Aloïs Yang & Aliaksandra Yakubouskaya

At first glance, the lunar cycle seems rather inconspicuous, as if it took place against the background of the important solar cycle, which gives our lives rhythm and tempo. As with the alternation of night and day, the Moon continuously changes its form from sensed to highly visible, thereby announcing its position in relation to the Sun and the Earth. However, all the light that comes to us from the Moon and tells us what phase we are in is only a reflection, and the Moon reminds us for most of the cycle that the Sun didn’t go out, that it just remained “beyond the horizon”. The illusory nature of moonlight and its entire journey from the source to the observer resembles Plato’s cave or Magritte’s The Treachery of Images. The One Moon Yet Another Moon installation by the creative duo of Aloïs Yang & Aliaksandra Yakubouskaya brings another element to the chain of relations between the actors of the space game, which draws attention back to the Moon. Their series of four mirrors located in the watercourse of the Ostravice river leads the observer’s gaze to the sky; during the day various shades of grey or blue appear on the mirrors, at night the four discs disappear, flashing only here and there. However, on four specific dates, calculated by the artists for the place, a piece of the lunar disc appears on them, and in a double reflection, a piece of sunlight as well. The installation thus creates a fleeting moment for a few minutes in which it conveys to the observer the experience taking place “beyond the horizon”, turning the reflection back to its source for a brief moment.