spaceport
2012
Format 1: 132 x 202 cm / 52 x 79.5 in, edition of 6 + 2 AP
Format 2: 67 x 102 cm / 26.3 x 40.2 in, edition of 6 + 2 AP
Hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
“spaceport” shows the first private space hub on the planet, Spaceport America, located in the New Mexican desert west of the White Sands missile range. This futuristic building was designed by world-famous architect Lord Norman Foster. It will be the hub for future commercial space travel operated by Virgin Galactic and other private space companies and will host a fleet of new spaceships as well as an astronaut training facility. Using local materials and regional construction techniques, Spaceport America is both sustainable and sensitive to its surroundings. The sinuous shape of the building seeks to embody the drama and mystery of space flight itself.
The artwork is a fusion of daytime and nighttime scenery, whose digital recomposition reinforces Foster’s lead idea of reducing the visibility of the building by merging its architectural structure with the natural environment.
