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Overpopulation

Rudolf Hanke

Overpopulation

1995

paper

21 x 30 cm

status:

This painting depicting several abstract elements and symbols was part of the Ars Ad Astra exhibition aboard the MIR Space Station.

OURS Foundation
ESA

In 1995 a space art project was organized by the Swiss based OURS Foundation, in cooperation with the European Space Agency for the first art exhibition to take place beyond Earth. After holding an international competition, twenty original art works were selected by a jury of art and space experts for an exhibition on the Mir space station during the EUROMIR 95 mission.


In addition, one artwork from each artist participating in the project was digitized and installed on a portable computer that accompanied German cosmonaut Thomas Reiter on his record breaking mission.


The theme of the exhibition was "Space and Humanity". The artists were challenged to make "space qualified" artworks that were lightweight and used no toxic materials. Each artwork was carried out on paper that measured 21 x 30 cm.


On space station Mir, the cosmonaut crew consisting of Thomas Reiter and his two Russian colleagues Sergeij Avdeev and Yuri Gidzenko picked the artwork they liked best from the twenty orginals. This artwork, a watercolor by the American artist Elisabeth Carol Smith called "When Dreams are Born" was kept on the Mir station.


The remaining 19 artworks were returned to Earth on February 29, 1996. The winning artist received a special Omega Speedmaster Chronograph which was once flown on the Mir station donated by Omega SA. All twenty artists also received a set of "space qualified" acrylic artists paints donated by the Swiss art supplies manufacturer LASCAUX.

Technical information

artist

Rudolf Hanke

title

Overpopulation

date

1995

medium

paper

dimensions

21 x 30 cm

genre

Painting

IAAA art style

cosmic expressionism

this work is part of the following collection

Ars Ad Astra

artwork COSPAR id

Launch

Space

Return

launch date

3 Sept 1995

launch  mission

Soyuz TM-22

launch  provider

Roskosmos

MIR Space Station

return date

29 February 1996

return vehicle

Soyuz TM-22

return location

Kazakhstan

launch location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

host vehicle

MIR Space Station

return vehicle COSPAR id

1995-047A

launching state

location

Russian Federation

LEO, MIR Space Station

host vehicle COSPAR id

1986-017A

status

Returned

launch vehicle COSPAR id

1995-047A

partners

OURS Foundation
ESA

Artist

Rudolf Hanke

Artist

Germany

Collection

Ars Ad Astra

1995

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