Javier GONZÁLEZ PESCE

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Javier GONZÁLEZ PESCE

Participating Project	International Creator Residency Program
Activity Base	Santiago
City / Place stayed	Tokyo
Period	2026.5 - 2026.7

Purpose of the residency

I am interested in investigating the relationship that unites Chile and Japan, two countries so far apart but partners in the observation of the sky but also in a telluric activity over our grounds. I plan to study early Japanese Astronomical research and ideas. Besides this (but in poetic connection) I want to introduce myself into the reading of Kojiki and Nihonshoki writings of Shinto mythology, especially the fragments that speak of the formation of the sky and the earth. I pretend to intertwine ideas coming from science and mythology, researching on speculative ideas around the universe situated from Japan.

Plan during the residency

• Research on Sintoism and its imaginary surrounding space.
• Research on the Japanese approach to astronomy and its history.
• Deepen in the links between Japan and Chile and their cultural and scientific approach to territory, the sky and the universe.
• Visit the Instituto f Astronomy at the University of Tokyo and the Kamioka Observatory.
• Interview local specialists on the field of astronomy and Japanese mithology and religión.
• Research on the figure of Koh-Ichiro Morita, Japanese Astronomer who worked in ALMA observatory (Atacama) and who tragicaly died in Chile.

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