See also: Scripta Volant,
published on the occasion of Inner Telescope, a solo exhibition by
Eduardo Kac at Sector 2337, Chicago.
Inner Telescope
Solo Exhibition by Eduardo Kac
September 7th-September 30th 2018
Curated by Fulla Abdul-Jabbar and Caroline Picard
SECTOR 2337
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Wed - Sun 12pm to 6pm
The Green Lantern Press presents Inner Telescope, a solo
exhibition at Sector 2337 by Eduardo Kac (pronounced “Katz”) of an
artwork created for the conditions of Outer Space. Central to this
show is an abstract form of the same name—an Inner Telescope
conceived for zero gravity, having neither top nor bottom, neither
front nor back, and which was realized aboard the International
Space Station by French astronaut Thomas Pesquet in 2017. The form
entwines linguistic and figurative representations of the self,
separate from the ground they have always relied on. Additional
objects in the show further explore the vulnerability and ambition
of the human subject without its usual downward tendency. Inner
Telescope releases the human from gravity’s constraint to show the
inextricable ties between humans and their world.
The artwork Inner Telescope was produced by L’Observatoire
de l’Espace, the cultural lab of the French Space Agency, with
support from the European Space Agency and the Carasso Foundation.
Exhibition Checklist
1) Space Poetry, multicolor
risograph artist’s book with onlay embroidered patch, 2016, 7.6
x 9.8 in, 20 pgs. Edition of 100, signed and numbered.
2) In
Orbit I (from the Inner Telescope series), 2017, c- print on
archival paper, 16 x 20 in. Edition of 5.
3) In
Orbit IV (from the Inner Telescope series), 2017, c- print
on archival paper, 16 x 20 in. Edition of 5.
4) Space
Poetry III (from the Inner Telescope series), 2017, thread
on linen, 9 x 13 in. Edition of 3.
5) Space
Poetry VII
(from the Inner Telescope series), 2017, thread on linen, 9 x 13
in. Edition of 3.
6) Space Poetry IX (from the
Inner Telescope series), 2017, thread on linen, 9 x 13 in. Edition
of 3.
7) Space
Poetry X (from the Inner Telescope series), 2017, thread on
linen, 9 x 13 in. Edition of 3.
8) Inner Telescope, 2017,
single-channel video, sound, 12min. Edition of 5.
9) ITP,
Site-specific plotted vinyl installation, 2017, dimensions
variable. Edition of 3.
10) ISS
#71904,
metallic silver ink on black paper (offset), 2017, 7.4 x 10.23
in, 16 pgs. Edition of 100, signed and numbered.
11) Scripta Volant, Green Lantern Press
2018 publication edited by Fulla Abdul-Jabbar and Caroline Picard,
designed by Andrew Lister, and produced on the occasion of the
2018 exhibition Inner
Telescope at Sector 2337 in Chicago. Risograph 8.5 x 11 in,
16 pages. Edition of 100, signed and numbered by Kac.
Included in Scripta Volant are two stickers and images
from the drawing suite Performance
for one astronaut, one pair of scissors and two sheets of paper
(from the Inner Telescope series), dye-based black ink on
acid-free 24 lb. Hammermill paper, 2015, 8.5 x 11 inches each.
Photos: Wonbin Yang
Kac Web