Ars Electronica Garden Santiago de Chile
Mentions - Sep 10, 2020
SPACE / EARTH / WATER TRIAD
PRISMA: Art, Science, Technology (CL)
PRISMA presents a set of artistic projects that intertwine art, science and technology in different Chilean regions. SPACE / EARTH / WATER embody the broad natural diversity of the country, where planetary exploration, climate crisis, and the spatiotemporal behavior of biological phenomena are being simultaneously explored by artists and scientists. The projects share concerns about sustainability and resilience strategies in a constantly changing environment, through transdisciplinary practices that bridge the gap between artistic creation, scientific research, and technological media.
SPACE / EARTH / WATER TRIAD
SPACE/EARTH/WATER TRIAD is the local Garden curated by PRISMA: Art, Science, Technology and it displays the three main components of Chilean geography: Astronomy, Desert and Glaciers. The natural diversity of the country is exhibited throughout local projects that merge art, science and technology in different regions of the country. The curatorial narrative hence sketches two vertical lines: one of them extends from Sky to Earth (and even beyond), and then the other one runs through Chilean North to South linking the three elements of the triad.
The first axis, SPACE, revolves around astrobiology and planetary exploration, considering the correlations between the evolution of life and its deep link with terrestrial gravity. The second one, EARTH, focuses on the Atacama Desert, characterized by extreme climate, industrial intervention, archaeological remains, and scientific investigation around energetic resources and sustainability. The third axis, WATER, addresses the Schiaparelli Glacier in southern Patagonia, where water plays a crucial role in the context of the current climate crisis.
SPACE, EARTH and WATER become stars of a constellation explored through PRISMA´s website: XIRIUS. The site gathers images, videos, sounds, texts, and ideas regarding the three axes. The constellation pattern recalls the Canis Major, whose brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, also known as the “Dog Star”.
