Lagoglyphs: The Lepus Constellation Suite

Eduardo Kac, "Lagoglyphs : The Lepus Constellation Suite" (2009)5 engraved and painted steel discs (20 inches diameter each) with lagoglyphic interstellar messages transmitted to the Lepus Constellation on March 13, 2009 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.Di
Source: Eduardo Kac, "Lagoglyphs : The Lepus Constellation Suite" (2009)5 engraved and painted steel discs (20 inches diameter each) with lagoglyphic interstellar messages transmitted to the Lepus Constellation on March 13, 2009 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.Di

Eduardo Kac

Lagoglyphs: The Lepus Constellation Suite , – ongoing
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  • Eduardo Kac, "Lagoglyphs : The Lepus Constellation Suite" (2009)5 engraved and painted steel discs (20 inches diameter each) with lagoglyphic interstellar messages transmitted to the Lepus Constellation on March 13, 2009 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.Di
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  • Eduardo Kac, "Lagoglyphs: The Lepus Constellation #1", 2009 This is one of five lagoglyphic interstellar messages transmitted to the Lepus Constellation (below Orion) on March 13, 2009 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Based upon its stellar characteristics
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  • Eduardo Kac, "Lagoglyphs: The Lepus Constellation #2" (2009)
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  • Eduardo Kac, "Lagoglyphs: The Lepus Constellation #3" (2009)
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  • Eduardo Kac, "Lagoglyphs: The Lepus Constellation #4" (2009)
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  • Eduardo Kac, "Lagoglyphs: The Lepus Constellation #5" (2009)
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  • Eduardo Kac
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Description
These five lagoglyphic messages were transmitted towards the Lepus Constellation (below Orion) on March 13, 2009 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Based upon its stellar characteristics and distance from Earth, Gamma Leporis (part of the constellation Lepus) is considered a high-priority target for NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder mission. The transmission was accomplished through satellite broadcasting equipment and a parabolic dish antenna.
Lepus Constellation [Gamma Leporis star] is 29 light-years from Earth. Kac's messages will arive in 2038.
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • networked
    • site-specific
  • genres
    • bioart
    • performance art
      • happenings
  • subjects
    • Arts and Visual Culture
      • poetry
    • History and Memory
      • artifacts
    • Nature and Environment
      • animals
      • earth
      • outer space
Technology & Material
Material
satellite broadcasting equipment and a parabolic dish antenna
Method
Transmission characteristics are as follows:

Date: 13 March 2009

Time: 7:15 PM EDT US
Transmission Duration: 5:00

Transmission Origination:
North Latitude: 28° 23' 18"
West Longitude: 80° 36' 18"
Transmission Direction:
Azimuth: 135 degrees
Elevation: 75 degrees
Transmission Frequency: 6105 MHz
Transmission Polarity: Vertical
Transmission Bandwidth: 36 MHz
Transmission Power: 500 Watts

Transmission Equipment: High-powered klystron amplifiers connected by a traveling wave-guide to a five-meter parabolic dish antenna
Exhibitions & Events
Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, solo show curated by Christiane Paul
Eduardo Kac; Lagoglyphs, Biotopes and Transgenic Works
Lagoglyph messages transmitted towards the Lepus Constellation
Bibliography
2 publications