“Blended Worlds: Experiments In Interplanetary Imagination” at Brand Library & Art Center

Part of Getty’s Regional Art Event PST ART: Art & Science Collide

A cool new exhibition, “Blended Worlds: Experiments In Interplanetary Imagination,” is now open at the Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale. If you haven’t been there you should really check it out. The exhibit is presented by Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide a fascinating and mind-opening series “exploring the intersections of art and science-past, present and in the imaginable future.” “Blended Worlds” will be on view September 21-January 4, 2025. It is a collaboration between the City of Glendale’s Library, Arts & Culture Department and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), an operating division of Caltech a Federally Funded Research and Development Center for NASA. That creates an impressive Moment of Venn.

Through a series of art and science collaborations, “Blended Worlds” explores the landscape of human relationships with our ever-expanding environment. The exhibition includes artists collaborating with a team of JPL scientists and engineers to present a vision of the future that invites the viewer to consider the impact of greater connectedness with nature and its ability to foster a renewed sense of wonder and curiosity with our planet and the cosmos. Spanning a range of multimedia and cross-disciplinary works from 11 artists.**

Moon Ribas, “Seismic Percussion 2017. Image provided by artist.

The Artists…

“Blended Worlds” features contributions from David Bowen, Darel Carey, Ekene Ijeoma, Annette Lee, Ada Limón, Bruce Mau, Viktoria Modesta, Shane Myrbeck, Moon Ribas, Raffi Joe Wartanian and Saskia Wilson-Brown.

David Bowen’s installation tele-present wind features grass stalks attached to tilting mechanical devices that move in response to Martian wind data previously collected by NASA rover and lander missions.

An Opening Reception and a Show!

An opening reception will be held on Saturday, September 21 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM at the Brand Library & Art Center located at 1601 West Mountain Street Glendale, CA 91201. For more information on Blended Worlds: Experiments In Interplanetary Imagination, visit BrandLibrary.org website.

In addition to the gallery exhibition, on Saturday, October 5th, The Alex Theater Presents: Blended Worlds: An Evening of Art, Theater and Science, a collaboration with JPL, Hosted by Reggie Watts. The evening is an all ages event celebrating interplanetary imagination through explorations in music, multi-media performances, panel discussions, theater and interactives. Find more information at PST ART.

*Feature image: Cyborg artist Moon Ribas, Burial of a Sense. Image provided courtesy of the artist for promotional purposes.

**Special thanks to H. Bruner, The ACE Agency