[Artists News]Shoot for the moon: A Sask. Indigenous artist’s music is headed to space

[Maheso]

A Saskatchewan producer’s music is headed to the moon as part of a time capsule project.

The Lunar Codex aims to put digitized collections of art on the moon.

“It’s a message to the future, it’s a time capsule,” the Lunar Codex Founder Samuel Peralta said.

The Lunar Codex’s sixth mission aims to put music, created by Indigenous artists, on the moon.

The collection will include a song by Nigel Bell, a member of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band.

“I’m so amazed. It’s just crazy to think about,” Bell, who creates music as Nige B, told CTV News.

Bell applied online to have his music be part of the Lunar Codex’s collection.

“We don’t know what’s going to happen to our people, you know, how many years down the road. But we’re always going to have art up there,” Bell said.

“That’s really comforting to think about. Whatever happens, a piece of our culture is always going to be out there.”

This is the Lunar Codex’s second mission focused on Indigenous artists. On Jan. 15, an Indigenous visual art collection was launched to the moon. It’s expected to land on March 1.

Peralta, who is also an art curator and collector, believes Indigenous art is underappreciated.

“We need to highlight more Indigenous art,” Peralta said.

“This is a billion-year archive. It will last forever, essentially. If we can preserve these items of culture for the future — far away from wars, the ravages of climate change, and so on, then we will be all the better for it."

 

 

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