The New York Public Library
Main Branch
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Bryant Park Watched over by Gertrude Stein
.
Artist and geographer Trevor Paglen,
Filmmaker Werner Herzog, and
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Tracy K. Smith
Presented a conversation about cultural artifacts, space
exploration, the legacy of human civilization,
and speculations upon our possible future.
"The Last Pictures"
by Trevor Paglen
(Images I chose at random)
Nagoya Public Aquarium
Weightlessness
Fingerprints on the left-on the right
Inked Handprint and contract
Left-Air France Concord
Right-Sand dunes Carson desert Nevada
Left-Policeman Nepal
Right-Babylonian Math tablet YBC 4713
Left-Grinell Glacier Montana 1940
Right-Grinell Glacier Montana 2006
Left-Dandelion
Right-Genetically modified Fruit Fly
But you can choose for yourself
A golden
disc of all 100 images
will be launched into outer space from Kazakhstan
attached to the exterior of communications satellite
Earthrise
Telescopes were provided
for viewing the night sky by the
When I came home, this Neal Young lyric was playing
like a loop in my head
2 comments:
i have spent many hours in that library.
Michelle, I can't say why, but I didn't know about this. It has the feeling of a sacred rite and I'm so glad you got to attend the program. xx
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