In 1997 two spaceships were launched from Cape Kennedy containing material to represent life on earth. The ambition of the project was to make hypothetical contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence. The choice of material was subjective to an American, scientifically educated, 1970s community, with paternalistic attitude towards the rest of the world. But who consulted us? We were not asked to make a contribution and we must do something about this falsification, especially now as we approach the end of the second millennium, when everyone is making lists and taking stock of what has been achieved.
In order to fix this injustice the artist Peter Greenaway, with a mixture of irony and seriousness, create a list:
"100 OBJECTS TO REPRESENT THE WORLD"
The point of the project is to transcrip the ideas that this word inspires into a physical space.
In order to fix this injustice the artist Peter Greenaway, with a mixture of irony and seriousness, create a list:
"100 OBJECTS TO REPRESENT THE WORLD"
The point of the project is to transcrip the ideas that this word inspires into a physical space.
