In 1973, Carl Sagan created the Pioneer Plaque for the Pioneer 10 space exploration mission. Its purpose was to tell where Earth is and who we are in the “improbable but not impossible” (sic.) eventuality of extraterrestrial civilizations intercepting the probe.
Hyperfine splitting of Hydrogen
Earth’s position in the Universe defined by the intersection of eleven cosmic pulsars
Probe exit trajectory on its way out from our Solar System
Humankind. Shape and size of the intelligent beings who are sending this.
The Pioneer 10 gathered important scientific data and then it flew into deep space. It’s last very weak signal was received in 2003 when it was 12 billion kilometers from Earth. It should reach Aldebaran, in the Taurus Constellation, in approximately 1.690.000 years.
How would the Pioneer Plaque look today?
Selections and Awards
FICC – Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena
Cartagena, Spain
WINNER – Best Script
Short Movie Club 2016
Minsk, Belarus
April 2, 2016
WINNER – Audience Award
FICPA – Festival Internacional de Cine de Pasto
Pasto, Colombia
WINNER – Best Experimental Film
FESCIGU
4-8 Oct, 2016
Guadalajara, Spain
WINNER – Audience Award
Near Nazareth Festival 2016
Afula, Israel
WINNER
Cusco, Perú
Jury’s Honorable Mention
Top Shorts 2016
www.topshorts.net
Jury’s Honorable Mention – Inspirational Film
DC Shorts Film Festival
Washington
United States
September 9, 2016
East Coast Premiere
Official Selection
LA Shots Fest
Los Angeles, US
Los Angeles Premiere
Opening Night Screening
Official Selection
Paris Art and Movie Awards
Paris, France
July 25, 2016
Finalist: Best Documentary
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
Santa Fe, NM
United States
October 19-23
Official Selection
BCCN Barcelona Creative Commons Film Festival 2016
Barcelona, Spain
May 13, 2016
Official Selection
Amarcort Film Festival
Rimini, Italy
2-8 Dicember 2016
Finalist
Capodarco L’Altro Festival
Capodarco, Italy
June 24, 2016
Finalist
Kansk Video Festival
Kansk Siberia, Russia
Finalist
EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL
Mainstream & Underground
Moscow, Russia
Finalist
MINIKINO FILM WEEK 2016
Denpasar, Bali
Indonesia
Finalist
El Ojo Cojo International Film Fest
Madrid
Spain
Finalist
Unrestricted View Film Festival 2016
London, UK
Official Selection
PÁVEZ – Festival Nacional de Cortometrajes 2016
Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Official Selection
FILMETS Badalona Film Festival
Badalona, Spain
Official Selection
Transmission Video Art Festival 2016
Karlsruhe, Germany
April 22, 2016
Official Selection
VI Festival Internacional de Cine de Fuengirola 2017
Fuengirola, Spain
Official Selection
Fiatcorti Film Festival 17
Istrana, Italy
Official Selection
Machetanz Film Festival 2016
Alaska, USA
Official Selection
Caostica 2016
Bilbao, Spain
Official Selection
ONE SHOT INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Yerevan, Armenia
Official Selection
“Euro Fest” European International Film Festival 2016
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Official Selection
CFF – 4th Caselle Film festival
Caselle, Italy
Official Selection
INCORTO Festival
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Official Selection
Ekurhuleni International Film Festival
Ekurhuleni
South Africa
Finalist
Islantilla Cineforum Lepe
Isla Cristina, Spain
Official Selection
PIFF – Paphos International Film Festival
Paphos, Cyprus
Official Selection
Preview International Film Fest
Barcelona, Spain
Official Selection
Castellaneta Film Fest 2016
Castellaneta, Italy
Finalist
Norwich Radical Film
Norwich, UK
August 26, 2016
Italian Movie Award
Pompei, Italy
Official Selection
Wiz-Art Lviv International Short Film
Lviv, Ukraine
August 4, 2016
