SONAR CALLING by LCC
Extraterrestrial message

In 2018, Sónar festival celebrated its 25th anniversary by sending a message in search of extraterrestrial intelligence.

As part of this project, LCC sent music to GJ273b, a potentially habitable exoplanet, 12.4 light years from Earth.

A celebration, an artistic and scientific experiment and a collective rumination on what it means to be human, and alien.

Participating artists: Ah! Kosmos, Agoria, Alva Noto, Autechre, BFlecha, CaboSanRoque, Cora Novoa, Choi Sai Ho, Daedelus, Daito Manabe, Darko Keteleš, Desert, Fatima Al Qadiri, Francisco López, Holly Herndon, Jean-Michel Jarre, Juana Molina, Kate Tempest, Kerri Chandler, Kode9, Laurel Halo, Laurent Garnier, LCC, Lorenzo Senni, Matmos, Modeselektor, Nina Kraviz, Niño de Elche, Nisa Pujol Masià, Nisennenmondai, Ólafur Arnalds, Pavel Apisov, Ryoji Ikeda, Soichi Terada, Squarepusher, The Black Madonna, Yuzo Koshiro, Zora Jones.

Distance: 81,952,658 million km
Date of arrival: 03/11/2030

Hello:
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