Like the universe itself, our
vision of the cosmos is expanding. Inspired by ESA's Euclid Mission to map
galaxies ¾ back in time to the Big Bang, the work suspends three glass
sculptures representing earth, moon and universe. Strung together by a
combination of gravity and tension, it achieves a balance between luminous
materials sculpted by light. Ancient light will filter through the complex
instruments on the spacecraft constructing a narrative about mankind's origins and forever
changing our perception of the cosmic landscape.
From 2018-2019 Lisa Pettibone was artist-in-residence at Mullard Space
Science Laboratory (University College London) where she responded to European
Space Agency's Euclid Mission. Launching in 2022, it will record billions of
galaxies while mapping the structure of space in search of answers about dark
matter and dark energy. The curved glass forms are fused, screen-printed and
slumped glass objects acting as weights to form the structure of the piece.
Using fabric netting, hung from aluminium ellipses, this is a flexible
installation allowing for a variety of heights depending on architectural
dimensions.
