T.O.M

An artistic exploration of all things space related

The Moon Goose Experiment | a bio-poetic investigation

by Agnes Meyer-Brandis
short docu video of the MGE experiment, realized in Siberia, Novosibirsk during the Total Solar Eclipse, 1st August, 2008

5 min, HD transferred to quicktime

The Moon Goose Experiment (MGE) is based on an excerpt from the book The Man in the Moone, written by the english bishop Francis Godwin in 1603. Godwin was the first person ever to describe weightlessness – long before Newton’s theory of gravity. The protagonist in the book flies to the moon in a chariot towed by gansas birds, more commonly known as geese. These special moon geese migrate every year from the earth to the Moon. The artist equips the space expedition on a sand island in the Siberian river Ob and observes the effect of the total eclipse of the Sun on the behaviour of the moon geese.

Film of Tomas Saraceno’s Poetic Cosmos of the Breath, an experimental solar dome. Commissioned by The Arts Catalyst, it was launched at dawn on the 22 September 2007 at Gunpowder Park, Essex, UK.

Photography Horst Diekgerdes from AnOther Magazine Issue 17 Autumn/Winter 2009 Decade In Style.

Photography Horst Diekgerdes from AnOther Magazine Issue 17 Autumn/Winter 2009 Decade In Style.

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and the Destroyer or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is seen as the Supreme God. In the Smarta tradition, he is regarded as one of the five primary forms of God. Followers of Hinduism who focus their worship upon Shiva are called Shaivites or Shaivas (Sanskrit Śaiva). Shaivism, along with Vaiṣṇava traditions that focus on Vishnu and Śākta traditions that focus on the goddess Shakti, is one of the most influential denominations in Hinduism.

Shiva is usually worshipped in the abstract form of Shiva linga. In images, he is represented as a handsome young man immersed in deep meditation or dancing the Tandava upon Apasmara, the demon of ignorance in his manifestation of Nataraja, the lord of the dance. It is said that he looks like an eternal youth because of his authority over death, rebirth and immortality. He is also the father of Ganesha and Murugan.

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(Source: Wikipedia)

Sridevi -Chandini - Classical Indian Tandav Dance

Damini - Tandava Dance

“Meteor is like combining poi and staff spinning” from PlayPoi