The Moon, U Sunok

Exhibition Label: "Forms of Thought," Mar-2014, Kris Ercums This video uses footage of the moon taken by NASA over the course of a year to create a poetic projection of the monthly lunar cycle of waxing and waning. Since ancient times the moon has transfixed human imagination. In addition to its gravitational influence over ocean tides, the moon has long been believed to sway human emotions. A recent study of circadian rhythms conducted by Swiss scientist Christian Cajochen suggests that lunar cycles may indeed affect sleep, but more definitive research is needed. Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges likens the moon to a “mirror of time” in the poem below: There is such solitude in that gold. The moon of these nights is not the moon The first Adam saw. Long centuries Of human vigil have filled her with An old lament. See. She is your mirror. ~Jorge Luis Borges, “The Moon”