Jon Bernson's residency at the de Young Museum explores a series of unexplained broadcasts that interrupted the programming of numerous international television stations between the years of 1986 and 2009. Purportedly sent from a spacecraft at the outer reaches of our galaxy, these transmissions have created an international controversy, evoking strong opinions from experts in many fields.
Jon Bernson's residency at the de Young Museum explores a series of unexplained broadcasts that interrupted the programming of numerous international television stations between the years of 1986 and 2009. Purportedly sent from a spacecraft at the outer reaches of our galaxy, these transmissions have created an international controversy, evoking strong opinions from experts in many fields.
Vessel XII is an ongoing multidisciplinary project, co-created by Jon Bernson and Michael Falsetto-Mapp, which features music by their band Exray's. Other collaborators in the residency include band member Jason Kick, director Jennifer Welch, sculptor Andy Diaz Hope, visual artist Kevin Earl Taylor, WRN FRSH stylist Gene Duven, archivist Seth Wiley, actors Linda Ayres Frederick, Christian Phillips, Ravi Valleti, Hilary Hesse, Randy Hurst, Nima Slone and Clay Robeson.
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Antiprism: Exploring the Vessel XII Controversy
April 1, 2015 – May 3, 2015
Wednesdays–Sundays, 1–5 pm
plus Friday Nights April 17, April 24, and May 1 until 8:45 pm
