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Week 9: Space + Art

 This weeks lectures were on Space and Art. This has been a particularly interesting because we are currently in the time of space travel and exploration. One particular piece was the Makrolab. This lab was created to be a mobile laboratory for artists to come and launched electronics into the public sphere (Pelijhan 200). This reminded me of a space shit type pod. Some may not know but there is actually art pieces floating in space. One artist, Azuma actually tied a bouquet to a bunch of flowers and launched it into space 100,000ft in the air (Maldanado 2018). This reminded me of isolated art and the Ice Laboratory where they are creating opportunities for people isolated in the arctic (Kilpisjarvi 2011). This brings out the factor in art that allows it to be isolated while helping or inspiring others.

    Space is a very interesting and dark place, we haven't been on the moon since the 1900s. Space exploration is limited however, The Leonardo Space Art Project is changing that. They grouped up individuals who are working together to investigate and promote culture dimensions of space activities (Levrier 1996).  Space art or astronomical art is a modern style of art that I found very fascinating. Although you cannot visit an exhibit, it is there and you can see digital pictures. Something as simple as painting in space can be seen as space art (Stott 2019). I really thought this was an interesting piece because it promotes the simplicity of art but how hard it is to actually achieve something like this. A NASA artist who enjoys to paint water color pictures in space - the very definition of space and art.

    

Stott, Nicole. "Watercolor" 2019 Sourced from: https://qz.com/1578231/what-its-like-to-paint-in-space-according-to-a-nasa-astronaut/


Azuma, Makoto 2017 Sourced from: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20181214-the-artworks-floating-above-the-earth


Klhebnikov "Makrolab" 2000 Sourced from: https://brianholmes.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/15-1997documenta3-n.jpg


Works Cited

Kilpisjarvi. "Arctic Perspective Initiative" 2011. Sourced from: http://arcticperspective.org/news/notes-                    fieldnotes-kilpisjarvi-fi

Levrier, Guy. "The Leonardo Space Art Project Working Group" SpaceArt.org 1996. Sourced                                     from: https://spaceart.org/leonardo/vision.html

Maldanado, Devon. "The Artworks Floating Above Earth" BBC Culture 2018. Sourced                                                from: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20181214-the-artworks-floating-above-the-earth

Stott, Nicole. "What i's like to paint in space - according to NASA astronaut" Quartz 2019. Sourced                             from: https://qz.com/1578231/what-its-like-to-paint-in-space-according-to-a-nasa-astronaut/

Pelijhan, Marko. "Coded Utopia" Brian Holmes.WordPress.com 2000. Sourced                                                         from: https://brianholmes.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/coded-utopia/

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  1. Umut SerhatkuluMay 27, 2022 at 11:44 PM

    Hello, first thing I want to say is I really like your blog design. Nicely done congrats. Besides that I didn't know we have an art piece floating in the space, that's really cool and interesting. Also, I do agree that space exploration is limited but we would hopefully be able to achieve more and more in the future and we might even end up in space at some point. It is just exciting to think about it right now and we will hopefully see what will happen in the future.

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  2. Jahred SullivanMay 28, 2022 at 1:44 PM

    I will reinforce the comment above by saying that I, too, enjoy your blog design as it has an appealing aesthetic. You mentioned that there is art in space, yet referenced a bouquet of flowers hovering around 100,000 feet up. I have a few concerns here. 1.) I don't believe this is what scientists would call space for 100,000 feet is far below the Karman line (62 miles) where outer space is agreed upon to begin. 2.) Are the flowers caught in orbit? Is this even high enough to have such orbital pull? 3.) What exactly is artistic about these flowers? Do they have some special arrangement or assortment? What other more conventional artworks might have been sent in space, if any at all? 4.) What are your thoughts of sending trash to space? Surely something about this seems unethical, yet it seems that the gas emissions and land usage of landfills would be better served being stored outside of our atmosphere, no? I wonder how economically feasible this is, or if there are any caveats to its efficacy.

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