Ghost

Installation. Francisco de Goya’s painting Saturn, made circa 1820, is widely interpreted as depicting the myth of Saturn devouring his children to prevent his prophesied dethronement. In this work, Goya’s artwork is reconstructed out of Cassini raw images of Saturn. The work playfully confronts two ‘Saturns,’ merging two sources from vastly different contexts—one mythological and artistic, the other empirical and scientific—offering a mischievous commentary on the shifting meanings of Saturn. Using reiteration and an aesthetics of low-resolution to also reflect on the afterlife of images—whether they are artistic creations or scientific data.