Artists’ works are oftentimes displayed in museums for the public to enjoy. They are barricaded from prying hands and are often preserved from the usual wear and tear. This has become the norm. Other artworks are kept at home, still cared for by its owners.
Then, there are those that try to break barriers. What if a painting will be curated on the moon? That’s something that’s never been done. This artist may just be the pioneer for the new way to present the artwork, and we can only wonder who will truly get to appreciate this.
Meet the first ever man to do what no other man has done. Here is British artist Sacha Jafri. He has worked hard to prepare the first ever painting that is to be placed on the Lunar service when it’s scheduled to blast off with NASA during the latter part of the year.
The painting is entitled We Rise Together With the Light of the Moon. It doesn’t come in a canvass sheet that painters often use. Rather, this one is engraved into a specially-designed aluminum-gold plate because the material is able to survive the extreme temperature changes on the Moon. It will stand the test of time, for other astronauts to enjoy in awe when they visit this celestial body.
The small work comes with a beautiful design that depicts stick figures found inside a heart. This is surrounded by other hearts and sweet messages for people to read. For those who will never get the chance to blast to outer space, a second, fully-colored work will also be sold at a charity auction that will happen at the same time. There are also 5 NFTs (or non-fungible tokens) that will go up for an auction that will be held online simultaneously with the critical moment in the mission. It has been properly timed from liftoff to separation to landing.
Jafri’s work will get to its destination aboard NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. This program contracts private companies to operate freight lines going and coming to and from the Moon. This allows private and non-profit organizations to conduct research in the once untreated area.
The aerospace firms Spacebit and Astrobotic will be heading this wonderful mission. Astrobotic has also pioneered a line of express delivery services to the Moon that will start its new delivery route with Peregrine-1. This is a landing mission that has been organized to carry science instruments such as rovers and spectrometers that have come from several firms and governments. Aside from the painting, the spaceship will also carry the ashes of the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s wife, Majel Barret Roddenberry.
Contrary to popular belief, We Rise Together is actually not the first piece of art that has been placed on the Moon. Still, it’s worthy of note because it’s the first painting. Years back, NASA astronauts had placed an aluminum sculpture to commemorating all those (American and Soviet in nature) who had lost their lives in the course of manned-space exploration.
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