Space & Art

The thought of space is mind blowing as it is and scientist have been trying to find more and more about since the Russians launched Sputnik. In "The Powers of Ten" video it is amazing the depth of space. Its un fathomable just how big space is. It makes you wonder who the artist of space is. Something that did catch my attention was Nicolas Copernicus and his ideas on space. Even though the discussion about him was short, he has had a huge influence on the world today. Things have been named after him showing how much people have respect for him. Copernicus ideas were not exactly appreciated during the time and in fact he delayed publishing his ideas due to fearing the reaction of the public. 

It is a shame that Copernicus was fearful of publishing his findings. As humans we are each unique and think in our own way but there is always some type of higher power or authority that limits what we can do as humans. Whether it is science, art, or things similar to this, boundaries are kept because people try to limit what is said in our society and anything that is against our "popular culture". The fear of the new and the unknown limit the way people think. It makes it easy to disregard new and explored  ideas. Just like Copernicus, artist encounter and explore a widespread of new and controversial things, and every day they turn away from such ideas mainly due to the fear that the public might have on them if they pursued it.

Controversy is the problem of new ideas and in the early 20th century, artist supported irrationality as a way for anti-war politics and it rejected specific artist standards (Forde). Many people think that just because things are controversial that it should be devalued. This can be brought back to Copernicus, it all leads the exploration of new things and by exploring new things this world makes advances. We will continue to lose ideas if we continue to think like this. This world is forever changing. 

The imagination of what is beyond our earth has been a constant question asked by many different people. Roger Malina had a statement saying "one of the defining achievements of the twentieth century was the birth of the space age. For the first time in history, humans escaped the gravity of the earth, walked on other celestial planets and establish the first outposts in space."(The Leonardo Space Art Project) Artist, movies, and writers have been trying to print this image of what may come of the future and the effect that space will have on our future society. I know as a kid Star Wars was one of my favorite movies and the creativity that George Lucas had with space was clearly amazing. Who knows we might have "Light Speed" in the future.

References: 

"Powers of Tenâ„¢ (1977)." YouTube. YouTube, 26 Aug. 2010. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0>.

"8 Space Pt1 1280x720." YouTube. YouTube, 29 July 2013. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZIqTR332l8>.

Forde, Kathleene. "Dancing on the Cieling: Art and Zero Gravity." zerogravity.empac.rpi.edu. N.p.. Web. 1 Dec 2013. <http://zerogravity.empac.rpi.edu/>.

Carillo, Joe. "Copernicus’ heliocentric theory as the mother of all paradigm shifts."josecarilloforum.com. N.p., 16 Oct 2009. Web. 1 Dec 2013. <http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=330.0>.

"Leonardo Space Art Project Visioneers." Leonardo Space Art Project Visioneers. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013.