Houston-based artist, writer and filmmaker Dario Robleto will discuss his interdisciplinary approach to crafting and conveying messages of emotion and identity into the cosmos — a kind of “humanities off-planet” — to kick off the 2026-27 Visiting Artists & Scholars Endowment (VASE) lecture series.
Robleto’s work has been exhibited widely and held in prominent collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Menil Collection and the National Gallery of Art.
The title of his talk, “Ancient Beacons Long for Notice,” also is a film by Robleto — the third installment in a trilogy exploring the history and legacy of the Golden Record, a cosmic time capsule attached to NASA’s Voyager I and II space probes.
Robleto will screen the film the night before, Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the Marroney Theatre, followed by a Q&A.
