Art on the Moon – Painting etched onto Japanese satellite, launching this week

Art on the Moon is a project designed to create deeper emotional connections between humanity and space - through art. The project seeks to extend our common understanding of and relationship with space beyond the cold scientific and militaristic conceptions that dominate popular thinking. AOM instead promotes the ‘humanization’ of space.

We received the following message from Velka Edge-Oluk, the artist who painted the painting featured in the UltraFuture multi-media “Art on the Moon” exhibit.

UltraFuture is proud to support the Art on the Moon project, and will continue to promote the humanization of space to grow momentum in Asia, across the globe, and… galactically.

To learn more about AOM, please contact info [at] ultrafutureworld.com or contact Velka Edge at velkaedge [at] firstartonthemoon.com

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UltraFuture Team Members and Friends,
I feel very grateful to be embarked on the Sprite Sat Mission, an exploration journey that will help decipher the mysterious Sprite Phenomena and help give hope for the future of humanity.

“Uni-Essence and the Music of the Spheres” painting for Art on the Moon Concept is the one featured on Sprite Sat, the first Outer Space Exhibit created and supported by JAXA and TOHOKU UNIVERSITY.

Sprite Satellite launch is being streamed live. The Press conference is included as a link on the website, as well:

http://www.astro.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/SpaceArt/e/

http://www.astro.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/SPRITE-SAT/spaceart_e.html

I am glad to support our UltraFuture team vision and would like to thank you all for your continuous inspiring support.

This would not be possible without all of you!

Thank You!

Velka

Background
Tohoku University, Japan, has developed a small satellite, named SPRITE-SAT, with the scheduled launch on January 21st, 2009.

The primary mission of the satellite is a scientific study of lightening phenomena above the cloud layers, in addition, using this opportunity, university is also organizing the first art exhibition in outer space!

To take part in this exhibition, monochrome digital drawings were submitted from artists in the world. These art pieces were miniaturized and fabricated on a silicon wafer using photolithography and dry-etching technology.

The photolithography and etching process was done on a standard silicon wafer, so that each art piece has a 2.5 by 2.5 millimeters (minimum dot size is 5 micron).

The art pieces will be exhibited in orbit attached on the top of an antenna boom on the top of the satellite.

The artwork will also be exhibited on dedicated web pages.