Space and Art

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Image result for spaceWeek 9: Space and Art
Pattriana Perry

 Whether it may be the Milky Way, Medusa Nebula, or even the sight of the Moon, space will forever be light years of galaxies and unknown planets waiting to be discovered. Space has always been enormously fascinating to me due to its endless mysteries. The universe is so incredibly massive that it is difficult to wrap my head around it. Luckily, the "Powers of Ten" video and Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” are extremely effective in explaining how vast our universe is in terms of scale and mind capacities. It is crazy to think that everything and everyone we have ever known exists or has existed on this planet, yet it is only a speck of dust in the scheme of this entire universe.
Back then, these ideas seem wayward and idealistic, but it is an art form for those who are grounded in the laws of nature and science. 

 Image result for constellation starA way of identifying art and space is through the universally known arrangement of stars, also coined as the term, constellations. Back in history, people named these patterns and allowed them to trace distinct images in space that resemble artistic subjects. In elementary school, we used to look up at the sky to see if we can find these shapes formed by the shining stars. There are thousands of legends and artistic stories tied behind these figures. If you think about it, "space" is a never-ending medium filled with amazing wonders beyond our wildest dreams.  
Furthermore, art helps us tremendously when it comes to trying to depict or understand outer space. It is mostly through art that we are able to comprehend and entertain the musings of our future there. We can read science fiction novels, view photos and paintings of foreign landscapes on other planets, videos of the first man to walk the moon, television shows about humans living in space, and films about meeting extraterrestrial beings—we can even pretend we know what it feels like to be an alien or an astronaut (i.e. David Bowie’s song “Space Oddity”) yet nothing is still ever really certain.

References
"Audacious & Outrageous: Space Elevators." NASA Science. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May 2015. 

Briggs, Josh. "Top 10 'Star Trek' Technologies That Actually Came True."HowStuffWorks. InfoSpace LLC, 10 Nov. 2009. Web. 27 May 2015.

EamesOffice. "Powers of Ten™ (1977)." YouTube. YouTube, 26 Aug 2010. Web. 6 Jun 2016.

Vesna, Victoria. Space Pt4. YouTube, 30 May 2012. Web. 26 May 2015. 

Vesna, Victoria. Space pt5. Youtube. YouTube, 30 May 2012. Web. 6 Jun 2016. 

Comments

  1. Jordy SupandiJune 6, 2018 at 4:09 PM

    I think it is very interesting how humans have evolved to create art and beautiful stories from arbitrary points in space. It is actually a "never-ending medium," as you said, since there are billions of stars we can play connect the dots with. Also many characters we see in art come from these stories of the various constellations, which is why it was amazing that humans are able to land on the moon. Instead of creating fictional characters, we can now tell true stories of heroes that come from outer space.

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