Official Selection
Empire Suburb Film Festival 2016
Sessa Aurunca, Italy
Official Selection
Zahora en Corto
Spain
July 8, 2016
Official Selection
Norwich Radical Film Festival
August 26, 2016
Official Selection
Ipsos Short Film Breaks
Bucharest, Romania
Official Selection
Tea Break Film Festival
Hull, Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Official Selection
Videomedeja – INTERNATIONAL VIDEO FESTIVAL
Novi Sad, Serbia
Official Selection
Brainwash Movie Festival
Oakland, California
United States
Official Selection
SEFF ’16 Szczecin European Film Festival ’16
15-24.10.2016
Poland/Germany
Official Selection for documentary films
Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival
Waterville, Ireland
Screening 26.08.2016
Official Selection
MAIPU CORTOS 2016, Festival de Cine de Humor
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Official Selection
Curts de Moscatell
Teulada, Spain
Official Selection
MizzicaFilm
Torino, Italy
Official Selection
Festival Internazionale del Cinema Povero
Ispra, Italy
Official selection
FIC GALDAR – Shorts
Madrid, Spain
Official Selection
K-lidoscopi 2016
Valencia, Spain
Official Selection
Short Film Festival Diessen am Ammersee
Diessen am Ammersee, Germany
Official Selection
KısaKes Short Film Festival
Turkey
Out of Competition Screening
Bideodromo International Experimental and Video Festival
Bilbao, Spain
Official Selection
La Villa de los Santos, Panama
Finalist
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
August 26, 2016
Official Selection
Torremolinos, Spain
Official Selection
SHORT to the Point Film Festival
Romania
Official Selection – September 2016
London Experimental Film Festival
Official Selection
Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland
Official Selection
XV Festival Internacional de Cine de Almería
Almería, Spain
Official Selection
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
11th of October 2016
Official Selection
International Short Film Festival Ciudad de Soria
Soria, Spain
Official Selection
FRONTDOC 2016 – Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera
Aosta, Italy
Official Selection
Macau, China
Official Selection
Madrid / Mallorca, Spain
Official Selection
8th Cairo Video Festival
Cairo, Egypt
Official Selection
Mentions
"The Postmodern Pionner Plaque" in Washington D.C. @dcshorts pic.twitter.com/2dFNVcAZbs
— Boris Kozlov (@bkv999) September 10, 2016
Come ci presentiamo oggi agli extraterresti? Il corto di @bkv999 finalista a #lanellodebole https://t.co/Ro1khs3EOq pic.twitter.com/SdAIr1NA9h
— L'Anello debole (@lanellodebole) June 11, 2016
Films #BccN2016 | The postmodern pioneer plaque. Divendres 13 maig 2016. 18:30h. Auditori MACBA. Entrada lliure. pic.twitter.com/SlDRNqgeIS
— #BccN2016 (@BccNfestival) May 8, 2016
Todos unidos en el desconcierto. 'The Postmodern Pioneer Plaque' es lo último de @bkv999 y una pasada de corto https://t.co/PpxigAO1JW
— Nacho Navarrete (@nchnavarrete) March 1, 2016
El vídeo de Kozlov es cruel, pero conectado con cierta ternura hacia la estupidez de la especie. Rápido, pero (hasta en la cadencia del inglés que usa) con un pautado rumor de fondo. Trepidante y multitudinario, pero lleno de rostros reconocibles, a veces deformados ligeramente hacia la caricatura. Muy actual, pero punteado poéticamente con una inteligencia atávica.
– Ignacio Castro Rey,
Marzo 2015
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— Jim Jatras (@JimJatras) March 7, 2016
Earth as an insane asylum: The Post-Modern Pioneer Plaque https://t.co/dwyJnjnPWG
— Coach Finstock (@Q1776) March 8, 2016
Mención Especial del Jurado: 'The Postmodern Pioneer Plaque', de Boris Kozlov. #XS2016 pic.twitter.com/QFpZX6AGIA
— XS Puçol (@FestivalPucolXS) October 23, 2016
Why this?
