SMART 1 / crash site

Replica of a work by the painter Donato Creti (1671-1749) from the series ‘Astronomical Observations’ (1711), which was commissioned by the artist - painted and minimally altered by a copyist. The copyist added a small shadow to the depiction of the moon that refers to the crash site of the lunar probe SMART 1 (ESA), which was deliberately destroyed in 2006 after a mission lasting several years. The outlines are based on a photograph taken by NASA's lunar probe ‘Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’, which captured the crash site.

The work was realized in the frame of an Artist-in-Science Residency at European Space Agency - ESA / ESOC in Darmstadt in 2022, hosted by Kultur einer Digitalstadt e.V..

[Swaantje Güntzel, SMART 1 / crash site, 2022, oil on canvas, 51 x 35 cm]

Foto: Tobias Hübel
Foto crash site: P. Stooke/B. Foing et al 2017/ NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

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REMINDER
The exhibition "Infinity - Empitness - Liveliness" at Planetarium Hamburg can still be visited until May 31st! Where Art meets Science in Space.

What do our imagination of Outer Space have in common with our imagination of the Arctic? And why is it important to become aware of our cultures of perceptions for creating more just and sustainable futures?

The exhibition was realized by Die Junge Akademie (Anne Hemkendreis, Oliver Rymek, Timo de Wolff, Professor Michael Saliba) and hosted by Planetarium Hamburg.


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Poster: Swaantje Güntzel, Andreas Zierhut "Sterntaler", 2022
Design: Spirit & Bones Design

"Sterntaler" was realized during my Artist-in-Science Residence at European Space Agency - ESA / ESOC in Darmstadt in 2022, organized by Kultur einer Digitalstadt e.V..

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