Artist-Astronaut
Curated by Field Office
Artist-Astronaut is an installation in which the audience-participants are guided on a time-travel trip into the year 2050 where they recall their careers as artist-astronauts. This project defies the notion that space exploration is a purely scientific endeavour and integrates the notion of culture as a necessary function of humanity, whether on Earth or in an expanded space community. The artist-astronaut takes on the role of cultural mediator, cataloguing and communicating artists' perspectives on potential artist involvement in space exploration.
The Artist-Astronaut installation is designed as a matrix – an enclosed, rectangular space where the walls are painted with black-light-sensitive markings, creating an immersive holodeck environment. Participants will be asked to sign up for a Future Mission session with the artist. During this time they will become artist-astronauts on a mission in space taking place a few decades into the future. Because each mission will differ depending on the dynamics of the audience-participants, this highly participatory experience also documents the various ways in which artists can (and will) create a new culture of space activity.
Debra Solomon is based in Amsterdam and is a lecturer for the MFA program at the Dutch Art Institute in Enchede, Netherlands.
Artist-Astronaut is part of SOURCE, an exhibition of media art installations as part of the 2003 Images Festival.
Past exhibition
May 5 - 6, 2023
Library Research Collective: Wayfinding and Fieldtrips―Risa Horowitz, Dave Kemp, Alex Kurina, and Pierre Tremblay
A collection of immersive video works, "Wayfinding and Fieldtrips", by the Library Research Collective, reimagining data from a 10km canoe trip of Black Creek through the Humber River.
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Past exhibition
Apr 1 - May 4, 2023
IA 360° Showcase Exhibition
The inaugural exhibition of InterAcccess’s IA 360°, platforming a variety of artists exploring the full capabilities of the system.
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Past exhibition
Mar 27, 2023
IA 360°: Full Launch Programming
After five years in the making, InterAccess is proud to launch Toronto’s only artist accessible immersive 360° projection environment – IA 360°. The IA 360° transforms InterAccess’s gallery space, encouraging artists to leverage sensory intensity for critical thinking. In celebration, InterAccess has programmed events running from March to May 2023 to provide a broad selection of entry points for artists, from exhibition and performance opportunities to critical artist panels and roundtables.