The Fault, Dear Brutus, Is Not In Our Stars

In October 1957, the astrophysicist Margaret Burbidge published a paper titled "Synthesis of the Elements in Stars" (also known as B2FH from the initials of the authors), in which stellar nucleosynthesis is comprehensively described. This refers to the set of nuclear reactions that occur within a star, synthesizing the nuclei of all chemical elements present in the universe, including those on Earth.

In this installation titled "The Fault, Dear Brutus, Is Not In Our Stars," which references a passage from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and is also cited by Burbidge in her paper, a speculative process is activated that reverses the observer's point of view. In the aforementioned research, a scientist uses terrestrial technology to understand the universe by intercepting the elements synthesized within an active star. In contrast, "The Fault, Dear Brutus, Is Not In Our Stars" features an external, unidentified entity studying the actual recombination of elements synthesized by humans on Earth.

There is a dialogue between two opposite rooms: in one, an entity/machinery attempts to simulate the understanding of artificial elements through rhizomic and organic spectroscopies. In the other, a mass of synthetic and natural aggregates encapsulates the quintessence of the anthropic activities of contemporary civilization. The dialogue between these two environments provides the external entity with clues to understand what is happening to our planet as a result of human presence, through a challenging search for information, just as the search for stellar mechanisms is inherently challenging.

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