“There is no Plan B. Only a united Europe will make us stronger for a better world”. This is one of the messages sent into space from Alicante Market Square this morning. Antenna-shaped sculpture by German artist Mona Schulzek citizens sending abroad their wishes or desires about what it means to be a European citizen. Part of the work initiative Outer Space Transmitterin collaboration with an international participatory research project regional park (Regional Parliaments Laboratory), which studies the role of regional parliaments in the EU, coordinated by the Danube University Krems in Austria.
Alicante is one of the European cities and the only Spanish city included in this project.equipment will be installed in Plaza del Mercado until 19:00 this Mondayso that citizens can participate in the messages they can send. via a tablet installed next to the workalso Via mobile phone with QR code or to visit network of your project: www.outerspacetransmitter.art.
The exhibition reached Alicante thanks to the collaboration of the City Council and the University of Alicante with the visual artist Mona Schulzek and the Regioparl project. After starting in October 2021 in Krakow located in (Poland) and similar cities Cologne or Dusseldorf (Germany), after passing Alicante will be established in Berlin Coinciding with 9 May Europe Day, Montpelier (France) and then an Austrian tour where it can be seen in Austria. Vienna and will result creams in December 2022.
They’ve been launched into space so far about two hundred messages European citizens.
The Vice-Chancellor of Alicante University attended the presentation ceremony. Catherine Iliescuor professor of International Law, Manual Desantes – the author of the above-mentioned message – and members of the Culture council, Anthony Manresaand Markets, lydia lopez; Compromis’ city spokesperson, Natxo Bellido or Vanessa Romero, councilor of Unides Podem.
All messages are transformed into artistic pieces by the German artist and to be published anonymously in an ever-growing digital archive they are sent as artistic images on the web page and into space where they will remain forever. Among them, Illiescu wished “Let Europe be a place of peace” and, as a translator, this work of art can “translate messages from outer space into signals”, Manresa recounted. “Europe is more necessary than ever” and Bellido’s “we need a strong and united Europe” “Not at war”, Vanessa Romero of United We Can, “A Europe without Borders”.
to the question “What message do you want to give to Europe?”Citizens drew attention to thoughts such as “Long live Macron. Europe is necessary and these days more than ever”, “Europe, the country of peace, democracy and solidarity” . Considering the possibility that the message might have been understood on other planets as well: “We would like to meet you to welcome you into our world. Spain is the best” anyone “Great. You can visit Alicante. It’s a beautiful city.”
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“All people can participate in this unique form of dialogue through art,” says Mona Schulzek, who studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and received a Max Ernst scholarship in 2019 for her artistic work at the museum. .
The 30-year-old licensed radio amateur artist came to mind from a NASA project trying to connect with extraterrestrial life. “democratize” this idea He said it was citizens who broadcast his messages. As a creator, he was interested in knowing: “If there is life on other planets, what culture do they have? Is it possible to communicate with them through the language of art?”
That way, and through a self-created alphabet very similar to the one in the movie. Arrival (Arrival), Schulzek transforms the messages he writes in various ways with the symbols of his alphabet into art.
Source: Informacion
