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The Museum of Lost Constellations<\/strong><\/em>
<\/em><\/strong>Shown at: The Observatory Museum, \u00a0Bonniers Konsthall<\/a>, Stockholm, Sweden (2013) | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (2014)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Objects, photographs, printed text
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Constellations are a way in which we make sense of the sky. Perhaps they are the first images made by human beings. Not necessarily by hand, but with the mind; while looking up at the sky. Translated into patterns and pictures found in the primitive night that are with us till today. The map of the sky is a palimpsest. Some patterns fade, others lurk and hide within and beneath other patterns. It is this process of fading, hiding and lurking that gives rise to the phenomenon of \u2018Lost Constellations\u2019. These are constellations fallen into disuse or gone into the exile of astronomical amnesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Museum of Lost Constellations<\/em> is an attempt to recover thirteen of them into memory through a set of objects that recall the names and lore connected to each lost constellation. It is sited by Raqs Media Collective within the historical observatory of the Stockholm Observatory Museum. The objects themselves are neither tagged, nor named. Matching their presence to the descriptions of the lost constellations in this text is the only way a visitor can construct for themselves a map of a fragment of forgotten sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirteen Lost Constellations<\/em><\/strong>

Grus, The Flamingo, or The Crane<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cerberus, the Three-Headed Dog<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Custodian of the Harvest<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramus Pomifer, The Apple Branch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lilium, The Lilies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officina Typographica, The Printing Office<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quadrans Muralis, The Mural Quadrant<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The River Tigris<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rangifer, The Reindeer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Testudo, The Turtle<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telescopium Herschelii, Herschel\u2019s Telescope<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scarabeus, The Scarab Beetle<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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