Dario Robleto, a Texas-based conceptual artist, who fuses and confuses layers of history, culture, and the natural order of the cosmos, will talk about his work at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Santa Barbra Museum of Art’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St.

The artist’s solo exhibit, Dario Robleto: The Signal, highlights his multiyear exploration of the Golden Record, a gold-plated phonograph recording containing sounds and images selected in the late 1970s by NASA to represent life on Earth to the extraterrestrials that discovered it.

This is the third and final installment in a trilogy of video and sound installations that comprise Robleto’s years-long investigation of scientific and philosophical attempts to capture human life.

The 70-minute film “Ancient Beacons Long for Notice” documents the moral tension and practical challenges towards forging the Golden Record.

The talk is free to attend for students and teachers; $10 for SBMA members; and $15 for non-members. Get tickets at tickets.sbma.net.