Infos Artwork
- Year: 2016
- Place: Rio Abajo Wald
- Land: Puerto Rico (18.33982215,-66.7053387668232) centr.
- Category: Ecosystems/ Flora/ Fauna, Pollution/ Destruction/ Toxins, and Sciences
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Artist: Allora, Jennifer
Birthdate: 1974
Land of Birth: United States
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Artist: Calzadilla, Guillermo
Birthdate: 1971
Land of Birth: Cuba
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Artist: Chiang, Ted
The video installation THE GREAT SILENCE juxtaposes the human desire to contact extra-terrestrial species with the lesser attention paid to critically endangered species on earth that are able to communicate with humans, such as the Puerto Rican parrot. The silence of the universe observed by the Arecibo radio telescope is taken as a prophecy for the potential future silence of the rainforest. >> >>
Details:
Allora & Calzadilla,
THE GREAT SILENCE, 2014
3-channel HD video installation
Sixteen minutes and thirty-two seconds
Copyright Allora & Calzadilla
Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels