Astros
An operating system to reconnect with the stars
For millennia humans have constructed whole cities to map the positions of the stars and planets.
Now we barely notice the stars unless we’re in the country and look up at the night sky. Astros provides a way to reconnect with the stars wherever we are.
By understanding the timing of the cycles of the year as mapped out by ancient cultures and combining that with rhythmic techniques we can put ourselves back in rhythm with the cosmos.
“We are dynamically coupled with the world, not separate from it.”
- Alva Noe
The Platform
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Will use the Stellarium app to explore the positions of the stars and the frame drum to explore time patterns connecting our body’s rhythms to the rhythms of the stars.
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Track the sun’s precessions of equinox/solstice, the constellations and how this has shaped civilizations for centuries.
Decode the constellations and see how these relate to animals.
Learn basic rhythms on the drum and how these relate to the cycles of the stars.
Explore the 260 day cycle that governed Mesoamerican life for millennia. How calendars were created on this cycle and incorporate astronomical data
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Explore the relevance of the prehistoric cave art and archaeological sites and how new findings show these are a code for the origins of the zodiac and modern constellations.
Visit the significance and ancient history of the precession of the equinoxes.
See how rhythmic patterns connect to the other Interstice modules and how these connect to the stars.
Explore the Mesoamerican calendar and its enduring influence throughout the Americas.
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A forum to explore and share the night sky and rhythms.
Get access to the 260 day Mesoamerican calendar in action through the music of the Mayan Odyssey, a symphony based on the rhythmic cycles of the Mayan astronomical calendar.
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