All images courtesy of the artist and Galeria Melissa, Photo Credit: Melvyn Loo.
Video art-augmented heavens come down to earth—in the form of London's Galeria Melissa—in Mercury 13, a new installation by artist Megan Broadmeadow. Mercury 13 orbits around a giant metallic mobile, comprising several satellites and convex mirrors. Behind the sculpture, three floor-to-ceiling reflective screens radiate with the images of the cosmos, explosions of light, and giant eyes, synced to soundscapes by Matthew Faulkner of studio Sonic Visor. The remainder of the space is designed such that viewers "walk inside planets by entering mirrored domes and find disorientation in mirrored infinity chambers." Which is casually cosmic, on a major level. The show also includes occasional performances by four dancers, amplified by the installation's many mirrors, into a legion of alien-esque moving shapes.
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In the past, the artist collaborated on the show with the clothing line Melissa, and derived her concept from the titular group of female NASA astronauts from the 1950's, a group who trained, but were ultimately deprived of their chance to take flight. Their tribute, in the form of Mercury 13, remains at Galeria Melissa until August 31.
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