Eddie Farr’s

solo exhibitions

“Are They Angels”

at Echo Contemporary Art

Opening Receptions: Saturday, October 4th from 7pm to 10pm

Show Dates: October 4th - October 11th

In an age where we worship at the altar of convenience under the glow of screens, Are They Angels explores the vast, invisible networks that promise connection across borders and oceans. This interactive body of work transforms live satellite data, global webcam feeds, and orbital tracking systems into visceral experiences. 

These satellites orbiting above us act as modern messengers, carrying our voices and our stories around the planet. They shrink distance, offering instant access to one another, while also exposing the stark divides between those who can connect and those who cannot. We celebrate their gifts of immediacy and reach, yet must also confront the uneven terrain of global connectivity: disparities of wealth, infrastructure, and freedom that shape who gets to speak and who is silenced.

From an American vantage point, the internet often represents open access and boundless possibility. Globally, however, networks are entangled in government controls, economic inequalities, and competing visions of digital sovereignty. The same systems that link us also raise questions of power. Who owns the sky above us, and how are these channels of communication regulated, restricted, or redirected?

Are They Angels invites viewers to consider how we might reimagine connection on a truly global scale, one that honors both our shared sky and our shared humanity, where even as that sky grows dense with the machinery of our own making, the same ancient impulse endures: to reach outward, to connect, to find belonging.