Each of NASA's successful Apollo missions
to the moon left something behind on its surface. From rover
buggies to golf balls and American flags to footprints, all
remain perfectly preserved due to the lack of atmosphere on
the moon. Like items in an anthropological, museum tableau
waiting to be re-examined, the artifacts have remained untouched
– and unseen – for decades. The predominant trend
in astronomy has been to look ever deeper into space, to the
far reaches of time, in an attempt at uncovering profound
insights about our place in the universe. The aim of this
project is to explore a more familiar - yet alien - landscape,
an environment closer to home in both distance and time.
Part
of a series of works drawing on the social and political resonances
of Project Apollo, America's space programme that heralded
the first moon landing in 1969. Lost in Space was commissioned
by Book Works, London. Other works in the series are the videos
Launch and On
Modern Ruins.
More
information on Book Works and Lost in Space here.
Lost in Space is available from Book Works, Tate
Modern, Tate Britain, Whitechapel, Hayward, ICA, Serpentine
Gallery and others. Lost in Space is also available
internationally online from - Amazon
UK or in the USA from Dia
Centre, New York, Printed
Matter , RAM
Publications and Amazon
USA.
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