ABSTRACT
Inspired by the work of Anton Pannekoek Johan Hartle and Jeronimo Voss discuss the relationship between astronomy and communism in the work of Jeronimo Voss. In this light, astronomy provides several figures of thought also for understanding the inner necessities of artistic production. Thus, the universe appears as a code for discussing the possibility of universalism, which informs both the histories of communist politics and the paradigm of artistic realism. Also, the futurist horizon, the projection of worlds to come is classically identified with the open cosmos, reflecting upon the possibility and failure of radical progress. In such ways, so the text stresses, the stars can become a source of political and artistic imagination.
