Takuro Osaka (Artist/University of Tsukuba) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
#Space age art free#
But at the same time, the surprise and the fascination from experiencing free fall has generated many reflections about novel developments of space research.Įmpowerment Informatics – University of Tsukuba It is difficult to predict the results of something that we have never experienced before. The results of such experiments have highlighted the challenges related to developing new concepts and technologies for zero-gravity. These projects have been tested during two parabolic flights, where zero-gravity can be experienced. In this context, the collaboration between art and technology plays a key role.ĭuring the workshop, eight researchers have developed several projects based on their personal interests related to life in zero-g, such as testing movements impossible on Earth, robotic pets for future astronauts, art possible only in zero-gravity environments, assistive technologies for supporting humans in space stations. If we – as humans – want to plan and establish a new civilization in the outer space, we need to engage ourselves in the development of a new sensibility about zero-gravity. This is a way for not limiting the scope of space research only to military or purely scientific purposes, but for expanding it towards issues related to human life in general, like mobility or expression. This means that such research should involve not only specialized scientists but also other subjects like artists, thinkers, and inventors. Based on previous projects promoted by space agencies such as JAXA and ESA, this workshop aims to expand space research as an interdisciplinary activity. The publication coincides with the exhibition at M – Museum Leuven which encompasses fourteen years of Mir's career (1999–2013).The Space-Art Workshop was initiated in 2016 at the Empowerment Informatics Program, University of Tsukuba. The Space Age consists of seven fold-out posters and a text by Martin Herbert. Mir resists and modifies her work creates its own authenticity and truth. Her work reflects on these events that span half a millennium of human-mostly male-dominated-quest, transforming or deconstructing them into a make-believe world of her own. Mir's projects offer her own take on popular cultural myths and historical events, by combining religious iconography with NASA imagery or symbols of space travel. The performance First Woman on the Moon marked the beginning of Mir's exploration of outer space as she staged a moon landing by transforming a Dutch beach into the moon's surface using the help of local people and heavy machinery. On Saturday 28 August, 1999, against a background of puffing industrial plumes, a pinkish-blue sky, and the sound of bongo drum beats, Aleksandra Mir, dressed in a smart white dress and with American flag in hand, scaled the side of a moonscape of sand dunes and makeshift craters to become the first woman on the moon. If you can’t find the resource you need here, visit our contact page to get in touch.Įstablished in 1962, the MIT Press is one of the largest and most distinguished university presses in the world and a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, art, social science, and design.
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