new artwork "ascension"
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“ascension” (2020)
When the Russian inventor and pioneer of astronautic theory Konstantin Tsiolkovsky first saw the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1895, the sight of it inspired him with a strange and rather quixotic idea. The American engineer and space scientist Jerome Pearson turned this idea into a model which he presented to NASA in 1969. Arthur C. Clark, science fiction author und creator of 2001 – A Space Odyssey took up Tsiolkovsky’s futuristic vision in his 1979 novel The Fountains of Paradise, introducing it to a worldwide audience. This vision was nothing less than a space elevator – a platform circling the Earth at a height of 36,000 km and attached to the Earth's surface by a gigantic cable. An elevator capsule travels up this cable at a speed of some 200 km an hour to the platform in geostationary orbit moving at the same rotational speed as the Earth. The journey into space would start from some point in the ocean, preferably some point near the equator, from a platform swimming in the sea or mounted on an island from where a gigantic cable would reach up into the heavens. The material composition of the elevator cable itself is the most essential requirement for putting an elevator into space. It must be extremely lightweight yet strong enough to withstand the tremendous forces to which it's exposed, strong enough not to snap under its own sheer weight. Such a cable could be fabricated from carbon nanotubes which are harder than steel yet much lighter and more elastic. So far attempts have only succeeded in producing nanotubes of a few centimetres in length in the laboratory, but this could well change in future. The Obayashi Corporation in Japan recently presented a detailed technical concept and plans to build a space elevator by the year 2050.
The work “ascension” visualises the utopian vision of a space elevator. The picture's composition brings the three elements of ocean surface, island, and clouds together forming a sublime landscape bathed in dramatic light. The picture is divided in the middle by a vertical black line which also serves as a connecting element and is reminiscent of Barnett Newman‘s famous Zip Paintings. Viewers approach the picture from a distance with a wandering elevated gaze which, as they draw near, glides over the surface of the water, confronts the island from where it is catapulted straight upwards. In the background the horizon softly dissolves into clouds, the surface of the earth merges seamlessly with the sky. The horizontal breadth, the elevated gaze, and the vertically rising line conjoin the terrestrial world with space above it. The natural landscape evocative of paintings by Caspar David Friedrich has an added disruptive technological element, the taut cable of the space elevator connecting Earth with outer space. While the landscape elements were photographed by the artist from aboard a helicopter, the cable itself is a peculiarity as it is based on an electron microscope shot of a tiny fibre of a carbon nanotube produced in the laboratory and digitally reworked into a giant sky-climbing cable. In reaching the upper edge of the picture and disappearing softly into the clouds, it opens an infinite transcendental space in which the viewer's imagination can freely roam.
Exhibition at Kunsthalle Bahnitz
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flashback: UKE Hamburg
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new artwork "netropolis | shenzhen | 2024"
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Interview with Space Ambition
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new artwork "CDF-X"
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Exhibition JUT Art Museum, Taipei
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new artwork "fusion power"
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ARCO Madrid
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Exhibition "A Constant State of Transformation", Melbourne
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Podcast "FotoPsychoLogisch"
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Symposium "Enter the Future"
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Exhibition at Caixa Forum, Madrid
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Exhibition at ArtScience Museum, Singapore
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"orbital ascent" special edition
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Exhibition at BANK Gallery, Shanghai
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Podcast "Fotografie neu denken"
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Michael shoots at ITER Fusion Ractor in France
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Nanjing Artfair, China
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Wired UK magazine
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Ars Electronica Festival - Who owns the truth?
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Final test flight of Spaceship Unity
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Civilization exhibition at Saatchi Gallery, London
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Michael at the Starbase
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new artwork "starbase II"
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ART SG Singapore
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"cool earth" exhibition at Studio la Città Gallery
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Screening at COP27
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Lecture at Deutsche Museum München
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CIVILIZATION exhibition at Museo San Domenico
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Frieze Seoul
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Arctic expedition
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Galería Juan Silió presents "cool earth" exhibition
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New series "cool earth"
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New Artwork "starbase"
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mission:space re-edited version
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new artwork "down to earth"
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Michael visits STARBASE
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New book "outer space v2"
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Exhibition at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
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Historic Spaceflight of VSS Unity
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"Overview Effect" exhibition at Museum for Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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Solo Exhibition "outer space" in Beijing
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National Air and Space Museum aquires 3 artworks for permanent collection
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New publication "Space is the Place - Current Reflections on Art and Architecture"
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"outer space | portfolio box 2020" is now available
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"New Classics of Mountains and Seas" Exhibition at Zhejiang Museum, China
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"FUTURO" exhibition at Galleri d'Italia, Vincenza
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"Space Works" exhibition at Tampere Art Museum, Finland
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"CIVILIZATION" at Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
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new artwork "crew dragon"
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Large scale mural "lunar explorers"
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skype interview with curator Benjamin Weil
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"terraforming" video on view at Studio National des Arts Contemporains
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VSS Unity spaceship transferred to Spaceport America
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new artwork "space renaissance"
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Video interview on "outer space"
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"Beyond the Horizon" - exhibition at Wittenstein Innovation Factory
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"outer space" exhibition opens in Shanghai
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"terraforming" exhibition at Galería Juan Silio, Spain
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New artwork "lunar explorers"
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Photo shooting at CERN
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new artwork "ignition"
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"intergalactic" exhibition at BNKR in Munich
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch
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Shooting of Soyuz rocket launch in French Guiana
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CIVILIZATION exhibition opened at the UCCA Beijing
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Lecture at the European Space Research and Technology Center
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A Bright Future - New Scientist magazine publicates the artwork "synlight"
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VSS Unity - Welcome to Space !
