travesías terremoto vol. 01: interplanetary simulations

Interplanetary Simulations, the first volume of Travesías Terremoto, is a research residency that brings together Latin American artistic and scientific practices to explore space conquest, planetary imagination and the possibilities of the cosmos in the face of a bleak future on Earth. The project consists of the exploration of the Sonoran desert—characterized by its exoplanetary landscape—to collectively reflect on utopian strategies of world creation, non-hegemonic futures and space exploration under an anti-patriarchal, anti-colonial and anti-racist gaze.

Five Latin American visual artists will have the opportunity to experience an exceptional immersion in the Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere, in close collaboration with a team of space scientists from the Agencia Espacial Mexicana and the Universidad Autónoma de México. The project seeks to think of the Sonoran desert as an exoplanetary scenario characterized by its star-shaped dunes, unusual flora and fauna, and giant craters, in order to collectively reflect on space exploration, world building, planetary imagination, and the possibilities of the cosmos in the face of a bleak future on this planet.

The Residency takes place March – April 8, 2024 and will be accompanied by a public program, an exhibition, a printed publication and a series of texts for our online platform.

I. Analog mission - Place: Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere, Two weeks, March- April 2024

II. Laboratory - Place: Rocky Point, Two weeks, April 2024

III. Editorial content - Online, March-August 2024

IV. Publication - October 2024

V. Exhibition - Museo de Arte de Sonora MUSAS, April-July 2024