Inner Telescope (series)

Eduardo Kac: Video: "Inner Telescope" (2017), single-channel video, sound, 12min. Edition of five.
Source: Eduardo Kac: Video: "Inner Telescope" (2017), single-channel video, sound, 12min. Edition of five.

Eduardo Kac

Inner Telescope (series) , – ongoing
Co-workers & Funding
Inner Telescope was realized on the International Space Station (ISS) with the cooperation of French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. It was produced by the Observatoire de l'Espace (Space Observatory), the cultural lab of the French Space Agency (CNES), with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation.

See Also: "Inner Telescope" (2017)
https://www.ekac.org/inner.telescope.series.html
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Documents
  • Eduardo Kac: Video: "Inner Telescope" (2017), single-channel video, sound, 12min. Edition of five.
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  • Eduardo Kac: "Ground-based Research 1" (from the Inner Telescope series), c-print on archival paper, 2014, 19 3/4 x 29 1/2 in (50 x 75 cm). Edition of five.
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  • Eduardo Kac: Photo series, "In Orbit" (from the Inner Telescope series), c-print on archival paper, 2017, 16 x 20 in (40,6 x 50,8 cm ) each. Edition of five.
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  • Eduardo Kac, Drawing series,"Performance for one astronaut, one pair of scissors and two sheets of paper" (from the Inner Telescope series), dye-based black ink on acid-free 24 lb. Hammermill paper, 2015, 8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm), each.
    Drawing Series
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  • Eduardo Kac, Embroidery series, "Space Poetry" (from the Inner Telescope series), thread on linen, 2017, 9 x 13 inches (22.8 x 33 cm).
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  • Eduardo Kac, Artist's book, "Space Poetry", multicolor risograph artist's book with onlay embroidered patch, 2016, 7.6 x 9.8 in (19,5 x 25 cm), 20 pgs. Edition of 100, signed and numbered.
    Artist Book 1
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  • Eduardo Kac, Artist's book, "ISS#71904", metallic silver ink on black paper (offset), 2017, 7.4 x 10.23 in (19 x 26 cm), 16 pgs.. Edition of 100, signed and numbered.
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  • Eduardo Kac, Vinyl installation, "ITP", Site-specific plotted vinyl installation, 2017, dimensions variable. Edition of 3.
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  • Eduardo Kac: Artist's book, "Télescope intérieur", illustrated letterpress book comprised of seven booklets (in French only; signed and numbered by Kac); a portfolio of seven prints (signed and numbered by Kac); the official Space Poetry polo shirt; an
    Artist Book 3
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Description
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • assembled
    • documenting
    • performative
  • genres
    • performance art
      • happenings
  • subjects
    • Arts and Visual Culture
      • poetry
    • Body and Psychology
      • anatomy
      • bodies (animal components)
      • humans
      • identity
      • performativity
      • posthuman
    • Nature and Environment
      • outer space
Technology & Material
Display
single-channel video, artist's books, photography, embroidery, vinyl installation, drawings
Material
single-channel Video, c-print on archival paper, dye-based black ink on acid-free 24 lb. Hammermill paper, thread on linen, embroidery, metallic silver ink on black paper (offset), vinyl, illustrated letterpress book comprised of seven booklets
Exhibitions & Events
EXPO Chicago
Inner Telescope, a Space Artwork by Eduardo Kac
A máquina do mundo (World Machine)
Inner Telescope
Inner Telescope
Inner Telescope
Inner Telescope
"Télescope intérieur: une œuvre spatiale d'Eduardo Kac", a documentary by director Virgile Novarina
Inner Telescope
Proxima (Space Mission)
Bibliography
11 publications