project drawings

 

 

These works were my first intuitive attempts to visualize the deployment of the O.U.R.S. in orbit. They were done in 1986 before I had established any technical contacts with the space industry. The works exhibitited in my stand display at Space Commerce'86 which took place in Montreux, Switzerland. Each work is a mixed-media collage of original drawing on paper, painted Mylar, pencil and metallic pen mounted on black paper.

"Any hostility that some environmentalists have shown toward space projects arises from the intense sense of responsibility to focus on the needs of the planet. They have not come to appreciate - and hardly anyone has - that the long-term health of this world requires that we also develop the capacity to leave it in large numbers. So this is our dual responsibility to the planet that gave us our existence: to protect her and to spread her seeds. It is actually very simple and obvious if you think about it. Both activities are equally essential to maintain the balance of life. Now that we are mature, we must begin to take these responsibilities very seriously."
 
Steven Wolfe