Blood-Orange Moon

 

As part of the Looking-Glass House installation and for the occasion of the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, we have prepared a special spring spectacle in collaboration with the Moon: a total eclipse of the Supermoon.

For this performance, the Moon, the Earth and the Sun align in a perfectly straight line just before moonset in the early morning of 16th May. The Moon makes a very close approach to the Earth, appearing magnified above the horizon. The Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow over the Moon. The Moon turns blood-orange.

Blood-Orange Moon is a slow-motion immersive durational spectacle visible to the naked eye simultaneously to viewers in Europe, Africa and the Americas.

Moon eclipse is prime time for rituals of prophecy, protection and divination. The good and bad deeds one does are multiplied tenfold. The full moon energy is available three days before and three days after the event. Consider carefully what you wish for and write it out beforehand. For security reasons, there will be an increased presence of the police in the streets.
 

Free entrance. Latecomers will be admitted.

Viewing instructions for Hannover:
 

Moon will be close to horizon so we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to Southwest for the best view of the eclipse.

Performance times for Hannover:
 
Monday, 16 May 2022

Partial moon eclipse begins: 04:27 am 

Moon is getting red.  

Maximum eclipse in Hannover: 5.21 am

The eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Hannover. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Hannover because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
 

Find the precise schedule and a preview trailer here    

Seat distribution map here

Watch the documentation of a previous performance here

Cloudy where you are? Follow our live stream here


From the press:

‘When the lights, the Sun and the Moon are ‘eclipsed’, we are in the dark and events are hidden and shadowy. Secrets emerge and what’s unknown comes to light.’

‘Stunning and awe-inspiring.‘

‘You get a true sense of the solar system moving – and that in itself is a really dramatic experience.’


Credits:

Concept and choreography: Andrea Božić in collaboration with the Moon, the Sun, the Earth and the weather

This performance is part of the Looking-Glass House installation by Julia Willms and Andrea Božić at Arne Jacobsen Foyer, KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, Hannover

Day For Night: Ring of Fire

I am very happy to invite you to my performance in collaboration with the moon and the sun: Day For Night: Ring of Fire.

For the 21st of June 2020, I have prepared a special summer solstice spectacle: for this dance, the moon passes between the sun and the earth creating a ring of fire. A moment of darkness on the longest day of the year.

The seats for the performance are only available for a select audience in Africa and Asia. We have arranged a live stream here

It’s a special version of the Day for Night series, the fourth performance in the series of my collaborations with the night sky titled: Night Sky: Further Investigations Into Choreography, part of the larger cycle of collaborations with the weather titled Telling Future.

Performance time:

21 June 2020
Beginning: 3:45
Peak:06.40
End: 09:34
UTC Time

Latecomers admitted.

For the seats distribution overview, click here

Cloudy where you are?
Watch the live broadcast here

! Warning:
Looking at the Sun is harmful to your eyes at any time. Do not look at the Sun directly without protection! Doing so may result in immediate and permanent blindness.

Viewing instructions:
For instructions on how to build your own pinhole camera for safe viewing, click here
If you are not the D.I.Y. type, check in with your local natural history or space museum or your local astronomy club for where to rent or buy eclipse glasses.
In Benelux, order your glasses here

Day for Night is an immersive dramatic spectacle for three celestial bodies and an observer.

From the press:
‘When the lights, the Sun and the Moon are ‘eclipsed’, we are in the dark and events are hidden and shadowy. Secrets emerge and what’s unknown comes to light.’

‘Stunning and awe-inspiring.‘

‘Many cultures have perceived eclipses as change-inducing events. The eclipse of the sun is always a disruption of the normal order and a possibility of a new beginning.’
 

Fireworks in New York

You are cordially invited to

Fireworks

A new performance by Andrea Božić in collaboration with the night sky

Especially for the exhibition i will not be just a tourist in the world of images just watching images passing by which i cannot live in make love to possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy at Project: ARTspace in New York, we have prepared a special fall spectacle in collaboration with three meteor showers titled Fireworks. The performance series takes place every night during the entire exhibition with special events for the opening and the finissage.

Moving across the sky deep in the night, three meteor showers – the Orionids, Leonids and Geminids will perform ongoing silent fireworks of falling stars. They will be visible against the backdrop of the dark night sky as they flare up and burn guided in their motion by the Sun and the planets. The performance series starts with the Orionids featuring a firework of dust grains left behind by comet Halley with a peak on 22 October for the opening of the exhibition. It continues with the Leonids in November featuring a spectacle of melting dust grains left behind by comet Tempel-Tuttle. It culminates with the Geminids – the king of all meteor showers - featuring a show of up to 120 falling stars an hour produced by an asteroid for the closing of the exhibition on the 13^th of December.

