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Frozen dream

Tuuli Utriainen

Frozen dream

2022

Wood

1 x 1 x 1 cm

status:

A wooden sculpture of a boat, representing human determination and a belief in the future. Part of the Moon Gallery Project.

Voyager Space
Nanoracks LLC
Moon Gallery Foundation

Once, when I was floating over a desert, I saw people in the distance. Darkened by the sun, with colorful clothes flowing in the wind, they were carrying something across the vastness of sand. Closer I could see it was a vessel with a green hull carved out of wood, a hardy boat on an invisible path. Because of its shape, it was impossible to be carried alone or to be sailed alone. The wayfarers were determined, together in this journey. Did they know where they would end up if there was water waiting? Regardless, they treated on giving an essence of belief beyond fear.



Often, our dreams fade like a mirage in the desert as soon as we open our eyes. Because the substance of dreams is fluid, it emerges, flows and then vanishes without leaving much trace. Like waves on water, dreams are born in the human mind emerging from and dissolving into the sea of unconscious.


What is this sea made of? Beyond personal, dreams can hold traces of collective unconscious, a collection of inherited representations and archetypes, that are shared by all of humanity. A dream is thus not just an individual experience, but a window to the collective unconsciousness, the symbols they carry echo universal meanings. Following Carl Jung’s thinking, this is a sea that connects us all.


Who was the first, to have the dream to walk on the moon? Once, it was an individual thought, that was then expressed and became shared by a group of people. Finally, this dream became true against its initial improbability. Inspired by this evolution of a dream, I wanted to capture an element of the unconscious and transform it into a physical form.


I believe that stars are like boats in the distance, showing us the way forward with their light. I chose this boat as the dream object to materialize, because it represents human determination, being on a long journey together and its connection to water, that is not present, but that is in the coming, a belief in the future.

Technical information

artist

Tuuli Utriainen

title

Frozen dream

date

2022

medium

Wood

dimensions

1 x 1 x 1 cm

genre

Sculpture

IAAA art style

this work is part of the following collection

Moon Gallery

artwork COSPAR id

Launch

Space

Return

launch date

19 Feb 2022

launch  mission

Antares 230+ / NG-17 Cygnus resupply mission

launch  provider

Northrop Grumman

International Space Station

return date

11 January 2023

return vehicle

Dragon CRS-26

return location

Gulf of Mexico

launch location

Wallops Island, VA, USA

host vehicle

International Space Station

return vehicle COSPAR id

2022-159A

launching state

location

USA

LEO, International Space Station (ISS)

host vehicle COSPAR id

1998-067A

status

Returned

launch vehicle COSPAR id

2022-015A

partners

Voyager Space
Nanoracks LLC
Moon Gallery Foundation

Artist

Tuuli Utriainen

Cosmic collaboration enabler

Finland

Collection

Moon Gallery

2022

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