Art is Flying to the Moon
Die Kunst fliegt mit zum Mond by Brigitte Ulmer Published on October 9, 2026 https://www.bilanz.ch/partner-insights/schweizer-kuenstler-thematisieren-den-space/t1vdjr6 This is a translation from the original text in German: High Potential Art is Flying to the Moon Artists are involved in the exploration of space. They send art into orbit, exploring themes of power, resources, and humanity's desire for expansion. On May 22, 1993, an unmanned supply spacecraft launched into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Among the provisions, fuel, spare parts, and scientific equipment, something completely useless accompanied it: the aluminum sculpture "Cosmic Dancer" by Swiss-American artist Arthur Woods, roughly 35 centimeters [...]
Cosmic Stones
Will humanity’s future be a “Space Age” or a “Stone Age”? The human species has reached a pivotal point in its evolutionary history, and it appears that the moment has arrived for it to make a critical choice about its future on Earth and, consequently, about its future in the cosmos. This decision could be called the “Cosmic Choice” which conceivably is a choice that all potential spacefaring civilizations must confront at the appropriate moment in their particular history. The Cosmic Stones space art project embodies this decision in a physical and conceptual artwork that literally and artistically combines the [...]
The Cosmic Dancer Sculpture on the Mir Space Station
On May 22, 1993, my sculpture called the Cosmic Dancer was launched to the Russian Mir space station on a Progress rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Cosmic Dancer – a painted geometric form made out of welded aluminum tubing measuring approximately 35 x 35 x 40 centimeters and weighing exactly one kilogram – was the first three-dimensional artwork to be specifically conceived for and officially realized in a space habitat. The purpose of the project was to investigate the properties of sculpture in weightlessness and to evaluate the integration of art into the human space program. After its [...]
Die Kunst fliegt mit zum Mond by Brigitte Ulmer Published on October 9, 2026 https://www.bilanz.ch/partner-insights/schweizer-kuenstler-thematisieren-den-space/t1vdjr6 This is a translation from the original text in German: High Potential Art is Flying [...]
Will humanity’s future be a “Space Age” or a “Stone Age”? The human species has reached a pivotal point in its evolutionary history, and it appears that the moment has [...]
On May 22, 1993, my sculpture called the Cosmic Dancer was launched to the Russian Mir space station on a Progress rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Cosmic [...]
