Another Moon2021

Outdoor installation Customised laser projectors, Microcontrollers, PV solar panels, Batteries, Code, Calibration, Wireless networking. Dimensions variable. Duration each night is determined by the solar irradiance of the preceding day

Another Moon is a large-scale outdoor apparition that creates a technically sublime second moon in the sky. As the original moon is visible as a reflection of sunlight in the sky, this second moon is created by a cross-temporal reflection of sunlight gathered during the day, projected back into the sky at night. The moon appears overhead where laser beams tightly superimpose to create a three-dimensional form that can be viewed up to 1km away. It was developed over a 6 year period by the artist duo, and is the pinnacle of their 'Drawing in the Air' series of works.

The project was first presented in the industrial ruins of the Zeche Zollverein (historically the most productive coal mine in Europe). Each night the lasers turn off one by one as the sunshine on that particular day is depleted from their batteries. This mechanism replays the ephemeral energy of the day, unwinding our on-demand instinct for energy which became dominant during the era of fossil fuels. The work proposes that our relationship with energy could be more like our relationship with internet bandwidth, where one day the energy is fast (when the sun and wind are available) and the next might be slow, and that by learning to live in this world of fast and slow energy we can significantly reduce our dependency on fossil fuels.

2021. NewNow Festival at Zollverein
2021. NewNow Festival at Zollverein

Customised laser projector and solar panels
Customised laser projector and solar panels

Installation on Zollverein
Installation on Zollverein

Project history

Another Moon is part of Kimchi and Chips’ ongoing Drawing In The Air series of works

Lunar Surface 2014
Lunar Surface 2014
Light Barrier 2nd Edition 2015
Light Barrier 2nd Edition 2015
Halo 2018
Halo 2018

The artists have frequently used the motif of the moon as a reflection of our physical reality. It is the only land that we can naturally see outside of our own habitat, and demonstrates the physicality of our planet Earth, as a spherical body traveling alone through space, awakening and disappearing as the sun's shadow is passed around it. By presenting an immaterial moon, the work monumentalises a merging of virtual and physical realities. This motif relates to the moon of Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 which demonstrates the viewer entering into a new reality.

First simulation image - Another Moon over Seoul. 2015
First simulation image - Another Moon over Seoul. 2015

Simulation over Tokyo in Computer (2017). Derived from a photograph by Moyan Brenn used under CC BY 2.0 with layers superimposed.
Simulation over Tokyo in Computer (2017). Derived from a photograph by Moyan Brenn used under CC BY 2.0 with layers superimposed.

A single laser projector can render a cone of light in the sky. If these cones are aligned correctly, then the volume where they intersect will form a sphere. The light of the projectors becomes visible by scattering off of particles and humidity in the air.

The artists wish to thank the kind support of RAG Stiftung, the Arts Council Korea(ARKO), LaserAnimation Sollinger, Korean Culture Center and Korean Arts Management Service.

Exhibitions

Riyadh Art, November 28, 2024 - December 14, 2024

Noor Riyadh 2024

riyadhart.rcrc.gov.sa

MMCA Seoul 국립현대미술관, August 31, 2024 - September 12, 2024

MMCA Performing Art 2024 : Space Elevator

mmca.go.kr

Institut de Cultura de Barcelona (ICUB), February 3, 2023 - February 5, 2023

Llum BCN 2023

barcelona.cat

Ars Electronica, September 7, 2022 - September 11, 2022

Ars Electronica Festival 2022

ars.electronica.art

Onassis Foundation, May 23, 2022 - July 10, 2022

Plasmata Bodies, Dreams, and Data, Athens

onassis.org

PARKSEOBO FOUNDATION, April 7, 2022 - May 1, 2022

Another Moon Demo exhibition

parkseobofoundation.org

Stiftung Zollverein, September 17, 2021 - October 3, 2021

NEW NOW Festival

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