Capsula / Expedition to the Total Eclipse
Written by Juhuu on March 26, 2009.
The aim of Capsula`s Curated Expeditions is to experience and explore natural phenomena through artistic investigation and to facilitate collaborations between artists and scientists. In parallel, Capsula want to revive leisurely traveling experiences, which have been cast aside by the frantic pace of modern day life. The first expedition was carried out last summer in Russia to explore and study the total solar eclipse and animal behaviour during this celestial phenomenon. This was realized through the proposals of German media artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis and Catalonian visual artist Mireia C. Saladrigues. On the other hand the expedition of Finnish photographer Tommi Taipale focused on the cultural and geographical distance between of Finland and Siberia during his journey to the eclipse by hitch-hiking. The project was done in collaboration with Novosibirsk Zoo in Siberia.
Through this project Capsula curator and producer Ulla Taipale would like to raise questions related with our relation with the surrounding natural and artificial environments. Could the natural phenomenon and the spectacles of the nature still fascinate a major quantity of people in the modern world, saturated by entertainment like video games and action movies? And, could these splendid and thrilling emotions lived within the nature, shift the attitude of people to more respectful and caring direction concerning their environment?
Expedition to the Total Eclipse in Kiasma Mediatheque (Helsinki, Finland) is an exhibition about Capsula’s cross-disciplinary expedition to the zone of the total solar eclipse in Siberia, in August 2008. It premieres artworks created during the expedition, by Agnes-Meyer Brandis (DE), Mireia C. Saladrigues (ES) and Tommi Taipale (FI). The project has been initiated and curated by Ulla Taipale from Capsula.
More information:
- Expedition to the Total Eclipse exhibition in Kiasma Mediatheque (opening on Friday 6 March)
- Capsula Expeditions
