{"id":12400,"date":"2016-03-25T22:25:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T02:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12400"},"modified":"2021-10-05T13:21:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T17:21:39","slug":"video-exhibition-outer-space-by-artist-michael-najjar-opens-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12400","title":{"rendered":"Video: Exhibition &#8220;outer space&#8221; by artist Michael Najjar opens in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve posted a couple of times about photographer\u00a0Michael Najjar&#8217;s space inspired works (see <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>). He has a new show opening in New York City this month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/arts-culture\/artist-imagines-future-humans-space-180958528\/?no-ist\">An Artist Imagines the Future of Humans in Space &#8211; \u00a0Smithsonian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/benrubigallery.com\/exhibition\/416\/outer-space\">outer space | Benrubi Gallery | New York City based Art Gallery specializing in Photography<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are a couple of his photos\u00a0plus a video that he made:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/benrubigallery.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/adaptive\/public\/liquid%20gravity.jpg?itok=rWMab0_V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/benrubigallery.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/adaptive\/public\/kinetic%20drift.jpg?itok=HZ8iupWF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-12402\">[]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/benrubigallery.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/adaptive\/public\/gravitation%20entanglement.jpg?itok=RiZfF9yD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-12403\">[]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/benrubigallery.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/adaptive\/public\/spaceport.jpg?itok=ZceNd7o9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-12405\">[]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the press release for the show:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/benrubigallery.com\/artist\/191\/michael-najjar\">Michael Najjar\u00a0&#8211; <em>outer space<\/em> &#8211; March 31 &#8211; May 14, 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benrubigallery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benrubi Gallery<\/a>\u00a0is pleased to announce German photo and video artist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/benrubigallery.com\/artist\/191\/michael-najjar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Najjar<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0solo exhibition,\u00a0outer space\u00a0\u2013 the artist\u2019s first show with the gallery and the first major showing of this series in New York City.\u00a0outer space\u00a0explores the latest development in space travel and how it is shaping future life on earth and in near-earth orbit. Informed by Najjar\u2019s training to become the first civilian artist to fly to space, the series of large-scale photographs capture an intense and immersive futuristic world, inspired by cutting-edge aeronautic technologies and the nascent space tourism industry. The potential of the photographic image is pushed to new frontiers as realistic elements fuse with fictitious realities to make visible what is invisible or beyond human perception.<\/p>\n<p>Central to outer space is Najjar\u2019s personal experience with space flight and the performative aspect of the exhibited images. As one of the pioneer astronauts of Richard Branson\u2019s Virgin Galactic, Najjar has been undergoing an intensive, multistage cosmonaut training in Star City, Russia, since 2012, and is scheduled to board SpaceShipTwo in the near future. The artist uses the actual experience of training (zero-g flight, centrifuge training, stratosphere flight, and underwater space walks, to name a few) to create complex and never-before carried out photos that examine vital connections between humans and technology. Reality and simulation are so intertwined that they become indistinguishable, allowing for novel ways of seeing. Video artworks based on Najjar\u2019s extreme training will be shown as part of the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>The acceleration in aeronautic research and industry and the birth of commercial space travel has brought humanity on the verge of a new era. The images of outer space \u2013 the ultra-high resolution telescope \u201cgolden eye II,\u201d the world\u2019s largest centrifuge, the first private spaceport, mineral mining on the moon, or space debris orbiting around the earth at fast speed \u2013 all address these technological advancements, attempting to elucidate their important cultural implication through artistic transformation. \u201cBy leaving our home planet and flying to the moon or other planets, we change our understanding of who we are and where we come from,\u201d Najjar says. \u201cThe point is to reflect on our world and what it means to us and the generations to come after us. It\u2019s about the very origins of the self.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve posted a couple of times about photographer\u00a0Michael Najjar&#8217;s space inspired works (see here and here). He has a new show opening in New York City this month: An Artist Imagines the Future of Humans in Space &#8211; \u00a0Smithsonian outer space | Benrubi Gallery | New York City based Art Gallery specializing in Photography Here &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12400\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Exhibition &#8220;outer space&#8221; by artist Michael Najjar opens in NYC<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-arts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3e0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11577,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11577","url_meta":{"origin":12400,"position":0},"title":"Space arts: Michael Kagan + Ed Belbruno","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I mentioned\u00a0Michael Kagan\u00a0here a couple of years when his\u00a0astronaut painting won the\u00a0Best Art Vinyl 2013 top prize. 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