CAETERIS- COMPLICATA
US$ 1,840
Overview
This artwork was last updated 572 days ago.
2020
Steel, Steel
Unique Work
Dimensions: 126cm (H) x 63cm (W) x 3cm (D) / 49.6" (H) x 24.8" (W) x 1.2" (D)
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About the art
Artist statement
Cosmoselector's collection of geological samples of exoplanets. Each sculpture represents a geophysical formation of a planet outside the solar system
Sample collected on the planet: "TRAPPIST-1g"
Constellation: ACUARIUS
Ascension: 23h 06m 29s - Declination: -5 ° 2 ’29”
Stellar distance: 12.1 light years.
Without a doubt one of the most fascinating exoplanets of the trip. The vertical outcropping of various sediments has revealed the existence, in different layers, of small structures clearly distinguishable from the surrounding material. Although they appear to be fossilized and there is no trace of organic matter, they are reminiscent of the traces left by the activity of bacterial colonies, shallow water filter animals or perhaps the roots of some type of plant. High biological priority.
Artist profile
COSMOSELECTOR
Born: 1984
Hometown: Madrid
Based in: Madrid
Cosmoselector (Madrid, 1984) is a young interdisciplinary and eclectic artist whose work represents a journey looking for the beauty trapped within the sedimentary geology that nature draws in the today known to science exoplanets.
The discovery of the “unexpected” has always been a powerful catalyst for human creation and improvement. Indeed, …
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