David Petersen

Guide to the Collection David Petersen

The mandate of the J6G has always been to enrich the cultural life of the outer system starting with the Jupiter Independent Territories. We have the utmost gratitude to the Coalition Science Council for donating the unused wings of their orbital headquarters as gallery space, and for the helpfulness of their Outreach Department in suggesting and editing materials for exhibition. At the same time, we preserve a healthy curatorial independence, and are not afraid of courting controversy by programming exhibits from the Terran Art Museum & Cultural Preservation Society, the New Toronto Museum of Exoplanetary Archaeology at Mars Colony 7, and other revered institutions with an "inner system" perspective not always aligned with that of the CSC. Given our position at the crossroads of local transport, and our physical and spiritual ties to archaeology and space exploration, our goal whatever the exhibition is always to highly the artistry latent in the topic at hand so as to engage the imagination of the broader public. The process is as rewarding as it is challenging.