Space/Craft

Space/Craft

Space/Craft explores sculpture in zero gravity.

How will making art transform when we begin to explore new planets? What non-existent forms of artistic expression does different gravity enable?

Digital modeling tools allow us to play with the laws of physics as we create, but we can’t replicate those processes on Earth. Space/Craft will explore the artistic processes and possibilities enabled by zero gravity by using a hot glue dispenser to "draw in 3D." On a zero gravity research flight (with 20 cycles of 15-30 seconds of micro-gravity), I attempted to sculpt shapes inside of a containment cube. The thin strings of glue floated into forms that could not be created on earth by the same process.

This project was supported by the MIT Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) & CAMIT, the Council for the Arts at MIT. Special thanks to Tim Savas, Heather Craig, Amos Golan, and the MIT Media Lab Tangible Media Group.

Photo Credit: Steve Boxall

Photo Credit: Steve Boxall

Space/Craft at Ars Electronica. Per aspera ad astra – 50 years after the Moon. 2019.

Space/Craft at Ars Electronica. Per aspera ad astra – 50 years after the Moon. 2019.

Space/Craft at Ars Electronica. Per aspera ad astra – 50 years after the Moon. 2019.

Space/Craft at Ars Electronica. Per aspera ad astra – 50 years after the Moon. 2019.