Since the 60s and 70s, western societies have been losing the traditional explanatory structures and falling into a cacophony of collective claims regulated only by an often annoying political correctness. It’s potentially offensive to talk about someone’s race, sexual orientation, body, food preferences, illness, God… Yet meanwhile, we are asked to have an opinion on an increasing number of controversial causes, for example: does Femen objectify or free women? Is it OK to wear the hijab at school? Should the mentally ill adopt children? Should we prevent the Chinese from eating dogs?
This information overload produces confusion and perplexity, and, furthermore, apathy, depression and maybe even brain cancer. Want to give it a try? Start here at my Über Dazed and Confused News Page.
Why “Postmodern”?
Contemporary philosophers like Lipovetsky, Baudrillard, Kirby, Bauman, Vattimo, Van den Akker and Vermeulen are enthusiastically debating postmodernism’s mutations and spin-offs such as Hypermodernism, Post-postmodernism, Liquid Modernity, Digimodernism, Metamodernism, etc.
I call postmodernism the perfect storm of the XXth century. It came and devastated the simple, naive, heartwarming logic of modernity once and for all. I believe we are still living the aftermath of this systemic apocalypse.
My project enacts the brutal confrontation of two centuries: post-WW2 progressive romanticism vs. todays über-modern era. This contrast fascinates and scandalizes me unceasingly.
Before
After
This project is also
A tribute to Carl Sagan
Watching “Cosmos” as a child, he was my guiding star. A man who embodied wisdom, passion for science, wild curiosity and kindness. A true Pacifist who saw us as one: Humankind, together with the animal kingdom and our beautiful Planet.
My uttermost respect towards this extraordinary person.
The Postmodern Pioneer Plaque Project was conceived and produced
by Boris Kozlov
CREDITS
Voice over talent
Naeem Munaf
Sara Montgomery Campbell
Toni Rodriguez
Illustrations artwork by
Eduardo Gutierrez García
Original music composed by
Eric Foinquinos
Sound Design and Mix
Beltran Rengifo
Prodution consultants
Marta Kozlov
Luis Oliván
Silvia Figueras
Web
Diego Bartolomé
Additional design
www.elengargado.com
Additional soundtrack
“Multimilliardaire”
Album: K-R Quoi de neuf
Performed by K-R
“Panico”
Performed by
David G. Bonacho
“Jihad Trap”
Performed by
ZwiRek
Special thanks to
Zoe Berriatua, Álvaro Giménez Sarmiento, Alberto Olivan, Maja Petrić, Yamila Fernández-Colman, Jorge Frías, Álvaro de la Hoz, Javier Hormigos, José Manuel Carrasco, Isabel Fernández, Antonio Garrido
Disclaimer and FAQ
Please don’t get offended by “The Postmodern Pioneer Plaque”
I do not intend to make fun of any individual nor any particular group of people. I intend to make fun of us as a whole. Humanity is a rare biological phenomenon that lately appeared on the surface of a partially wet rock that flies in the nowhereness. From that perspective we are truly all the same. I share Sagan’s and Lennon’s dream of a time in which we finally stop clashing and start behaving as one.
This is Creative Commons, 100% non commercial project. I made is as a gift to the Internet Community. It’s a result of hard work of puzzling together all kinds of footage: YouTube videos and images from all around the Internet. In case any of is yours AND you are not happy with being part of this mashup, please use the contact form to contact me and I will immediately remove it from the video in every channel that is under my control.
Why is this video ignorant to other messages officially sent to space such as the Golden Disk (1977) or the Arecibo Radio Transmission (1974)?
Well, I needed to start from somewhere and I choose The Pioneer Plaque for it’s iconic value. It’s true that both Voyager’s Golden Disk and the radio signal transmissions known as Arecibo Message can be greatly “improved” from today’s political correctness standard. Maybe in the future I’ll engage those other humanitarian missions.
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