Cosmopolitics strives to present the cosmos as a common good that should be shared between all humanity, impossible to conquer or exploit completely by any state or private agent. The cosmos, even if perceived as infinite, is a limited resource and it should be managed as such: through the collective decisions of all its inhabitants.
Today, the conquest of space enters a new era, revealing the true intentions of its actors. Looking at the new lunar program Artemis 1, the innovations in satellite warfare and the birth and rise of space tourism, it is clear that space exploration is more about politics and accumulation of wealth than the advancement of science. The privatization of the cosmos seems inevitable, yet, so unjust.
Cosmopolitics questions the validity of these initiatives that, in the holy name of progress, export in space the same problems and inequalities generated on Earth without truly criticizing them. The colonization of celestial bodies, the pollution of the low Earth orbit and the weaponization of space technology are already the reality of this “new space”. Between utopia and dystopia, science-fiction and real facts, the artworks presented in the show nourish new imaginaries in order to reinvent our relationship to the cosmos.