Sourdough Made of Starstuff
PERFORMANCE / EXHIBITION
PARFT OF THE SOUND OF THE SUN EXHIBITION AT HARESTUA SOLAR OBSERVATORY
In the Satellite House at the Harestua Solar Observatory, a jar of living sourdough sits beneath the telescopes. In the 1960s, this building housed the U.S. Air Force’s satellite camera, keeping watch over orbiting satellites. Later, astronomers installed telescopes here to study the stars.
Today, in the same room that once monitored military skies, a sourdough starter ferments quietly. One telescope turns inward instead of skyward, collapsing the distance between microbes and constellations, between earthly memory and the unknown.
Art Direction & Performance: Maggie Coblentz
Videography: Louise Rapley
Part of The Sound of the Sun exhibition at the Harestua Solar Observatory.
The Sound of the Sun program is organized by Hedvig Biong, Jessica MacMillan, and Marius Moldvær in collaboration with Vegard Rekaa and Torstein Nybø of Solobservatoriet. The exhibition is generously supported by Akershus Fylkeskommune / Akershus County Municipality, Kulturrådet / Arts Council Norway, Kunstsentrene i Norge / Association of Norwegian Art Centers, and Norske Billedkunstnere / Norwegian Artists Association / Lunner and Gran Municipalities.
Videography: Louise Rapley
Part of The Sound of the Sun exhibition at the Harestua Solar Observatory.
The Sound of the Sun program is organized by Hedvig Biong, Jessica MacMillan, and Marius Moldvær in collaboration with Vegard Rekaa and Torstein Nybø of Solobservatoriet. The exhibition is generously supported by Akershus Fylkeskommune / Akershus County Municipality, Kulturrådet / Arts Council Norway, Kunstsentrene i Norge / Association of Norwegian Art Centers, and Norske Billedkunstnere / Norwegian Artists Association / Lunner and Gran Municipalities.
The Satellite House at the Harestua Solar Observatory.