ARTIFICIAL MIND
Celestis Obscura
Interactive art work linking the historic gold rush to the commercial space race
Drawing parallels between the historic gold rush and today’s commercial space race, Falkenstrøm’s artwork investigates the hidden power structures shaping asteroid mining and lunar exploration. As private corporations push toward extracting cosmic resources, the work asks: Who owns the resources of space? Which power dynamics determine who is allowed to exploit them?By merging artificial intelligence with real cosmic data, the artwork questions whether the economic inequalities of Earth are poised to be reproduced across the solar system.
Artwork:
Celestis Obscura
Artist:
Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm
ARTificial Mind:
Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm, Artist
Mathias Warnich, Assistant Artist & Software Engineer
Rebekka Anker-Møller, Studio Manager
Sound composer:
Yann Coppier
Year:
2026
Media:
Interactive real-time discursive LLMs. AI agents personified to act as portrayed celestial beings. Landlines telephones connected as audio input to the agents. 3D renderings of the celestial beings.
The art work was part of CPH:DOX interactive 2026 (Hyper-vigilance) at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
Thank you to the digital curatorial team and the rest of the team at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
