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KOSMICA is an
institute An institute is an organizational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes ca ...
that runs poetical and critical projects about outer space activities and their impact on
Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...
. Its central activity is a series of curated
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s worldwide with over 20 editions in countries like UK,
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
,
Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
and
Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
. KOSMICA also counts with other activities such as
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mes,
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and other curated activities. It has local offices in
Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...
(Germany) and
Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
(Mexico), with partner organisations in
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
(UK) and
Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
(Canada).


History

KOSMICA Institute was founded in 2011 by Berlin-based artist
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in partnership with The Art Catalyst in London. It started as ¨a series of galactic gatherings for earth-bound artists, space engineers, performers, astronomers, musicians and anyone interested, explore and share space in original ways. Every session is unique: bringing together the cosmically curious and culturally quirky space community.¨ Today KOSMICA organises regular festival with over 20 international editions and 180 guests from all around the globe. Its curated programmes have included topics such as
feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...
,
queer culture Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures are subcultures and communities composed of people who have shared experiences, backgrounds, or interests due to common sexual or gender identities. Among the first to argue that members of sexual m ...
,
climate change Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...
,
colonialism Colonialism is the control of another territory, natural resources and people by a foreign group. Colonizers control the political and tribal power of the colonised territory. While frequently an Imperialism, imperialist project, colonialism c ...
and
art Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...
in outer space. KOSMICA is endorsed by ITACCUS, the International Astronautical Federation Technical Committee for the Cultural Utilizations of Space. “KOSMICA created an open, affable environment where the topics ranged from philosophy to the social importance of Star Trek.” "KOSMICA opens new frontiers for artistic experimentation" - Rolling Stone Magazine


Participants

KOSMICA activities have put together an international network of artists, cultural practitioners and space professionals. Among the 180 participants are
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,
Tomás Saraceno Tomás Saraceno (San Miguel de Tucumán, 1973) is an Argentine contemporary artist whose projects, consisting of floating sculptures, international collaborations, and interactive installations, propose and dialogue with forms of inhabiting and se ...
, Ariel Guzik,
Aleksandra Mir Aleksandra Mir (born 1967) is a Swedish-American contemporary artist known for her large scale collaborative projects and for her anthropological methods, involving rigorous archival research, oral history and field work. Her work deals with tra ...
, Empress Stah, Yuri Suzuki, Honor Harger,
Roger Malina Roger Malina (born July 6, 1950) is an American physicist, astronomer, Executive Editor of ''Leonardo Publications'' by Leonardo, the International Society of Arts, Sciences and Technology (published by MIT Press) and distinguished professor of ...
, Marko Peljhan, Nelly Ben Hayoun,
Katie Paterson Katie Paterson (born 1981) is a Fife-based visual artist from Glasgow, Scotland, having previously lived and worked in Berlin whose artworks concern translation, distance, and scale. Paterson holds a BA from Edinburgh College of Art (2004) and a ...
,
Agnes Meyer-Brandis Agnes Meyer-Brandis (born 1973) is a German installation artist, known for her Moon Goose Colony, an internationally exhibited artwork and film in which (inspired by a story by Francis Godwin) she raises a flock of geese and teaches them to become ...
, Kapwani Kiwanga,
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, Frederik De Wilde, Nicola Triscott, Anais Toneur, Carey Young,
Christopher Riley Christopher Riley (born 1967) is a British writer, broadcaster and film maker specialising in the history of science. He has a PhD from Imperial College, University of London where he pioneered the use of digital elevation models in the study ...
, Dragan Živadinov, Sarah Jane Pell,
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, Angelo Vermaulen (Seeker), Richard Clar,
Patricio Guzmán Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (born August 11, 1941) is a Chilean documentary film director, screenwriter, director. He is most known for his film trilogy '' The Battle of Chile'' (1975–1979) and more recently for another trilogy; ''Nostalgia for th ...
,
Tania Candiani Tania Candiani (born in 1974) is a Mexican artist known for her interdisciplinary, large-scale, multimedia installations. In 2011, she was named a Guggenheim Fellow. Candiani was born in Mexico City. Work Candiani has shown her work around t ...
and
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.


Institutions and Collaborators

The KOSMICA Institute has collaborated with
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s and
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s such as The Arts Catalyst (
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
),
Foundation for Art and Creative Technology FACT Liverpool is a new media arts centre in Liverpool, England. The building houses galleries, a cinema operated by Picturehouse, a bar, and a café. History FACT was established as an organisation focussed on video and new media art, exhibi ...
, FACT (
Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
), Z33 (
Hasselt Hasselt (, , ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. As of 1 August 2023, Hasselt had a total population of 80,846. The old ...
), Oboro (
Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
), Laboratorio Arte Alameda (
Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
),
Centro de Cultura Digital The Centre of Digital Culture (''Centro de Cultura Digital'', in Spanish language, Spanish) is a multifunctional cultural complex in Mexico City with the vocation to activities of digital art, as well as the promotion of "expressive forms in the ...
(
Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
), Centro Multimedia (
Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
), Mexican Space Agency (
Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
),
International Space University The International Space University (ISU) is a higher education institute headquartered in Illkirch-Graffenstaden, a suburb of Strasbourg, France. It is dedicated to the discovery, research, and development of outer space and its applications f ...
(
Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...
),
International Astronautical Federation The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is an international space advocacy organization based in Paris, and founded in 1951 as a non-governmental organization to establish a dialogue between scientists around the world and to lay t ...
, IAF (
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
), Hangar 1 (Berlin), La Colonie (Paris), amongst others.


KOSMICA Journeys

In 2017 KOSMICA partnered up with local organisations and governmental bodies to start a new strand of projects aimed at those who have flown away from their homes for safety and survival reasons. KOSMICA Journeys offers a series of activities for refugees and immigrants to use the outer space perspective and reframe our understanding of Earth as the home of humanity and all its life beyond nations and states. KOSMICA Journeys started with a collaboration with Hangar 1 in Berlin. Over a month KOSMICA delivered weekly workshops at the refugee center located at the Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin.


Past Editions

* 2017, KOSMICA Paris, La Colonie, Paris, France * 2016, KOSMICA Mexico, Cosmovitral, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Cine Tonalá, Toluca &
Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
. * 2015, KOSMICA Mexico, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Cine Tonalá, Ovnibus, Mexico City, Mexico * 2014, KOSMICA Mexico, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Centro Multimedia - CENART,
Centro de Cultura Digital The Centre of Digital Culture (''Centro de Cultura Digital'', in Spanish language, Spanish) is a multifunctional cultural complex in Mexico City with the vocation to activities of digital art, as well as the promotion of "expressive forms in the ...
, Mexico City, Mexico * 2014, KOSMICA London, Bargehouse, London, UK * 2013, KOSMICA Mexico, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Centro Multimedia - CENART, Mexico City, Mexico * 2013, KOSMICA London, The Arts Catalyst, London, UK * 2013, KOSMICA Belgium, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium * 2013, KOSMICA Paris, La Société de Curiosités, Paris, France * 2012, KOSMICA London, The Arts Catalyst, London, UK * 2012, KOSMICA Mexico, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Centro Multimedia - CENART, Mexico City, Mexico * 2012, KOSMICA Paris, La Société de Curiosités, Paris, France * 2012, KOSMICA Liverpool, Foundation for Art and Technology (FACT), Liverpool, UK * 2011, KOSMICA London, The Arts Catalyst, London UK


References

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