“The Human Spaceship – I believe art and science must collaborate for humanity to fully understand that we live in a space-faring society and are witnessing the most astounding change in ‘being-human’ through astronomy and space exploration in the 21st century.”
Helen Schell
UPON THE MOON - MIDNIGHT
By Helen Schell
‘Upon The Moon - Midnight’ is part of ‘Moon-shot: Woman on the Moon’ - a series of large artworks that feature plans to send the first woman to the Moon and the subsequent construction of a lunar settlement.
This series visualizes NASA & ESA’s plans to construct the Lunar Gateway and Moon village, followed by preparations to explore Mars. They employ optical illusions examining the lunar surface and the changes in visual perception in this ‘off-world’ environment.
“Space is a giant optical illusion compared with Earth, as there is no right way up, no aerial perspective, and the horizon line rapidly changes with dramatically different lighting conditions.” Helen invents geometric optical illusions to manipulate color, form and light. The aim is to create the destabilising sensation of being in altered gravity conditions, investigating human spaceflight’s impact on visual physiology and perception.
Artwork details:
2018
Acrylic paint on stretched canvas
1.10m high x 1.72m wide
Landscape
Unframed
Available as a diptych with ‘Midday.’ There are also smaller studies available of this on paper.
$7,950 USD
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About the Artist
Award-winning, US-born Helen Schell is a visual artist and space science educator based in the UK. Her artworks, inspired by 21st century space science, take the form of large installations and paintings. Her projects involve extensive research and result in international partnerships with space centers, spaceflight scientists, science museums, astronomical societies, space medicine centers and universities. She presents her specialist topic, the Moon, to large audiences with STEAM workshops all around the world.
Her artwork examines vision & visual perception in altered gravity environments. It employs optical illusions to make the spectator feel ‘off balance’ as they must collaborate with the destabilising images.