{"id":15936,"date":"2018-05-01T10:23:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T14:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15936"},"modified":"2018-05-01T10:23:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T14:23:28","slug":"video-artist-depiction-to-create-documentary-about-space-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15936","title":{"rendered":"Video: “Artist Depiction” to create documentary about space artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Artist Depiction<\/em> Indiegogo<\/span><\/a> crowdfunding campaign seeks support for a three part documentary series about the history of space art at NASA:<\/p>\n

Artist Depiction is a documentary series about artists who have helped bring NASA projects to life. Their incredible artwork is ubiquitous, and yet these artists have been behind the scenes until now. We seek to give a voice to these artists: Don Davis<\/a>, Charles Lindsay<\/a>, and Rick Guidice<\/a>. These oral histories will be lost to time without a series like this.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Inside of a toroidal space colony as envisioned by artist Don Davis<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some background about the project is provided in this article:\u00a0Upcoming Video Series Explores the Retro-Futuristic Space Colonies of NASA Artists – Gizmodeo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Why is the work of these NASA artists important in 2018? [Director\u00a0Brett Ryan Bonowicz] explains that not only are these old space colony images still being used today to represent \u201cthe future,\u201d they\u2019ve also inspired so many of the designers that would come after them.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNeill Blomkamp and\u00a0Elysium. Christopher Nolan and\u00a0Interstellar. Almost every day of our [crowdfunding] campaign someone mentions how \u2018that artwork looks like Halo man.\u2019\u201d Bonowicz told me over email.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to have these first-hand accounts from the artists that were depicting Gerard O\u2019Neill\u2019s original ideas about these colonies. Without these films those accounts are lost.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

And here is a brief video about the project:\u00a0ADIndiegogo on Vimeo<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/vimeo.com\/262936538<\/p>\n

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