„HEAD OF 67P - ESA ROSETTA MISSION“

Solo Exhibition, «Head of 67P», Physics Institute, University of Bern, CH, 23.8.2018

In collaboration with the MiARD project, led by the University of Bern, and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research of Göttingen, Bernd Nicolaisen has developed his two new series „HEAD OF 67P - ESA / ROSETTA MISSION“ and „CHURY OUT OF HORIZON“. The new works revolve around mysterious places that have never been seen before, places more than 400 million km away from planet Earth. Within this seemingly abstract visual world, new perspectives on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reveal themselves to the viewers. The large-format pictures in 3D print- and tableaux-formats incorporate two different work series.


„HEAD OF 67P - ESA/ROSETTA MISSION“
„Analog Echo“
The work is based from the ESA/Rosetta mission, the three-dimensional finger print of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The analogue reproduction technique leads to a three-dimensional effect in the pictures, giving them a spatiality and a mystical glow. The effect is achieved by transforming digital data into an analog image and reinterpreting with 3D technology. (Océ elevated print on aluminium)

„CHURY OUT OF HORIZON“
„67P Abstractions“
The silhouettes of an ESA model of 67P formed the basis for this work. In order to display the surfaces, different material were used that reacted through an interplay of adhesion and cohesion. Among others through water, methanol, oxides, different pigments and powders. This leads to associations similar to the material and structures existing on the comet, which include and emphasise the effect of the tableaux.



PROJECT TEAM
Physics Institute - University of Bern, Prof. Nicolas Thomas, PD Dr. Martin Rubin
Amanuensis GmbH - Leandro von Werra, Dr. James Whitby

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen,
Dr. Holger Sierks

Factum Arte, Madrid
Adam Lowe

MiARD Project: This project was (partially) funded by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) under contract number 16.0008-2 and the EU‘s Horizon 2020 program contract number 649660.
Credits: Bernd Nicolaisen based on the Rosetta / OSIRIS cameras, © ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA