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The Most Realistic Alien
- What
- The Most Realistic Alien: a hundred-year artwork made of two instructions, "Draw an alien. Make it realistic.", answered by children and grown-ups around the world. Every alien is kept, numbered and credited.
- The register
- 92 aliens on the register.
- The label
- Each alien is shown with its label: its name, or “Untitled” · by the artist's first name and last-name initial, and age · city, country, year. For example: Untitled · by Kodai N., 11 · Tokyo, Japan, 2012.
- Who
- Initiated by Ole Ukena. Drawn by all of us. A CRE8 Foundation project.
- Since
- CRE8 Foundation, since 2008. The Most Realistic Alien: first in Berlin in 2009, at Spielraum Gallery.
- Where
- Tables in Berlin, Udaipur, Bogotá, Barú, Barcelona, Rishikesh and Tokyo, and in Germany and Indonesia, 2009–2012. The Thaillywood residency in Thailand, 2012. CRE8's work at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, "Connected Creativity", January 2013.
- Next
- The Most Realistic Alien · 2027–2126: one book each year and a growing archive. Vol. 1, the 2027 edition, is planned for 31 December 2027.
- The goal
- One million aliens.
- 2008CRE8 Foundation
- 2009First in Berlin, at Spielraum Gallery
- 2009–2012Tables in Berlin, Udaipur, Bogotá, Barú, Barcelona, Rishikesh and Tokyo, and in Germany and Indonesia
- 2012The Thaillywood residency in Thailand
- January 2013Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, "Connected Creativity"
- 31 December 2027Vol. 1, the 2027 edition (planned)
- 2027–2126One book each year and a growing archive
Thaillywood, Chonburi, Thailand, 2012
In one line
For 100 years, everyone on Earth is invited to draw how they imagine an alien, and every answer is kept.
How Earth imagines aliens. 2027–2126.
Images
Every drawing is shown whole, with its credit. If there is no room for the credit, there is no room for the drawing. Press images on request.
Contact
Untitled
by Kodai N., 11
Tokyo, Japan, 2012
