Deep Sensing traces its origins back to the legendary sound art and radio astronomy symposium “RT-32. Acoustic Space Laboratory” organized by RIXC artists 20 years ago at the Irbene radio telescope in Latvia, after its abandonment by the Soviet armed forces.
Re-engaging with the site 20 years later, the artists first tried to understand the captivation of this massive antenna today, when, after the grandiose space conquest plans of the 20th century, we have finally “landed on Earth” – or, if not, as French philosopher Bruno Latour remarks, “at least we have been pointed in… another direction” – as climate change and environmental issues keep becoming more and more pressing here. Yet, we ask, why is the Earth not enough?