Take a moment to find a dark spot away from city lights. Sit or lie down under the stars for 20 minutes to let your eyes adjust to the darkness.

Enjoy the final dance of the ice balls left over from the formation of stars and planets billions of years ago, as they flare up and evaporate attracted by the pull of the Sun when they touch the Earth’s atmosphere.

Fireworks is a durational spectacle visible to the naked eye, a choreography for three meteor swarms, the Earth, the Moon, the Sun and an observer. It is a ritual of endings and returns.

It is the fifth performance in the series of our collaborations with the night sky titled Night Sky: Further Investigations Into Choreography, part of a larger series of collaborations with the weather titled Telling Future.

Enjoy the return!

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Entrance: free

Location: worldwide

Performance times: Orionids: 2 October – 7 November 2019; Leonids: 6-30 November 2019;  Geminids: 7-17 December 2019.

Performance hours: From midnight till dawn

Fireworks intensity: Orionids 10-20 an hour at peak 21-22 October; Leonids 15 an hour at peak 17-18 November; Geminids 120 an hour at peak 13-14 December

Best viewing conditions: Outdoors, in the dark, in clear skies.

Dress code: warm clothes

Tip: Pack comfortable chairs, food and drinks, blankets, plus a red-filtered flashlight for reading maps and charts without ruining your night vision.

Credits: Andrea Božić in collaboration with the Orionid, Leonid and Geminid meteor swarms, the Moon and the weather

The exhibition i will not be just a tourist in the world of images just watching images passing by which i cannot live in make love to possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy at Project: ARTspace in New York is open 23 October - 13 December 2019

Orange Night

 

We are very happy to invite you to our new performance in collaboration with the Moon, the Sun and the Earth. Especially for the occasion of the exhibition Painting the Night at the Centre Pompidou Metz, we have prepared a new winter spectacle featuring a total eclipse of the moon: Orange Night.

For this performance, the Moon, the Earth and the Sun align in a perfectly straight line in the early hours of the 21st of January 2019 performing a total eclipse of the Super Blood Moon. For this dance, the Moon comes to its closest approach to the Earth. The Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon casting its shadow over the Moon - temporarily disrupting the coming of the light. We see the Moon’s dark side. The Moon turns blood-orange - Mars-like for a while. Darkness turns orange.

Orange Night is a slow-motion immersive durational spectacle visible to the naked eye simultaneously to many viewers.

The choreography is based on a mathematical score. It is an episode in a larger series of our lunar eclipse performances titled Saros 134 taking place since 1 April 1550 and ending on 28 May 2030. This is episode number 27 out of 72. The next upcoming performance with the same geometry and similar geography takes place on 22 February 2073.

Orange Night is a ritual of endings and beginnings, darkness and illumination.

It features prime time for rituals of prophecy, protection and divination. The good and bad deeds one does during this performance are multiplied tenfold. Those who pray will have no troubles this year. The full moon energy is available three days before and three days after the event. Consider carefully what you wish for and write it out beforehand. For security reasons, there will be an increased presence of the police in the streets as the performance intensifies behavior.

Take a moment to revel in the dark: 21 January 2019.

Seats for the performance in the Earth’s shadow are unlimited but visibility depends on your area. The premium seats for the performance are in North America, South America, the eastern Pacific Ocean, western Atlantic Ocean, extreme western Europe and extreme western Africa.

Seat distribution map here

Performance times for Europe:
 
Monday, 21 January 2019

Beginning: 4:33
Peak: 6.12
End: 7:50

The piece begins at 4.33 as a tribute to John Cage’s piece 4.33.

Local times vary.
For the precise schedule and more information on your viewing location click here

Entrance: free. Latecomers admitted
Best viewing conditions: Outdoors, in the dark, in clear skies.
Dress code: warm clothes and a blanket
Viewing instructions: the spectacle is visible to the naked eye

Join the special guided viewing within the frame of the exhibition Painting the Night at the Centre Pompidou Metz. An outdoor walk deep in the night of the 21st of January 2019 and breakfast afterwards. Meeting point: Centre Pompidou Metz, time 4.30-6.30 Bring warm clothes with you! Blankets and breakfast are provided.

For more information on how to attend the live viewing click here

Watch the preview trailer here

Watch the documentation of a previous performance here

Cloudy where you are? Follow our online live stream from various locations on the Earth here

Orange Night is an immersive durational spectacle for three celestial bodies and an observer that deals with the questions of drama, control, authorship, solarization, darkness and illumination, transformation, personal responsibility and engagement in space-wide events.

