In the era of the New Space, Cosmopolitics argues
that the cosmos is a common good belonging equally to all terrestrial
entities. Treated as an infinite resource by private and governmental
agents eager to exploit it, its actual finiteness calls for a collective
stewardship, a democracy beyond national and anthropological
boundaries.
that the cosmos is a common good belonging equally to all terrestrial
entities. Treated as an infinite resource by private and governmental
agents eager to exploit it, its actual finiteness calls for a collective
stewardship, a democracy beyond national and anthropological
boundaries.
Image gallery
Cosmopolitics
From its beginnings, space conquest has been exporting earthly conflicts and unjust hierarchies to the stars in the name of progress. As the Chinese program Chang’e seeks to reveal the origins of the Moon and of the Solar System, it is clear that the research about Earth’s satellite is the first step of a larger cosmic extractivist enterprise.
Along with Elon Musk’s SpaceX program to colonize Mars and “make civilisation multiplanetary” - an unrealistic utopia turned into a propaganda tool for right-wing ideas - the astrocapitalist agenda reveals itself as an intrinsically fascist project.
Between astrological satellites, xenolichens and thinking planets, Cosmopolitics turns the mundane location of Kunstbrücke am Wildenbruch into a speculative spaceship. The artworks presented in the show nourish new political imaginaries in order to reinvent our relationship to the cosmos and realize our planetary condition.
Curated by Polynome collectiv
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Opening Hours
Wednesday to Sunday, 12 noon - 6 pm
Closed on Monday & Tuesday
Free Admission
Wednesday to Sunday, 12 noon - 6 pm
Closed on Monday & Tuesday
Free Admission
Participating artists
Juliette Chartier
Stefan Eichhorn
Adriana Knouf
Nonhuman Nonsense
Quadrature
