COSMOS
at Toasted, for Open City / Art Joburg
Johannesburg
Magolide Collective
Magolide Moon Landing 2022
Print on paper, wheat paste, 2.6 x 1.8 m
Ubambo Le Mbali! 2022
Print on paper, wheat paste, 118.8 x 84.1 cm
Future Festivals, 2021
360 video
Soft Lapse, 2021
Single Channel Video, 3.41 min.
The Plant Cyborg, 2022
video, 4.28 min.
WE WUZ ELECTRONZ 'N SHIT 2022
mp4 video, 1.03 min.
ALUTA'S ANGEL, 2022
AR print, 84.1 x 59.4 cm
Cosmic Noon, 2022
German etching, Hahnemuhle 60 x 60 cm
Radio Bubbles
Ilford Cotton Rag, 61 x 54 cm
String Meditation I, 2022
Photographic print on German Etching paper
1232 × 993 x 55 mm
String Meditation II, 2022
photographic print on Ilford, 600x 400 mm
Untitled, 2020
Mineral Earth Pigment on Cotton with cotton thread, 146 × 210 cm
Not From Here, 2022
video, sound, 4.34 min.
Genesis, 2021
video, sound (6.19 min.)
Since the first physical moon landing in 1969, our fascination with outer space has only deepened. Over the past decades, technological advancements have allowed us not only to explore the vastness of the universe—through the James Webb Space Telescope—but also to construct our own digital worlds within the deep fields of the metaverse.
The word cosmos describes the totality of existence—matter and space intertwined—of which we are an intrinsic part. We form, create, and continuously seek to understand our place within this ever-evolving expanse of meaning and purpose. Cosmos, as an intervention, examines our relationship with both the universe and the metaverse—two realms that are infinitely expanding, filled with possibility, the unknown, and the thrill of utopian potential.
Between these two forces, Earth itself becomes an interstitial space—a threshold between the universe and the metaverse. Cosmos presents digital art as a transcendent reality, photography as a manifestation of the impalpable, and the moving image as a moment of reflection.
For ten days, Cosmos will inhabit Toasted’s courtyard, inviting visitors to immerse themselves in this multiverse—an interplay of outer and inner spaces, where stars, pixels, and corporeal existence converge.
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