Gallery F
A MANIFEST FOR THE MOON
The Lunar Codex uses digital and analog technology to preserve art, books, music, and more, enclosed in time capsules and launched to the Moon. It is a message-in-a-bottle to the future.
Curatorial Notes
Gallery E showcases a selection of works from "The Nova Collection" and "The Polaris Collection", representing only a small fraction of the total works archived by the Lunar Codex.
The artists in the Codex range far and wide across the globe, from India to the U.S., from Australia to South Africa, from Australia to the Philippines.
All bring to their work a sense of immediacy and emotion in the figurative language of the world around us, whether through an expressionist lens or distilled through the idiom of realism.
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Works are located as to their respective lunar time capsules as follows:
IM1 - Intuitive Machines Nova-C Mission 1 to Vallis Schrasöteri (The Nova Collection)
PM1 - Astrobotic Peregrine Mission 1 to Lacus Mortis (The Peregrine Collection)
GM1 - Astrobotic Griffin Mission 1 to the Lunar South Pole (The Polaris Collection)
WHOLEHEARTED
Hari Lualhati (2015) - IM1
- Oil on canvas
- 24” x 24”
- Private collection
WHALES
Mia Tavonatti (2005) - IM1
- Glass mosaic
- 48" x 35"
- Private collection
CHARLOTTE, NIGHT LIGHT
Lisa Maria Reese (2021) - IM1
- Chromogenic print
- Part of the Charlotte series
- Private collection
REMINISCENCE
Oceana Rain Stuart (2016) - IM1
- Bronze sculpture on granite base
- 9" x 6" x 6"
- Part of the Fragments Collection
- Private collection
ROSARY
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
Gromyko Semper (2016) - IM1, PM1
- Ink, distemper, and acrylic on canvas
- 60” x 36”
- The Argo Collection
LOVE ENCOMPASSES
Ramon Orlina (2014) - IM1
- Carved lavender crystal
- 8.5” x 9” x 3.5”
- The Argo Collection
MADONNA AND CHILD
Benjamin Cabrera (2015) - IM1
- Acrylic on paper
- 9" x 12"
- The Argo Collection
CONCATENATIONS
Rosario Bitanga (1985) - IM1
- Oil on canvas
- 26" x 32”
- The Windrift Collection
FLYING DAKINI
Agnes Arellano (2014) - IM1
- Life-sized sculptural installation in plaster and crushed marble
- Private collection
MENACING LOVE
Marcel Antonio (2015) - IM1
- Acrylic on canvas
- 60" x 60"
THE STARS AWAKEN A CERTAIN REVERENCE
Riel Jaramillo Hilario (2015) - IM1
- Carved and engraved polychrome
- 36" x 63.4" x 3.5"
LIFE FORMS WITH GLORIOUS FEELINGS
Hazel Bartram-Birchenough (2021) - IM1
- Digital painting
- Print or tapestry up to 25' x 34’
- Selected for exhibition at the My Virtual Blaffer exhibition, an exhibit held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, hosted by the Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON
Sheryl Luxenberg (25 April 2019 - 25 October 2020) - IM1
- Acrylic and charcoal on linen canvas
- Three panels, each 72"x 36"
- Inspired by the IBEX Collection
- From Pain to Paint. Canadian hyperreal painter Sheryl Luxenburg paints the project of her lifetime to raise awareness against sexual abuse
GRAVITY
Rebecca Léveillé (2021) - IM1
- Oil on canvas
- 36" x 48"
MANIFEST
FORTUNE
Tran Nguyen (2018) - GM1
- House paint on brick wall
- 22' x 9'
- Mural in Kakaa'ako, Hawaii
- Photograph by Jackson Wong
CRYSTAL CHIME
Natalia Socolnicova (2021) - GM1
- Acrylic on canvas
- 30" x 45"
- Private collection
KAYLIE
Lavina Flores (2021) - GM1
- Digital illustration for graphic novel
FEBRUARY 2005
Heather Horton (2005) - PM1, GM1
- Oil on canvas
- 48" x 36"
- Private collection
EVERY BREATH I TAKE
Gromyko Semper (2016) - GM1
- Acrylic ink oil and distemper on canvas
- 72" x 48"
SHORES
Viktoria Savenkova (2021) - GM1
- Oil on wood
- 9-4/5" x 15"
- The Windrift Collection
STAR OF THE SEA
Martina Mcateer (2015) - GM1
- Oil on canvas
- 23-1/2” x 17-1/2”
WONDER
Jessica Libor (2019) - IM1, GM1
- Oil on canvas
- 48” x 72”
THE AGE OF TIME III 1679-1681
Roberta Boffo (2021) - IM1, GM1
- Acrylic on canvas
- 20" x 20"
- In the “The Age of Time” series, the artist looks at time and human history through the memories of trees. With 342 rings in this piece, this tree's memory takes us back to the end of the 1670s and the beginning of the 1680s. Among its memories:
- In March of 1680, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible over central Africa, with totality over what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- In November the Great Comet of 1680, also called Kirch's Comet after its discoverer, appeared in Earth's vicinity. It was the first comet discovered by telescope.
HUMPBACK SWIMMING IN THE MILKY WAY
Alan Syliboy (2019) - GM1
- Acrylic on canvas
- 16" x 20"