SPACE ODDITY 69/19/45
HUA International, Berlin, 2019Solo Exhibition
Space Oddity addresses Tomas’ experiences and concerns about spaces in times past, present, and future. The works are driven by curiosity and seek to establish a post-human narrative starting with the year 1969: the year of the Moon landing and mankind’s journey to the next frontier – Space. The same technology responsible for breaching that frontier, in recent times, has led to a division of society. There is an undeniable correlation between political instability and the rise of right-wing populism worldwide, and technology. Moreover, Futurist Raymond Kurzweil’s prediction of technological singularity is set around 2045, at which point Artificial Intelligence will have surpassed human intelligence. These three intervals in time, 69/19/45 form the focal point of the works.