S.E.T.I.
Observational Field​

In the early 1990s, Andrew Lagowski founded his solo project S.E.T.I., with which he also intended to draw attention to the Californian institute of the same name, which has been dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence since 1984. As musical starting material, the artist used files of extraterrestrial vibrations circulating on the internet that were captured by scientists as part of various space programs and translated into sound. However, the sounds of self-imagined forms of communication with extraterrestrial life forms also flowed into the music.

With the composition of Lagowski’s latest work, Observational Field, the acronym S.E.T.I. takes on yet another meaning. It now also stands for “Scientific Evidence Translated for Introspection.” Once again, the macrocosm is reflected in the microcosm, as extraterrestrial vibrations translated into sound are reinterpreted as reflections of cognitive processes. The mental journey into space thus becomes a search for the innermost self.