Joaquin Fargas: The Earth’s Pulse

Performance by Joaquin Fargas
Is the Earth alive?

Our planet is 4.5 billion years old—an unimaginable span for our minds, far surpassing the scale by which we measure our personal time. Even the existence of humans as a species on Earth is negligible in the vastness of the Universe. Our own evolution has been moving us away from contact with nature, of which we are part, our ancestors and even today many native peoples have a greater awareness of respect for the Earth.

The Earth’s Pulse, that life of our planet as a geological entity, manifests itself to us through heat (geothermal), vibrations (seismic events) and the effluvia of liquid gasses, pyroclastic activity and magma.The knowledge of our own planet, the Earth, will allow us to improve our connection with it, to understand its power as well as its fragility, and to establish the peace with nature that we need so much.

The Earth’s Pulse is an interdisciplinary project that crosses art, science and technology. The aim of the project is to make us aware that the Earth is a living entity and that today it expresses itself with all its vitality. The project is an interactive performance composed by the performer, video mapping in real time, live coding music and the participation of the public.

Biography:
Artist-engineer // Engineer-artist Joaquín Fargas integrates the artistic, scientific and technological fields in his work. Through science, he communicates the concepts and theories in a playful and poetical manner. Through art, he teaches how to grasp the properties of nature and become aware of its care. His production is centered on possible or utopian proposals related to life, its preservation and the interrelationship between living beings and the future. In his work, he integrates biological materials and technological media aimed at breaking down barriers and generating possible dialogues and hybrid ecologies.

From the beginning of the 2000s, he has been incorporating digital and communication technologies as well as robotics into his artistic practice. Crypto Art, Quantum computing and Artificial intelligence are integrated in his production.

Duration: 45 min.