Week 9 Space+Art

We can see how Art and Space overlap in the beauty that abounds both in the heavens and on earth. Watch this video to see scientific images from earth that look like art and are art from space. 

Heaven and Earth

The Powers of Ten: Lymphocyte by MRK shows 10 to the power of -5. He uses digital and film techniques to journey from the physical universe into a unique, imagined universe of graphic abstractions. We get an artistic sense of the scale and perspective of the life we each live and the universe in which we reside. Atoms are so small in comparison to our bodies, just like our home plant is so small relative to the universe. Watch the video!

MRK's The Powers of Ten

The Powers of Ten Still Clip

Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” really puts things into perspective. When looking through a particular vantage point, zoomed out by powers of 10, we are like a small spec of dust in our vast universe; but zoomed in, our bodies consist of a complex makeup of atoms.

Scales

It was believed that no other place could be compatible for human life, as the 2009 “Pale Blue Dot” video states that the earth is the only place that can sustain human life. Even in most TV shows and movies, life outside of earth is for aliens or is just too futuristic, fictional, or unobtainable for reality. However, science, technology, mathematics, abstract thinking and innovation have allowed for a breakthrough. Not only have we been able to sustain life in space, land on the moon, and walk around… but also we can live on another planet! 

The Netherlands-based nonprofit Mars One is planning to fly 24 astronauts to Mars, the Red Planet, in 2023. According to their mission, ‘exploring the solar system as a united humanity will bring us all closer together. Mars is the stepping-stone of the human race on its voyage into the universe. Human settlement on Mars will aid our understanding of the origins of the solar system, the origins of life and our place in the universe. As with the Apollo Moon landings, a human mission to Mars will inspire generations to believe that all things are possible, anything can be achieved.’ The trip to mars will take about seven month, but all of the necessary technology to land humans on mars exists, and robots will establish the settler’s habitats beforehand.

Robots on Mars

A reality TV show will be created to help fund the project, which shows how much art, science, technology, and space have awed the public over time. Over 100,00 people now are willing to spend the rest of their lives on mars, while others are willing to fund it. The media, creativity, and art are the driving forces behind this modern technology and engineering. The Jetsons' lifestyle may not be too unrealistic after all. 

Jetsons

Mars One

Works Cited 

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Cooper-White, Macrina. "Mars One Applications: Astronaut Recruiting For 2023 Red Planet Colony Now Open To Public." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 23 Apr. 2013. Web. 02 Dec. 2013. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/mars-one-application-astronaut-open-public_n_3138048.html>.

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Morgan, James. "Mars One to Launch First Test Mission." BBC News. BBC, 31 Oct. 2013. Web. 02 Dec. 2013. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24749687>.

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