Kairos (2020)


Hailing Frequencies Open: (Kairos) Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple (2020). Video Still.


Gallery 31's online programme 'I Really Should be Doing Something Else Right Now,' Hailing Frequencies Open: (Kairos) Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple is a parafiction in the form of a group chat between the evolved descendants of HeLa cells, living in the Andromeda Galaxy, as they attempt to contact Earth.

The title references one of the Greek words for time, in this case indicating the most opportune moment for action. The text intersects speculative fiction, Space science, Greek mythology and contemporary figures including Octavia Butler, Michelle Obama, Nyota Uhura and Ursula LeGuin.