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Follow the two objects 127109 & 127110
during a year long journey floating
towards each other in the North Atlantic
Ocean.
What are the odds two things will meet
in the middle of this 76.762.000 km²
territory? Zero. Or many not? This question
was reason for artist Lotte Geeven to put
things to the test. She brought in an inter-
national team of scientists specialized in
studying the behavior of the sea to search
for an answer. Two sensory robots named
127109 & 127110 were brought to life and
were deployed 7000 kilometers apart in the
currents on opposing sides of the Atlantic Ocean;
One in The Gulf of Mexico and the other far out
the Portuguese coast. The location and time of
the deployment of both objects has been careful-
ly calculated in order to optimize the chances of
an encounter. At the mercy of the sea’s slow
choreography, 27109 & 127110 are predicted to
meet in the middle within the timespan of a year;
the place where two giant currents curl
around. The moment the two robots touch the
water, the project's outcome is entirely ruled
by the forces of nature.
agenda
Momart, Amsterdam
September 20 – October 19, 2014
Unfair, Amsterdam
book presentation
designed by Studio Adriaan Mellegers,
Sarah Bergmann
softcover, 372 pages
Prospect 3+ Satellite
international arts biennial
October 25, 2014 through January 25
May annex and Tulane
colophon
127109 & 127110 is a project by Lotte Geeven
made possible by the generous support of
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (US)
the Marine Institute (IR)
Unidad de Tecnología Marina (SP)
Instituto Español de Oceanografía (SP)
May, Prospect 3 +, Momart, Léa Mercier
Shaun Dolk, César Gonzales-Pola
Alexander S. Kolker, The R/V Pelican crew
Luis Ansorena, The Angeles Alvariño crew
Aodhan Fitzgerald, Miki Ojeda, Glenn Nolan
contact
Lotte Geeven
info@geeven.nl
www.geeven.nl