Category Archives: Space Arts

Mars, meteorites, Space Arts

Space arts: David A. Hardy + Meteorite remade + Mars as art

Space artist David A. Hardy is interviewed about his lifelong involvement in space art : Our Dreams of Space Are Fueled by the Art of David A. Hardy – Motherboard.

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Proxima Planet by David A. Hardy

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The European ATV cargo vessel that arrived at the International Space Station today carried a “a hand-sized re-formed meteorite by Katie Paterson, which will become the first artwork aboard the International Space Station”

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Check out this big collection of beautiful Mars photos: Mars As Art – Mars Exploration Program.

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Solar Sci-Fi, Space Arts, Space films and videos

Video: ‘Orbitas’ by PrimerFrame

A very beautifully made animation: Two Astronauts Fall In Love A Little More Each Time Their Orbits Meet –

These two astronauts may come from warring species, but alone in space they become valued company, exchanging tokens of affection each time they encounter one other in orbit. But what happens when disaster threatens one of the space-faring pair?

Orbitas was made by students in the Masters in 3D Animation program at the PrimerFrame animation school under the direction of Jaime Maestro.

http://vimeo.com/67596206

Near Space, Space Arts, Space participation

Japanese artist’s flowers and bonzai tree pose on the edge of space

JP Aerospace has taken many interesting items to high altitudes with their balloon systems but a small pine tree and a floral arrangement must be among the most unusual.

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A bonzai tree from Japanese artist Azuma Makoto
reaches high in the sky.

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And a flower arrangement as well.

Space Arts, Space Systems

Satellite reaches orbit with artwork etchings

The UKube-1 satellite, built by made by Clyde Space and the UK Space Agency, went to space last week on a Russian Soyuz rocket. It was the first Scottish satellite and one of the first satellites to have art etched on a side panel:  L.A. gallery iam8bit creates first-ever satellite art, launching into space Tuesday – San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

I reported on the artwork project last year: Satellite going to space with pop-art whimsy – Space-for-All.

The art was created by Jon Gibson and Amanda White of iam8bit Productions in Los Angeles.

Here’s a brief video showing how the etchings would look to a space visitor:

Astronomy, Multiple media, Space Arts

Video: Beautiful 360 degree night sky time-lapse

Vincent Brady has developed a marvelous technique for combining 360 degree views of the night sky and landscape with time-lapse sequences of long exposures to create gorgeous imagery like those in the video below. Find more about his work on his website: Vincent Brady | Planetary Panoramas – 360 Degree Night Sky Time-Lapse! (via  i09)