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01 - 31 Mar 2012

This new work by Agnes Meyer-Brandis
The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility, weaves together history, popular science and fiction. It is inspired by the 1638 book The Man in the Moone by English bishop Francis Godwin, in which the protagonist flies to the moon in a chariot towed by moon geese. The artist has made this a reality by raising eleven moon geese from birth, giving them astronauts’ names and training them to fly. A control room in the museum broadcasts a live stream of the geese.

Presented by AV Festival. Commissioned by The Arts Catalyst and FACT, part of Republic of the Moon.

Part of AV Festival 12: As Slow As Possible

International Festival of Art, Technology, Music and Film

1 – 31 March 2012

Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Sunderland

www.avfestival.co.uk