Hours: Thursday & Friday 3–6 PM, Saturday & Sunday 12–6 PM<\/p>

Artists and scientists have always been attracted to the moon...<\/b>
Our closest celestial neighbor, the earth’s little sister, the moon creates the tides and illuminates the woods at night. For centuries, humanity believed the moon provided a key into the invisible realm: it called out the beast within us, freeing us to act as wolves, to run, to dance, to chant—and sometimes (as in Duncan Jones’ Moon<\/i>) to split in two, to find our double, our changeling moon-self.<\/p>

Is the moon home to life? Today we know it isn’t, but even as of 1830, speculation was rampant that the moon was inhabited by Christianized bat-people who worshiped in great ziggurats. (See The Sun and the Moon<\/i> by Observatory alumnus Matthew Goodman for details.) Still, life comes<\/i> to the moon. We know the moon contains frozen water, and we dream of using it as our jumping-off point for visiting even more alien vistas.<\/p>

Down here, despite all the prowess and nuance of our latest telescopes, earthlings still look up naked-eyed with excitement at the full moon. Lovers and children gaze up at its slowly blinking façade in mute wonder. Artists portray the moon as a source of danger and power, and latter-day sorceresses and men of magic call up to that heavenly lamp, seeking to transcend the ordinary night. For them, the old myths have not changed so much: the moon is still a secret mirror, showing in pale light how the familiar contains always an element of the unexpected...<\/p>

Artists Included<\/b><\/p>