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Opening of the epic landmark exhibition „CIVILIZATION“ at Museum MCA, Seoul, South Korea
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Shooting at European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)
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New artwork "orbital outpost"
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Exhibition at Bank/MABSociety Gallery in Shanghai
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Virgin Galactic completes first rocket-powered test flight of VSS UNITY spaceship
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Michael takes pictures in an active volcano in New Zealand
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New book publication „Planetary Echoes - Exploring the Implications of Human Settlement in Outer Space
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Michael portrays the world´s biggest artificial sun
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Michael participates in the exhibition “Rivoluzione Galileo. L’arte incontra la scienza”
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Michael took pictures of the world´s largest telescope in China
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Michael´s work now on view at the 7th Moscow Biennale 2017
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Michael participates at the 7th Moscow Biennale 2017
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michael najjar signs contract for cosmonaut training at yuri gagarin cosmonaut training center
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Panel discussion on occasion of the exhibition “Planetary Echoes“
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Video trailer of the exhibition opening "Planetary Echoes“
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Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation Berlin presents Michael´s new solo exhibition "Planetary Echoes“.
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UK Business Traveller Magazine features “Space Suite“ on the cover
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Photo- and video shooting in Iceland
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Michael portrays future Mars robot „Valkyrie“ at Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
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Michael takes pictures of Arianespace VA233 milestone mission
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Michael Najjar is one of the few Hasselblad Ambassadors worldwide.
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Exhibition at Reggio Emilia / Palazzo da Mosta
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Michael visits the new SpaceShipTwo at SpaceShipCompany in the Mojave desert.
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„Space Suite“ shortlisted for European Hotel Award
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Michael Najjar photographs the Vulcain 2 rocket engine in France
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“space garden“ at museum Marta Herford
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„outer space“ exhibition opens in New York
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VA229 Mission successful launched into space
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Virgin Galactic unveils new spaceship 16 months after fatal crash
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Michael has arrived at Guiana Space Center
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Michael inaugurates solo exhibition „outer space“ at Kunstverein Oldenburg, Germany
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Exo-Evolution Exhibition at ZKM Museum, Karlsruhe
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Michael took pictures at :envihab - Future Research Center for Space and Earth
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Michael opens the world´s first Space Suite in Zurich
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Studio La Città presents Michael´s solo show "outer space“
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Michael completed basic suborbital space training program at NASTAR
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Michael Najjar – one of the first test persons to perform jump and vibration training on the next generation DLR centrifuge
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Solo exhibition at Museo Es Baluard, Palma, Spain
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WIRED MAGAZINE features a large online article by Alyssa Coppelman on Michael Najjar´s "outer space" series.
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Exhibition at Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain
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New artwork related to the SpaceshipTwo Crash
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New artwork „oscillating universe“
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Article in The Wall Street Journal
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MISSION:SPACE - Documentary Film Preview
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Michael Najjar exhibits at Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich
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Michael participates at Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India
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"Michael Najjar - outer space book published - Introduction essay by Buzz Aldrin
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SpaceshipTwo crashes during testflight
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"outer space" presented in Parabol Art Magazine Curated issue by Peter Weibel (Director ZKM)
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Michael photographs the Eden Project
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HALO Jump - video documentation
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Michael´s work featured in ELEFANT Art Magazine
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Michael is the first artist ever to perform a HALO Jump from an altitude of 10,000 m / 32,800 ft
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Michael took pictures at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
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DISTANZ to publish Michael Najjar's "outer space"
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First presentation of "outer space" in Berlin
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German TV Arts Programm "titel thesen temperamente" shows a portrait of Michael Najjar
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Article + interview in "uncube" magazine
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Article in Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin
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Arte TV features Michael´s working at ALMA
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Article in Greenpeace Magazine, Germany
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Michael has done a photoshooting at the Atacama desert
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Michael returns to Star City for Cosmonaut Training
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Michael photographs at JPL cleanroom
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Michael visits Mojave Air and Space Port
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michael takes a dose of centrifugal training
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michael takes a dose of centrifugal training
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"spacewalk" - first video work from the series
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michael najjar starts collaboration with hasselblad
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michael najjar completes first phase of cosmonaut training
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michael najjar photographs "short arm centrifuge (sahc)" at the german aerospace center.
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michael najjar photographs the james webb space telescope
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michael at tedxkiruna conference, sweden
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norman foster watches the new work
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article on wallpaper magazine
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first work from the new series
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"first artist in space" - interview on artnet
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michael najjar meets richard branson
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historic final mission
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new series "outer space"
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