Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster · our alien friends

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster · our alien friends

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster — Metapanorama — 2022 — detail 01Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster — Metapanorama — 2022 — detail 02

From April 14 to September 4, 2022, the Serpentine Gallery in London presents “Alienarium 5,” an exhibition by French experimental artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster.

Source: Serpentine Gallery ·· Images: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, “Metapanorama” (2022) (details). © Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

But I’m also a reader of science fiction. Each planet we discover represents the possibility of a new world, a complete change in universes and environments, a “multiverse” as opposed to a universe.Dominique González-Foerster, to Purple Magazine (2013)

Born in Strasbourg in 1965, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster is known for her experimental approach to her art, and for her immersive installations that invite the viewer to interact with them and raise questions. Conceived specifically for the Serpentine Gallery, “Alienarium 5” invites the viewer to ask: What if aliens were to fall in love with us? What would it change, why and how?

In a press note, the Serpentine Gallery explains that “the space inside the gallery will be transformed into an immersive sensory environment, incorporating visual, sonic, olfactory, tactile and live engagements that expand the audience’s ability to imagine alternative forms of life and alien encounters. In the artist’s words, the exhibition can be thought of as a ‘mutant place contributing to the invention of new technologies of consciousness’, while also functioning as ‘an anti-War of the World’s vision”.

“Serving as a meeting point for friends for the past, future and a time not yet named”, the press note continues, “’Alienarium 5’ encourages people to come together with love for one another and for visitors from outer space.” #2022 #SerpentineGallery #theartwolf