They Used To Call It The Moon

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art is pleased to present They Used to Call it the Moon. Against the backdrop of a new Space Race and debates around the future use of interplanetary energy resources, this group exhibition explores the enduring iconography of the moon in the artistic imagination. With a focus on lunar mythology past and present, real, fictional, utopian and dystopian visions are presented, highlighting the continual politicisation and democratisation of space.

Expanded from the popular research presentation at BALTIC’s project space at BALTIC 39, the exhibition includes a number of new projects made especially for the Level 4 gallery and features artists from Pakistan, France, Germany, Croatia, the US and UK working in film, photography, drawing, sculpture and collage.

Featuring works by Katy Cole, Caroline Corbasson, Aaron Guy, Thomas Ireland, the Stanley Kubrick Archive, Michael Light, Kate Liston, Cristina de Middel, Aleksandra Mir, Michael Mulvihill, Mehreen Murtaza, Liam Murray, Trevor Paglen, Katie Paterson, Joseph Popper, SophyRickett, Aura Satz, Guy Schofield, Simon Starling, Marko Tadi? and Wolfgang Tillmans.