Of mangoes and moons

Inside a small room with white doors that wear the patina of age, the ceiling lights up like a small universe dotted with many yellow moons. On closer look, one finds that these are images of mangoes, photographed like the waxing and waning of Jupiter's moons. The photographic arrangement is called Thebe, an artistic projection of the Jupiter's moons as captured through a ripe mango, and part of an exhibition titled The Moons of Jupiter by Canadian photographer Karen Kraven that opened in Mumbai last week. 

The visual project that takes a novel view of astronomy and space began with Kraven's experiments with objects strange enough for photography. The 34-year-old photographer began shooting objects such as bowling balls, onions, and grapefruits to produce images that look like moon-phase calendars, appropriating the scientific form that depicts the waning and waxing of the moon. By using the mango to create a kind of calendar, the artist explores the relationship between fantasy, economy and capitalism. 

"Often, when we think about outer space, it reminds us of our own infinitely small existence in the universe and, when outer space is depicted in a Hollywood film especially,We have a great selection of blown glass backyard solar landscape lights and solar garden light. our own death, or the apocalypse. In times of uncertainty or political (or economic) unrest, we often look to science fiction to provide alternative narratives," Kraven says. 

Kraven's exhibition also restores to art a curiosity about space and related subjects, says Sumesh Sharma, curator of the exhibition. "In the 1970s when satellite channels and other space innovations weren't widely accessible, we were intrigued by it.We're responsible for the installation and maintenance of solar inverter. Now, Kraven's exhibition is putting into motion moments that are in the past," he says. 

Kraven used the technique of "orbiting” while shooting, with a single light bulb directed towards the objects, very similar to the way the sun's rays fall on a planet. The purpose of Kraven's photographic projects is not just to recreate wonderment about everything that lies in space but also bring into focus things that remain neglected in popular discourse.We turn your dark into light courtesy of our brilliant sun, solar street lighting, solar power generation. "In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered the first four moons of Jupiter. We now know that Jupiter has 66 moons. We easily take for granted and only recognize our own relationship to our sun and our moon and find it difficult to imagine what a moon-phase calendar of any of Jupiter's moons would look like from the surface of Jupiter, since it would be dependent on very different denotations of 'day',We are professional led street bulb,led street lamp,solar led street light factory according to your requirements. 'month' or 'year'," says Kraven. 

Along with Kraven's visual project is a sound installation named Symphonies of the Planets, comprising three audio tracks from the Voyager shuttle recordings in the 1970s of the magnetospheres of the planets, turned into sound frequencies. The Voyager shuttle discovered Thebe in March 1979. The three audio tracks play simultaneously, creating a fantasy remix of the noise footprint that massive planets make as they orbit the sun. "The sounds are remixed into a strange symphony. The spinning CDs reflect the spinning of the planets and the interactions of these planets with one another," explains Kraven. 

The exhibition in Mumbai is Kraven's first international exhibition. "The opportunity to create and install work in another country is imperative to the experience of an artist, especially today…This is how ideas grow and change," she says. 

Kraven brings with her exhibition a kind of sensibility that many established artists may not, Sharma says. "In India, we often see the likes of Anish Kapoor displaying their works but we rarely see the space opening up for young, upcoming artists. I feel such artists are rooted in the cities they travel to and because they don't travel from five-star hotels, their work is more honest and not something that has just been imported into the city," says Sharma.You can make your own more powerful OEM solar LED lamps.