Midas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares (Dec 2022)
Arte espacial e arquiteturas espaciais: explorando ligações
Abstract
Space art is still not well known, either in artistic production or from the perspective of museums. From an analysis based on a literature review methodology, this article intends to critically reflect on the relationship between spatial art and spatial architectures. It analyses the connection between two spatial architectural settings, exploring aspects of artistic display and the inhospitable extraplanetary condition. The first scenario is related to the International Space Station, a laboratory and housing architecture, which received the artistic projects Sojouner 2020 and Moon Gallery (2022). From Michel Foucault's heterotopia and heterochrony, we establish an interconnection based on the space-time relationship marked by transitivity and the potential transformation of biotechnological artistic works. The analysis of other works of critical content, considering Kevin Hetherington's concept of heterotopia, allowed us to perceive the International Space Station as a place where biopower operates along with its critique. The other scenario is hypothetical and refers to the futuristic art gallery architectures of the Tate in Space program (2000) of the Tate Modern. The possible interconnection was analysed from the theory of the five “atmospheres” (physical, geographical, sensory, social, and individual space) from the Book of Principles that artist Kristen Johannsen (2016) elaborated for artistic works to be sent into outer space. In this context, we demonstrate the connection between architectural features and “atmospheres”, evidenced by the analysis of psychosocial, spatiotemporal, artistic, and curatorial aspects that an extreme extraplanetary environment raises. The subject matter relevancy stems from the different environmental circumstances that imply different ways of exhibiting and communicating. Overall, this article expands on a scarcely studied phenomenon, allowing the development of future research avenues about other art exhibition spaces and their curatorial practices.
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