Cosmos

“Cosmos” is an installation built with the idea of leaves blown by the wind. This piece features four rectangular, blue wood frames connected with each other. Each frame has cutouts through which blue light appears. The cutouts take the shape  of waves or clouds. Each of these shapes are presented as if floating. The strong sense of floating down or diving up into the sky is shown in four small videos mounted in the structures. Additionally,  a large, overarching film projection depicts a small dragonfly that adventures into worlds: first, that of Earth, later on to Mars and the Sun. This dragonfly embodies questions:  When do we start? When do we stop with these ultimate questions concerning speed, light, black holes, string theory? 

These visual elements in “Cosmos” appear and disappear like memories. The viewer is invited to stream-of-conscious reactions: Now I am just thinking of stars and a dragonfly. These contemporary earth-dragons fly out into the high atmosphere,  hovering above the Aurora Borealis and leaving a world that from afar glows with a spectacular blue light. This mini-dragon pushes its wings up, down, sideways making its way through the immensity. The wind helps lift the creature, further and further upwards. Then a shift, the dragonfly makes a last glance into the green landscape of the Borealis. Our little dragon continues flapping its wings now floating, easily moving through atmospheres and almost lands on Mars sand. With nearly imperceptible grace,  the dragon keeps its little body up and wanders all around the deep craters and above the mountains admiring a multi dimensional landscape with glistening colors, blue, green, purple. This tiny creature with virtually translucent wings watches in awe as the landscape -- depicted on the video feeds -- disappears with the whisper of the wind.