A TRIP TO THE MOON

THE ATTIC EXHIBITION IN THE LITTERRA STORY MUSEUM IN REVÚCEJ IS DEDICATED TO THE UNIQUE WORK “ASTRO-SCIENCE” BY GUSTÁV REUSS, CONSIDERED THE FIRST SLOVAK SC-FI.

THE WORK WAS CREATED IN 1856, NINE YEARS BEFORE THE FAMOUS “A TRIP TO THE MOON” BY JULES VERN.

THIS INSTALLATION ATTEMPTS TO COMBINE SCIENCE, ART AND LITERATURE IN AN INTERACTIVE WAY.

THE ATTIC SPACE SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTS THE UNIVERSE – THE DARK ENVIRONMENT WITH A FUTURISTIC DESIGN CREATES AN ATMOSPHERE INSPIRED BY THE STORY OF A TRIP TO THE MOON.

VISITORS CAN IMMERS themselves INTO A WORLD OF LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESES THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY, WHICH SIMULATES THE FIRST IMAGE OF A JOURNEY INTO SPACE.

THIS VR EXPERIENCE ZONE ALLOWS INTERACTION WITH THE FICTIONAL WORLD AND THE MECHANISMS THAT REUSS DESCRIBED, CONNECTING HIS VISION WITH CONTEMPORARY TECHNOLOGIES.

THE EXHIBITION ALSO INCLUDES HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND LINGUISTIC EXPLANATIONS OF THE PERIODIC TERMS USED IN THE WORK TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND HIS PHILOSOPHICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL IMAGES. THE GOAL IS TO AWAKEN CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY AND INSPIRATION TO DISCOVER THE LITERARY HERITAGE OF SLOVAKIA.