Geistė Marija Kinčinaitytė: 'Littered With Black Dust'

Geistė Marija Kinčinaitytė's work explores the phenomena of interplanetary photography and its implications for our relationship with Earth and other planets. The exhibition Littered with Black Dust presents new photographic works and a video installation that raise questions about the New Space Age, in which most research and resources are focused on the development of the lunar economy. As in her previous project, You Belong to Me (2014–ongoing), the geology of Iceland acts as a catalyst for exploring ideas about the past and future of space exploration. Drawing on works from the artist's book Sunless Seas of Ice (2024), the exhibition looks at photographs of the lunar landscape from NASA archives, rock samples, dust particles, vast lava fields and a melting glacier covered in ash.