Week 9: Space + Art
As Dr. Vesna points out, space truly represents an embodiment of the topics we learned in class from mathematics and nanotechnology to understand the universe to robotics to help us tangible reach and study space. TIME magazine cover showing the US-Soviet space race (alpha history <http://alphahistory.com/coldwar/space-race/>) It was amazing to see the beginning of space exploration since it first started before I was born. With the start of the Space Race from Soviet Union’s launch of the first satellite in 1957, there was a mark shift in culture. As Dr. Vesna states, the Space Race changed the educational system and impacted the possibilities of imagination and popular culture. This space exploration imagination can be seen with artists in how they incorporate space in their work. B.E. Johnson is a remarkable representation of this intersection of art and space as an engineer and astronomical and space artist. His