This is the fifth performance in the series of our collaborations with the night sky titled: Night Sky: Further Investigations Into Choreography, part of a larger series of collaborations with the weather titled Telling Future.

From the press:

‘When the lights, the Sun and the Moon are ‘eclipsed’, we are in the dark and events are hidden and shadowy. Secrets emerge and what’s unknown comes to light.’

‘Stunning and awe-inspiring.‘

‘You get a true sense of the solar system moving – and that in itself is a really dramatic experience.’

Enjoy the darkness.

Credits:
Concept and choreography: Andrea Božić and Julia Willms in collaboration with the Moon, the Sun, the Earth and the weather Guides: Andrea Božić and Billy Mullaney

Produced by TILT at the invitation and with the financial support of the Centre Pompidou Metz.

Fireworks

Dear friends,

To celebrate the opening of Spectra, I have prepared a special autumn spectacle in collaboration with the night sky titled Fireworks. The performance takes place every night, from 20 October to 30 November, with the best viewing times from 5 to12 November, between midnight and dawn.

Moving from the northeastern to northwestern sky deep in the night, the Taurid meteors will perform silent fireworks as they flare up and burn guided in their motion by the Sun and the planets.

Every year for five months, the Earth ploughs through the debris of the Taurid meteor swarm - a vast swathe of material left behind after the breakup of a super-comet in the distant past. For this performance, the swarm returns more intensely with elevated rates and an increased number of bright fireballs, with a peak for the opening of Spectra before the dawn of the 7^th of November. The show continues nightly until the 30^th of November.

Take a moment to find a dark spot away from the city lights. Sit or lie down under the stars for 20 minutes to let your eyes adjust to the darkness.

Enjoy the final dance of the iceballs left over from the formation of stars and planets billions of years ago, as they flare up and evaporate attracted by the pull of the Sun.

Fireworks is a durational spectacle visible to the naked eye, a choreography for a meteor swarm, the Earth, the Sun and an observer. It is a ritual of endings and returns.

It is the fifth performance in the series of my collaborations with the night sky titled Further Investigations Into Choreography, part of a larger series of collaborations with the weather titled Telling Future.

Enjoy the return!

Entrance: free

Location: worldwide

Performance times: 20 October – 30 November 2015, from midnight til dawn

Best viewing conditions: Outdoors, in the dark, in clear skies.

Dress code: warm clothes

Fireworks intensity: 5-10 fireballs an hour.

Credits: Andrea Božić in collaboration with the Taurid meteor swarm, the Sun and the weather

Spectra: Light Like a Bird, Not Like a Feather by Andrea Božić and Julia Willms at the Vienna Art Foundation - Kunstraum am Schauplatz is open 6-26 November 2015

Day for Night: Total Eclipse of the Equinox Sun

Dear friends,

This is a special invitation to my new performance in collaboration with the eclipse of the sun and the spring equinox.

The performance is a once in a 500 000 years event.

For the 20^th of March, the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern, I have prepared a special spectacle titled Day for Night (Total Eclipse of Equinox Sun). The piece features a total eclipse of the Sun that will turn day into night at the moment of the same length of day and night in the whole world. The eclipse of the sun will interrupt this equilibrium of light and darkness.

Day for Night is the fourth performance in the series of my collaborations with the night sky titled: Night Sky: Further Investigations Into Choreography, part of the larger cycle of collaborations with the weather titled Telling Future. For this dance, three celestial bodies will align in a straight line. The full blood-red Moon will pass between the Earth and the Sun, temporarily disrupting the coming of the light.

The premium seats for the performance are at the North Pole. As the sun rises at the horizon for the first time after six months of darkness at the North Pole, the Moon moves in front of the Sun and day becomes night again.

The performance will affect all our senses: the temperature falls, insects and birds stop making sounds, the tides get more extreme and the landscape changes dramatically in only a few moments. We are in the Moon’s shadow and we see the Moon’s dark side. Dreams and secrets emerge in the dark.

Seats for the performance in the Moon’s shadow are unlimited but visibility depends on your area. Seats are available with up to 90% degrees of visibility in North Africa, Europe, western Asia, the Pacific, East Asia, Iceland and Greenland. The Netherlands, where we are based, will enjoy the spectacular 87% visibility.

Watch the preview trailer here

European performance time:

Friday, 20 March 2015

Beginning: 9:30

Peak:10.37

End: 11:48

Latecomers admitted.

Search for your location for the visibility in your area here

For the seats distribution overview, click here and here

Follow updates here

Cloudy where you are? We are sending an expedition team to the North Atlantic to bring you live coverage. 

