Reflecting about the notion of the unpredictable in the everyday, this installation was composed by 10g of gunpowder and a prop functioning as a system that detects solar explosions.

 10g of gunpowder, wooden box, antenna and danger sign.
Alejandro Tamayo



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{2012}
Solar event

System that detects solar explosions, gunpowder and wooden frame.

This work offers the possibility of creating a mark as the result of a cosmic event. The mark is created by the explosion of gunpowder which is triggered when a solar explosion is detected by the technological apparatus.

The installation creates an interruption in the flux of everyday life
by the sudden irruption of cosmic time.

Installed for one week in the corridor outside the studios from the Master in Fine and Visual Arts at the National University in Bogotá, Colombia.

Developed in collaboration with engineer Iván Lopez.