Watch the live broadcast here or here

! Warning:

Looking at the Sun is harmful to your eyes at any time. Do not look at the Sun directly without protection! Doing so may result in immediate and permanent blindness.

Viewing instructions:

For instructions on how to build your own pinhole camera for safe viewing, click here

If you are not the D.I.Y. type, check in with your local natural history or space museum or your local astronomy club for where to rent or buy eclipse glasses.

In Benelux, order your glasses here

Day for Night is an immersive dramatic spectacle for three celestial bodies and an observer that deals with the questions of drama, control, authorship, personal responsibility and engagement in space-wide events.

From the press:

‘When the lights, the Sun and the Moon are ‘eclipsed’, we are in the dark and events are hidden and shadowy. Secrets emerge and what’s unknown comes to light.’

‘Stunning and awe-inspiring.‘

‘Many cultures have perceived eclipses as change-inducing events. The eclipse of the sun is always a disruption of the normal order and a possibility of a new beginning.’

  

Take a moment to tune in and enjoy the reboot!

Greetings!

Andrea

Seat distribution chart:

Best seats: North Pole, Svalbard and Faroe Islands

2^nd and 3^rd rank seats: North Africa, Europe, western Asia, the Pacific, East Asia, Iceland and Greenland

Entrance: free

In case you document the show, I would be very pleased to receive your photos.

Disclaimer: I would like to apologize for the disruptions for the Europe solar energy grid the performance might cause, as temperatures may drop 6C in 30 minutes

Credits:

Concept and choreography: Andrea Božić in collaboration with the Sun, the Moon, the Earth and the weather

Dramaturgical advice: Julia Willms and Robert Pravda

Produced by Tilt as part of SPECTRA

A special viewing in Amsterdam in partnership with ARE YOU ALIVE OR NOT? Looking at ART through the lens of THEATRE organised by the Studium Generale Rietveld Academie at de Brakke Grond, within the frame of the day curated by David Weber Krebs: On Enclosed Spaces and Great Outdoors. For more information and full program, click here  

The performance is presented within the programme of the (Im)Possible Futures Festival in Ghent

Extra:

This performance is the 61st eclipse of Solar Saros 120 series out of 70. The performances began with a series of 7 partial eclipses starting on 27 May 933. The 20 March 2015 eclipse is the 25th total eclipse in the series and actually has one of the longest durations (2 minutes 47 seconds). The next member of the series on 30 March 2033 is the last total eclipse of Saros 120. Each Saros family eclipse shares a very similar geometry: They occur at the same node with the Moon at nearly the same distance from Earth and at the same time of year.

Follow these links for my other performances in collaboration with the weather and night sky

Aurora: A Choreography for the Sun and the Earth

Dear friends,

We are opening the new Tilt season with a spectacular new performance in collaboration with the Sun:

Aurora: A Choreography for the Sun and the Earth

The performance is a dramatic choreography of forces, a duet featuring the Sun and the Earth. It started on Monday with the first of the two powerful blasts of radiation from the centre of the Sun, followed by a second on Wednesday. The performance will culminate tonight, as the blasts collide with the Earth's protective magnetic shield. The performance features a colourful celestial choreography of these forces on our night sky as the blasts envelop and embrace the Earth.

Aurora: A Choreography for the Sun and the Earth opens tonight, 12 September 2014 simultaneously worldwide in a number of countries further North and South on the globe. We are happy to be able to present the performance as far down south as the Netherlands where we are based, especially for the occasion of the season opening.

Aurora: A Choreography for the Sun and the Earth is an immersive durational spectacle for two celestial bodies and an observer that deals with the questions of drama, control, authorship, personal responsibility and engagement in space-wide events.

This is the third performance in the series of collaborations with the night sky titled Further Investigations Into Choreography, part of the larger cycle of collaborations with the weather titled Telling Future.

To view the trailer click here 

Entrance fee: free

Viewing instructions:
The performance is visible to the naked eye.
Best viewed outside of populated areas, in complete darkness.
Once there, look North (on the northern hemisphere) or South (the southern hemisphere) and low down on the horizon. The performance has a faint and slow beginning.

Disclaimer:
We would like to apologize for the possible power and communications disruptions the performance might cause.

Find a location near you:
If you live on the northern hemisphere click here
 If you live on the southern hemisphere click here
For more information for the Netherlands click here

Credits:
Concept and choreography: Andrea Božić in collaboration with the Sun, the Earth and the weather
Dramaturgy: Julia Willms
Produced by: Tilt

For more information about the other projects in collaboration with the weather and the night sky, click here

Happy new season!

Andrea